Ron Packard

Ronald Charleston "Ron" Packard, D.M.D. (born January 19, 1931) is a retired Republican politician from California. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.[1]

Ron Packard
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 48th district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byDarrell Issa
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 43rd district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byClair Burgener
Succeeded byKen Calvert
Personal details
Born (1931-01-19) January 19, 1931 (age 93)
Meridian, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Jean Packard

In 1982, Packard lost the Republican primary for the United States House of Representatives in a crowded field of candidates to Johnnie Crean by 92 votes.[2] After Crean faced controversy, such as laying about being endorsed by then-President Ronald Reagan, Packard ran as a write-in candidate. He won the election in 1982 beating Crean. Packard won the election by 11,000 votes to become the first independent write-in candidate to defeat candidates of both the Democratic and Republican parties.

References

  1. Ken Rudin. Political Junkie. NPR. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5698889. 
  2. "CQ Politics Trivia". Archived from the original on 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

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