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  Burgener, Clair W.
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NameClair W. Burgener
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Rancho Santa Fe, California , United States
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Born December 05, 1921
DiedSeptember 09, 2006 (84 years)
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Aug 21, 2023 08:39pm
Tags Army - Latter Day Saints (Mormon) -
InfoBURGENER, Clair Walter, a Representative from California; born in Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, December 5, 1921; attended the public schools in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from California State University, San Diego, 1950; United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1946 and 1951; president, Clair W. Burgener Co., realtors, San Diego, Calif.; elected councilman, city of San Diego, Calif., 1953-1957; vice mayor of San Diego, Calif., 1955-1956; member of the California state assemblyman, 1962-1966; member of the California state senator, 1967-1972; president, California Association for Retarded Children, 1959-1961; vice president, National Association for Retarded Children, 1961-1962; vice chairman, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1970-1973; delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1960, 1964; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; member, board of directors, Board for International Broadcasting, 1983-1988; president, California State Personnel Board, 1983-1993; died on September 9, 2006, in Encinitas, Calif.


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Sep 12, 2006 02:25pm Obituary Clair W. Burgener, Who Beat Ku Klux Klan Leader for Congress, Dies at 84  Article Thomas Walker 

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  11/00/1982 US House Republican Conference Secretary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1980 CA District 43 Won 86.50% (+73.08%)
  11/00/1980 US House Republican Conference Secretary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/20/1979 US House Republican Conference Secretary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1978 CA District 43 Won 68.66% (+37.31%)
  06/06/1978 CA District 43 - R Primary Won 75.65% (+51.31%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 43 Won 65.00% (+29.99%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 43 Won 60.35% (+20.76%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 42 Won 67.44% (+38.26%)
  06/06/1972 CA District 42 - R Primary Won 78.39% (+69.32%)
  11/03/1970 CA State Senate 38 Won 69.60% (+41.40%)
  11/08/1966 CA State Senate 38 Won 73.67% (+47.34%)
  11/03/1964 CA State Assembly 76 Won 57.87% (+15.73%)
  11/06/1962 CA State Assembly 76 Won 54.68% (+9.35%)
ENDORSEMENTS
CA District 43 - R Primary - Jun 08, 1982 R James M. "Jim" Rady
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject