Cathie M. Wright

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-04-1980	Republican	AD-37	66937	Win
11-02-1982	Republican	AD-37	55849	Win
11-06-1984	Republican	AD-37	105919	Win
11-04-1986	Republican	AD-37	80477	Win
11-08-1988	Republican	AD-37	110111	Win
11-06-1990	Republican	AD-37	62881	Win
11-03-1992	Republican	SD-19	148116	Win
11-08-1994	Republican	Lieutenant Governor	3412777	Loss
11-05-1996	Republican	SD-19	160130	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 18, 1929 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania
Married: Victor (died)
Children: Victoria Catherine
Died: April 14, 2012 in Simi Valley, CA

1978-1980: Member, Simi Valley City Council
1979: Mayor, City of Simi Valley
2008: Member, Moderate Republicans for Hannah-Beth Jackson

• Adjourn in Memory: While adjourning the Senate in her memory, Senator Tony Strickland noted that "The best legislators are not the ones who give the best speeches but the ones who listen in the community and are active in the community... California was better because Senator Cathie Wright was here."
• Wright's daughter Victoria was a Republican primary candidate for CD-25 in 2012 (Lost; 6.7%)
• In May 1989, Ventura County District Attorney Michael D. Bradbury released a 97-page report detailing Senator Cathy "Wright's reported efforts to use her clout to keep her daughter Victoria from losing her license and going to jail for 28 traffic violations since 1981."

Source: California Legislature Handbook (1989), (1994)
Source: California Blue Book (2000)
Source: Adjourn in Memory by Senator Strickland during the Senate Floor Session on April 16, 2012
Source: "Brown Acted Improperly in Wright Case, D.A. Finds" by Alan C. Miller, Los Angeles Times (5/11/1989)