Q: Which California legislator was taken hostage on an airplane hijacked by the Japanese Red Army?
A: Assemblyman Walter Karabian (in 1977)
The Online Home of California's Political History
The Online Home of California's Political History
By Alex Vassar
Q: Which California legislator was taken hostage on an airplane hijacked by the Japanese Red Army?
A: Assemblyman Walter Karabian (in 1977)
The first person to ever resign from the Assembly after winning a Senate special election was Allen G. Thurman in 1947.
