JoinCalifornia: Election History for the State of California

Information Home Elected Offices Elections by Decade Longest Service Shortest Service Most & Fewest Votes Uncontested Races Closest Contests Redistricting Recalls
Elections 2024 General 2024 CD-20 Special 2023 US Senate Appt 2022 General Prior 2020s Elections Elections by Decade
Other Stuff Advanced Search CA Constitution CA in Congress Line of Succession Highest Ranking SCOTUS Cases

[search tips] [advanced search]

Searching tips

  • Enter a candidate's name to find a candidate
  • Enter the name of a political party to find the party and all candidates
  • Enter a date to find an election
  • Enter a year to find all elections within that year

Maurice Johannessen

Republican

Picture of Maurice Johannessen
CA Blue Book 2000
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-1993 Republican SD-04 108982 Win
11-08-1994 Republican SD-04 133101 Win
11-03-1998 Republican SD-04 135528 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

K. Maurice Johannessen
Born: July 16, 1934 in Oslo, Norway
Married: Marianne
Children: Three sons (including Mark), one daughter
Military Service: ARMY (Korea)

1986-1990: Member, Redding City Council
1988-1989: Mayor, City of Redding
1990-1993: Member, Shasta County Board of Supervisors
1996-1997: Minority Caucus Chair, California State Senate
2002-2003: Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs
2010-2010s: Member, State Parks and Recreation Commission

  • LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: On June 29, 2002, the Senate Republican Caucus voted to eject Senator Johannessen from the caucus, a first in recent history.
  • Mark Johannessen was a primary candidate for AD-07 in 2014 (Lost; 12.4%).

Source: California Blue Book (2000)
Source; "Mark Johannessen, son of former senator, to run for Assembly" by Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee (1/25/2013)