Ron Packard

Congressional Pictorial Directory (GPO)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-02-1982	Write-in	CD-43	66444	Win
11-06-1984	Republican	CD-43	165643	Win
11-04-1986	Republican	CD-43	137341	Win
11-08-1988	Republican	CD-43	202478	Win
11-06-1990	Republican	CD-43	151206	Win
11-03-1992	Republican	CD-48	140935	Win
11-08-1994	Republican	CD-48	143570	Win
11-05-1996	Republican	CD-48	145814	Win
11-03-1998	Republican	CD-48	138948	Win

Candidate Biography:

Ronald C. Packard
Born: January 19, 1931 in Meridian, Idaho
Married: Jean
Children: Seven
Military Service: USN

1962–1974: Trustee, Carlsbad Unified School District
1976-1978: Member, Carlsbad City Council
1978-1982: Mayor, City of Carlsbad
1982: Primary Candidate for CD-43 (Lost; 16.5%)*

• In 1982, Packard lost the nomination by just under 100 votes out of 69,000 votes cast in the Republican Primary.
• Packard won the 1982 General Election as a write-in candidate, becoming only the 4th person in the history to be elected to Congress as a write-in. Only five California candidates have won a partisan office as a write-in candidate, and Packard was the most recent. Before Packard, the last winning write-in candidate was George A. Wilson in 1958. 
• PLACENAME: State Route 78 is officially named the "Ronald Packard Parkway". He was the primary person responsible for the improvements made to the State Highway Routes 76 and 78. - Source: cahighways.org
• Be Fruitful and Multiply: Packard has seven children.