FILE - Former Republican U.S. Rep. Pete McCloskey, right, speaks in support of a measure by Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, left, that would authorize public financing to pay for state election campaigns, Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Former Congressman McCloskey, who ran as a Republican challenging President Richard Nixon in 1972, has died Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at age 96. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)