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James W. Dent

Republican

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1966	Republican	AD-10	58549	Win
11-05-1968	Republican	AD-10	72570	Win
11-03-1970	Republican	AD-10	62230	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: November 16, 1907 in Martinez, CA
Married: Frances Jewett Dechman (m. 1930)
Children: Janet, Ellen, and J. Douglas
Died: May 15, 1985 in Concord, CA

Source: California Blue Book (1967), (1971)