John Vasconcellos

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1966	Democratic	AD-24	52230	Win
11-05-1968	Democratic	AD-24	69907	Win
11-03-1970	Democratic	AD-24	56792	Win
11-07-1972	Democratic	AD-24	76099	Win
11-05-1974	Democratic	AD-23	46714	Win
11-02-1976	Democratic	AD-23	45054	Win
11-07-1978	Democratic	AD-23	34301	Win
11-04-1980	Democratic	AD-23	48770	Win
11-02-1982	Democratic	AD-23	49185	Win
11-06-1984	Democratic	AD-23	76978	Win
11-04-1986	Democratic	AD-23	43116	Win
11-08-1988	Democratic	AD-23	60269	Win
11-06-1990	Democratic	AD-23	43553	Win
11-03-1992	Democratic	AD-22	81578	Win
11-08-1994	Democratic	AD-22	56272	Win
11-05-1996	Democratic	SD-13	117640	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	SD-13	140827	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 11, 1932 in San Jose, CA
Military Service: ARMY
Died: May 24, 2014 in San Jose, CA

1960-1961: Travel Secretary, Governor Pat Brown
1968: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1974: Candidate for Assembly Speaker (Lost; 1 to 53)
1997: Founder, California Former Legislators Alumni Group (Cal-FLAG)
2004-2014: Co-Founder, Politics of Trust network

• TENURE: Vasconcellos was the second longest serving member of the California Legislature (38 years) but had the longest continuous service.
• KNIGHTHOOD: Commander in the Order of Prince Henry (Portugal) in 1997.
• LEGISLATION: Author of AB 236 (1977) was the first legislation to prohibit the "use of aerosol sprays to protect & restore & preserve our life-saving ozone layer."
• LEGISLATION: Author of AB 3659 (1986), which created the California Task Force to Promote Self-esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility, which existed from 1986-1990.

Source: California Blue Book (1967), (1971), (1975), (2000)