SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mandarin Restraint and steady progress don’t necessarily make for catchy political slogans. But a sure-handed approach to managing California’s fiscal recovery is Gov. Jerry Brown’s central pitch to voters as he seeks re-election to an unprecedented fourth term as governor.

The Democratic governor is promoting the state’s improved fiscal health since he retook the office in 2011, as well as promoting his restructuring of California’s education finance system and a November ballot measure seeking to spend $7.5 billion to improve the state’s water supplies.