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 2026 PREVIEW 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

Thomas C. Lynch

Democratic

Picture of Thomas C. Lynch
CA Blue Book (2000)
Date Party Office Votes Result
08-31-1964 Democratic Attorney General 0 Win
11-08-1966 Democratic Attorney General 3375334 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 20, 1904 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Virginia Lee Summers (in 1932)
Children: Michael and Kevin
Died: May 29, 1986 in San Francisco, CA

1933-1944: Assistant U.S. Attorney, for Northern District of California
1944-1951: Chief Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco County
1951-1964: District Attorney, San Francisco County
1959-1966: California Disaster Acting Governor #1
1964: Appointed Attorney General by Governor Edmund G. Brown to replace Stanley Mosk.

  • FEAR AND LOATHING: As Attorney General, Lynch published a report on the rise of motorcycle gangs, which served as a running theme in the book "Hells Angels" by Hunter Thompson.

Source: California Blue Book (1967)
Source: Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson (Random House; 1966)
Source: ag.ca.gov/ag/history/25lynch.php