Election 2010: A generation gap?

In one corner are candidates who began their political careers in the era of the ink-stained "Boys on the Bus," of male-dominated capitols, and of public cynicism stirred by Vietnam and Watergate. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

In the other corner are products of the age of Twitter, rising female power, and voter cynicism of a different brand.

Democratic stalwarts Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer started in politics in the 1970s, while Republicans Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are venturing in as novices after storied business careers. California's big statewide contests have prompted a look at how much the games of campaigning and governing have changed in a generation.