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Gary Richard Arnold

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-08-1966 Republican AD-63 31350 Loss
11-05-1968 Republican SD-31 50125 Loss
11-02-1982 Republican CD-16 24448 Loss
06-21-1983 Republican CD-05 1596 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

1986: Primary Candidate for CD-36 (Lost; 12.7%)
2000: Candidate for Santa Cruz City Schools Board of Trustees (Area 2)
2010: Primary Candidate for CD-17 (Lost; 22.6%)

NOTE: (October 6, 1982) During a meeting with Congressional Candidates, President Ronald Reagan told Gary Arnold to "shut up" when Arnold interrupted the President to question him and accuse the President of "abandoning his conservative platform".