Those we lost in 2012

December 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

As we again approach the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the lives and contributions of those state and federal candidates and elected officials who died in 2012.

Senator Ayala

JANUARY
Ruben S. Ayala – State Senator (1974-1998)
Louis N. Desmond – Candidate for State Senate, 1958
Jim Lloyd – Congressman (1975-1981)

FEBRUARY
Norman S. Waters – Assemblyman (1977-1990)

MARCH
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APRIL
Daniel Boatwright – State Senator (1981-1996), Assemblymember (1973-80)
Cathie M. Wright – State Senator (1993-2000), Assemblymember (1981-1992)

Assemblyman Holoman

MAY
Frank Holoman – Assemblymember (1973-1974)

JUNE
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AUGUST
Edward Vincent – State Senator (2001-2008), Assemblymember (1997-2000)

OCTOBER
Mervyn M. Dymally – Lieutenant Governor (1975-1979), Congressman (1981-1993), State Senator (1967-1975), Assemblymember (1963-1966, 2003-2008)
George McGovern – Presidential Candidate, 1972

NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
Barbara Alby – Assemblymember (1993-1998), Board of Equalization Member (2010)
R. Brian Kidney – Chief Clerk of the Assembly (1987-1991)
John P. Quimby -Assemblymember (1963-1974)

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Mervyn M. Dymally

October 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Lt. Gov. Mervyn M. Dymally

Former Lt. Governor Merv Dymally died in Los Angeles yesterday.

Dymally, who was first elected in 1962, saw the legislature move from part-time to full-time in 1966 and returned in 2002 to serve for six years in the term-limited era.

He also served as Lt. Governor during Jerry Brown‘s first administration and as a Member of Congress in the 1980s.

His service lasted so long that, when the Legislative Black Caucus designed a poster in 2007 that included photos of all of the African-Americans who had served in the legislature, Dymally was accidentally included twice.

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DYK

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The only post-Statehood Presidents who don’t have California schools named after them are Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Richard M. Nixon, and George H. W. Bush.

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