Jim Ellis

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-02-1976	Republican	AD-77	62573	Win
11-07-1978	Republican	AD-77	67982	Win
11-04-1980	Republican	SD-39	150263	Win
11-06-1984	Republican	SD-39	186639	Win
11-03-1992	Republican	SD-39	102419	Loss

Candidate Biography:

James L. "Jim" Ellis
Born: October 28, 1928 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Married: Barbara Gilligan (m. 1955), Carol Bentley (m. 1997)
Children: Jim, Gay, Jon, and Merrilee
Military Service: USN (Korea, Vietnam)
Died: April 10 2017 in San Diego, CA

1973-1976: Member, San Diego City Council

• LEGISLATION: Author of the Ellis Act (1985), "which provides landlords in California with a legal way to "go out of business" short of selling the property to another landlord." (Source)

Source: California Legislature Handbook (1979)
Source: "Former City Council member, state legislator Jim Ellis dies" by Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune (4/12/2017)