Pat Nolan

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-07-1978	Republican	AD-41	50974	Win
11-04-1980	Republican	AD-41	66884	Win
11-02-1982	Republican	AD-41	86809	Win
11-06-1984	Republican	AD-41	82105	Win
11-04-1986	Republican	AD-41	66408	Win
11-08-1988	Republican	AD-41	69508	Win
11-06-1990	Republican	AD-41	50814	Win
11-03-1992	Republican	AD-43	64489	Win

Candidate Biography:

Patrick James Nolan
Born: June 16, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Gail
Children: Courtney, Katie, and James
Family: Great-grandson of Pierre Agoura, for whom the towns of Agoura and Agoura Hills are named.
University: University of Southern California

Previous: State Chair, Young Americans for Freedom
Previous: Reserve Deputy, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Posse
1980: Delegate, Republican National Convention
1984: Delegate, Republican National Convention
1984-1988: Minority Leader, California State Assembly
1982: Sponsor, Proposition 8 [Crime Victims' Bill of Rights] (Passed)
1994: Resigned from the State Assembly on February 18.
1997-2019: President of the Justice Fellowship, Prison Fellowship Ministries
200?-2019: Commissioner, Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons
200?-2019: Commissioner, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission

• Nolan was elected to the Assembly in 1978 at age 28.
• Legal Troubles: Nolan pled guilty to one count of racketeering, and served a 29-month prison term (1994-1996) as a result of the Shrimpscam investigation. The investigation also led to convictions for Board of Equalization member Paul B. Carpenter, State Senator Joseph B. Montoya, and Assemblyman Frank Hill.
• His Federal Bureau of Prisons Register number was 06833-097 and he was released on August 27, 1996.
• PARDON ME: He was pardoned by President Donald Trump on May 15, 2019.

Source: California Legislature Handbook (1979), (1989)