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  Flournoy, James L.
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NameJames L. Flournoy
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Los Angeles, California , United States
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Born December 12, 1915
DiedFebruary 21, 2009 (93 years)
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Tags Black - Married - Army -
InfoJames Lowell Flournoy

Previous: Co-Founder, California Black Republican Council
1971-197?: Member, Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board
1974: Primary Candidate for Controller (Lost)
1983: Deputy Director, California Department of Motor Vehicles

* Flournoy became the first African-American nominated for partisan statewide office in California in 1970. In the same election, Wilson Riles became the first African American to be elected to statewide office, winning the nonpartisan post of Superintendent of Public Instruction.


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Mar 05, 2009 03:00pm Obituary James L. Flournoy's legacy that of noted attorney, political pioneer  Article RMF 

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  11/02/1982 CA Controller Lost 37.02% (-19.57%)
  06/08/1982 CA Controller - R Primary Won 37.02% (+13.72%)
  11/03/1970 CA Secretary of State Lost 45.61% (-4.80%)
  06/02/1970 CA Secretary of State - R Primary Won 30.23% (+7.91%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 31 - R Primary Lost 34.49% (-16.46%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 31 - R Primary Lost 24.85% (-21.34%)
  11/06/1962 CA Board of Equalization District 4 Lost 41.01% (-17.98%)
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