Phil Wyman
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-02-1976 | Republican | AD-34 | 43086 | Loss |
| 11-07-1978 | Republican | AD-34 | 43845 | Win |
| 11-04-1980 | Republican | AD-34 | 78649 | Win |
| 11-02-1982 | Republican | AD-34 | 84963 | Win |
| 11-06-1984 | Republican | AD-34 | 83936 | Win |
| 11-04-1986 | Republican | AD-34 | 72220 | Win |
| 11-08-1988 | Republican | AD-34 | 98577 | Win |
| 11-06-1990 | Republican | AD-34 | 82329 | Win |
| 04-27-1993 | Republican | SD-16 | 48768 | Win |
| 11-08-1994 | Republican | SD-16 | 66053 | Loss |
| 11-07-2000 | Republican | AD-34 | 78830 | Win |
Candidate Biography:
Phillip D. Wyman
Born: February 1, 1945 in Hollywood, CA
Married: Lynn (div.)
Children: Andrea Wyman Beacom, Elizabeth F. Wyman, David E. Wyman
Military Service: USAF
Died: November 28, 2019 in Tehachapi, CA
Previous: Executive Vice President, Antelope Valley Board of Trade
1992: Primary Candidate for CD-25 (Lost; 38.5%)
1996: Primary Candidate for SD-17 (Lost; 39%)
2002: Primary Candidate for AD-36 (Lost; 32.5%)
2004: Primary Candidate for AD-32 (Lost; 22.5%)
2006: Primary Candidate for AD-32 (Lost; 22.2%)
2008: Alternate Delegate, Republican National Convention
2010: Primary Candidate for SD-16 (Lost; 49.4%)
2014: Primary Candidate for Attorney General (Lost; 11.7%)
2016: Primary Candidate for US Senator (Lost; 4.7%)
- NOTABLE NO VOTE (Expanded Local Pension Benefits): Wyman was one of 7 State Assemblymembers (and 14 legislators overall) who voted against AB 616 (2001) by Tom Calderon, which allowed California cities, counties and special districts to offer retirement benefit factors up to 3% at age 60. These higher benefit factors led to severe unfunded pension liabilities in a number of cities a decade later.
- An incumbent who lost their party primary (in 2002).
- One widely noted bit of trivia is that "in 1994, Wyman was the only incumbent Republican west of the Mississippi to be unseated." [Source: California Journal article (see below)]
- Wyman is one of nine legislators who served in both houses of the California State Legislature since 1990 but never termed out of either.
Source: California Legislature Handbook (1979), (1989), (1994)
Source: "The 1996 Primary: The endgame begins" in California Journal (May 1996), p. 25