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Maurice E. Atkinson

Democratic

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-08-1938 Democratic AD-70 19156 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/303053/maurice-earle-atkinson
 

Candidate Biography:

Maurice Earle Atkinson
Born: June 2, 1915 in Clovis, NM
Military Service: ARMY
Died: September 6, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA

1940: Primary Candidate for CD-18 (Lost)

  • LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Atkinson was one of only three Assemblymembers who voted against the AB1xxxx (1940), which removed the ballot qualification of the Communist Party in California, and essentially killed the party.
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