Alan Cranston

CA Blue Book (1961)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-04-1958	Democratic	Controller	2553020	Win
11-06-1962	Democratic	Controller	3372691	Win
11-08-1966	Democratic	Controller	3125070	Loss
11-05-1968	Democratic	Senate3	3680352	Win
11-05-1974	Democratic	Senate3	3693160	Win
11-04-1980	Democratic	Senate3	4705399	Win
11-04-1986	Democratic	Senate3	3646672	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: June 19, 1914 in Palo Alto, CA
Married: Geneva, Norma Weintraub
Children: Robin and Kim*
Military Service: ARMY (WWII)
Died: December 31, 2000 in Los Altos Hills, CA

1949: Co-Founder, California Democratic Council
1953-1957: President, California Democratic Council
1964: Primary Candidate for US Senator (Lost)
1984: Primary Candidate for President (Lost)
1993: Retired from Senate following "Keating 5" scandal

• SUED BY HITLER: Fluent in German, Cranston wrote a literal English translation of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler that included information which had been removed from the official English version. Cranston was sued for violating Hitler's copyright, and a Connecticut judge ruled against Cranston. "No damages were assessed, but we had to stop selling the book." Source: Alan Cranston Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley (2000).
• PUBLISHED: Cranston also wrote The Killing of the Peace (1945) and The Sovereignty Revolution (2004)
• Kim Cranston served as Chief of Staff to Lt. Governor Leo McCarthy and is now the CEO of TransparentDemocracy.org (2007-Present)

Source: California Blue Book (1963)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]