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John A. Hoey

Republican

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1898	Republican	SD-18	2626	Win
11-04-1902	Republican	SD-18	2837	Loss

Website:	www.findagrave.com/memorial/106647649/john-a-hoey

Candidate Biography:

1891: Second Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, California State Senate
1896: Candidate for AD-32 (Lost; 49.8%)

CLOSE CONTEST: Hoey lost the 1896 contest by 22 votes.

Source: "Powers' Seat Contested," San Francisco Call, Volume 81, Number 10, 10 December 1896