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James L. Holmes

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-1954 Republican AD-36 28603 Win
11-06-1956 Republican AD-36 38255 Win
11-04-1958 Republican AD-36 40303 Win
11-08-1960 Republican AD-36 54435 Win
02-13-1962 Republican SD-31 7035 Loss
11-06-1962 Republican AD-36 47569 Win
11-03-1964 Republican AD-36 59990 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

James Loren Holmes
Born: July 10, 1903 in Indian Territory [now Dover, Oklahoma]
Married: Margaret Ruth Gerlach (in 1927)
Military Service: USN
Died: February 13, 1969 in Sacramento, CA

1952: Primary Candidate for CD-13 (Lost)
1966-1969: Member, California Constitutional Revision Commission

  • Holmes died in Sacramento after driving there to attend a meeting of the Constitutional Revision Commission.

Source: California Blue Book (1958), (1961)