Burt L. Talcott

California Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-1962	Republican	CD-12	75424	Win
11-03-1964	Republican	CD-12	93112	Win
11-08-1966	Republican	CD-12	108070	Win
11-05-1968	Republican	CD-12	143222	Win
11-03-1970	Republican	CD-12	95549	Win
11-07-1972	Republican	CD-12	105556	Win
11-05-1974	Republican	CD-16	76356	Win
11-02-1976	Republican	CD-16	91160	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Born: February 22, 1920 in Billings, Montana
Married: Lee Talcott
Child: Burt and Ron*
Military Service: ARMY (WWII)
Died: July 29, 2016 in Tacoma, Washington

1954-1962: Member, Monterey County Board of Supervisors
1986: Associate Deputy Administrator for Congressional Affairs, Veterans Administration
2005-2000s: Member, Pierce County Charter Review District

• During a WWII bombing mission, Talcott's B-24 bomber was shot down over Klagenfurt, Austria in March 1944. He was held as POW at Stalag Luft III for 14 months. The bombardier on the flight was George C. Crawford, later an Assemblyman from San Diego, who wrote about their incarceration in the book "When Surrender Was Not an Option."
• Ron Talcott is married to Gigi Talcott, a Washington State Representative from 1992 to 2006 (Majority Whip from 1994 to 1998).

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