Bob Moretti

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-03-1964	Democratic	AD-42	40492	Win
11-08-1966	Democratic	AD-42	37854	Win
11-07-1968	Democratic	AD-42	45242	Win
11-03-1970	Democratic	AD-42	40747	Win
11-07-1972	Democratic	AD-42	49713	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: June 3, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan
Married: Marilyn Ann Stotko (in 1958)
Children: Four (including Matt Moretti)
Died: May 12, 1984 in Sacramento, CA

1963: Consultant, Assembly Elections and Reapportionment Committee
1970: Chair, Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee
1971-1974: Speaker, California State Assembly
1974: Primary Candidate for Governor (Lost)
1975-1977: Member, California Energy Commission

• LEGISLATION: Author of the Campbell-Moretti-Deukmejian Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 1972 (an assessment of the drug abuse problem in California). 
• "The Bob Moretti Memorial Scholarship Foundation was formed in 1984 and is available to California residents who will be attending a California college or university as an undergraduate and who demonstrate financial need, academic achievement and have an interest and/or experience with the state Legislative process."
• A Bob Moretti memorial bench is located in Capitol Park at the California State Capitol.
• Moretti was the youngest member of the Assembly in 1964 at age 30.

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