George N. Zenovich
Democratic
Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
11-06-1962 | Democratic | AD-32 | 32922 | Win |
11-03-1964 | Democratic | AD-32 | 39503 | Win |
11-08-1966 | Democratic | AD-32 | 48280 | Win |
11-05-1968 | Democratic | AD-32 | 54405 | Win |
11-03-1970 | Democratic | SD-16 | 62640 | Win |
11-05-1974 | Democratic | SD-14 | 93270 | Win |
11-07-1978 | Democratic | SD-14 | 89153 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Born: April 29, 1922 in Fresno, CA
Married: Vera Sarenac (in 1955)
Children: Ninon and Marina
Military Service: ARMY (WWII)
Died: September 25, 2013 in Fresno, CA
1966-1967: Majority Leader, California State Assembly
1968: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1969-1970: Minority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly
1979: Resigned from the State Senate on March 23.
1979-2000: Associate Justice, 5th District Court of Appeal
2000: Proponent, Proposition 34 [Limits individual campaign contributions] (Passed: 60%)
- Married Vera in the city of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
- LEGISLATION: Author of the Dixon-Zenovich-Maddy California Arts Act of 1975, which established the California Arts Council.
- LEGISLATION: The Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers as well as the creation of the state's Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Source: California Blue Book (1963), (1967)
Source: "Primary May 22 in Special Senate Race"; Los Angeles Times (5/24/1979)
Source: A Disorderly House: The Brown-Unruh Years in Sacramento by James R. Mills (Heyday Books; 1987)