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Don Peterson

Republican

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CalAccess website (Secretary of State)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1974	Republican	AD-02	30392	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Donald Francis Peterson
Born: ~1938
Married: Marge
Died: December 11, 2009

1970s: Member, Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
1983-1986: Chief of Staff, State Senator Barry Keene
1986-2009: Lobbyist, Peterson Consulting, Inc.

Source: "Don Peterson was one of the good guys" by Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee (12/16/2009)