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  Edwards, Don
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  1980-01-01  
 
NameDon Edwards
Address
San Jose, California , United States
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Born January 06, 1915
DiedOctober 01, 2015 (100 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 03:17pm
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InfoWilliam Donlon "Don" Edwards

born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif., January 6, 1915; attended the public schools of San Jose; Stanford University, B.A., 1936; attended Stanford University Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1940; special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1940 and 1941; served in the United States Navy as naval intelligence and gunnery officer, 1942-1945; president, Valley Title Co., of Santa Clara County, 1951-1975; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1964 and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1995); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress.

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EVENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 26, 1994 10:00am General Rep. Don Edwards Will Retire : Politics: Dean of state delegation has been champion of civil rights.  Article Karma Policeman 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

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RACES
  11/03/1992 CA District 16 Won 62.01% (+30.03%)
  11/06/1990 CA District 10 Won 62.67% (+25.36%)
  11/08/1988 CA District 10 Won 86.21% (+72.41%)
  06/07/1988 CA District 10 - D Primary Won 83.04% (+66.07%)
  11/04/1986 CA District 10 Won 70.46% (+43.84%)
  11/06/1984 CA District 10 Won 62.41% (+28.15%)
  06/05/1984 CA District 10 - D Primary Won 86.09% (+72.19%)
  11/02/1982 CA District 10 Won 62.67% (+29.00%)
  11/04/1980 CA District 10 Won 62.13% (+34.18%)
  11/07/1978 CA District 10 Won 67.13% (+34.25%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 10 Won 72.05% (+47.54%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 10 Won 77.01% (+54.02%)
  06/04/1974 CA District 10 - D Primary Won 77.73% (+55.45%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 9 Won 72.28% (+47.13%)
  06/06/1972 CA District 09 - D Primary Won 87.38% (+74.76%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 9 Won 69.15% (+40.60%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 9 Won 56.55% (+13.11%)
  07/29/1968 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.08% (-73.93%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 9 - D Primary Won 72.68% (+52.71%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 9 Won 63.15% (+26.30%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 9 - D Primary Won 83.88% (+67.76%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 9 Won 69.76% (+39.52%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 09 Won 65.95% (+31.90%)
  06/05/1962 CA District 09 - D Primary Won 35.89% (+1.43%)
ENDORSEMENTS
CA US President - D Primary - Feb 05, 2008 D Barack Obama
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 R Nelson A. Rockefeller
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject
US President - D Primaries - Jun 11, 1968 D Eugene J. "Gene" McCarthy