George Nakano

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-03-1998	Democratic	AD-53	75159	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	AD-53	104431	Win
11-05-2002	Democratic	AD-53	69135	Win

Candidate Biography:

George Sakaye Nakano
Born: November 24, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Helen
Children: Laurie and Kevin
Military Service: ANG

1984-1998: Member, Torrance City Council
1994: Primary Candidate for SD-28 (Lost; 34%)
2002-2004: Majority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly
2006: Primary Candidate for SD-28 (Lost; 47%)

• The George Nakano Theatre is located at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center.
• Nakano and his family were sent to the Japanese internment camp at Tulelake [California] and Jerome [Arkansas] during World War II. The family returned to Los Angeles four years later.

Source: California Blue Book (2000)