Jim Nielsen

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-07-1978	Republican	SD-04	108688	Win
11-02-1982	Republican	SD-04	145640	Win
11-04-1986	Republican	SD-04	150060	Win
11-06-1990	Republican	SD-04	123066	Loss
11-04-2008	Republican	AD-02	118149	Win
11-02-2010	Republican	AD-02	118120	Win

Candidate Biography:

James Wiley Nielsen
Born: July 31, 1944 in Fresno, CA
Married: Brenda, Marilyn (Interim Director, California Arts Council)
Children: Two daughters and three sons

197?-198?: Chair, Yolo County Republican Central Committee
1983-1987: Minority Leader, California State Senate
1991-1992: Member, Agricultural Labor Relations Board
1992-1993: Member, Board of Prison Terms
1993-2000: Chair, Board of Prison Terms
2000-2008: Member, Youthful Offender Parole Board
2005-Present: Chairman, California Alliance to Protect Private Property Board of Directors
2012: Early Primary Candidate for AD-03 (Withdrew)

• When Nielsen was selected as Senate Republican Leader in 1983, he was 39 years old, the youngest person to ever hold that office.

Source: California Assembly Handbook (1979)

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