Tom Torlakson

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1996	Democratic	AD-11	81820	Win
11-03-1998	Democratic	AD-11	80323	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	SD-07	197683	Win
11-02-2004	Democratic	SD-07	282714	Win
11-04-2008	Democratic	AD-11	117773	Win
11-02-2010	Nonpartisan	Superintendent of Public Instruction	4223116	Win
11-04-2014	Nonpartisan	Superintendent of Public Instruction	3167212	Win

Candidate Biography:

Thomas Allen Torlakson
Born: July 19, 1949 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Diana (m. 1970s, div. 2008), Mae Cendaña (m. 2009)
Children: Tiffany Margulici and Tamara Torlakson

1978-1980: Member, Antioch City Council
Previous: Chairman of the Delta Protection Commission
1980-1996: Member, Contra Costa Board of Supervisors

• CLOSE CONTEST: Torlakson narrowly won a spot in the 1996 General election when he defeated George Miller (son of George Miller) by 943 votes (2.0%).
• LEGISLATION: Author of Proposition 1A (2004), "which was approved with 83.7% approval, the largest support percentage for any proposition in state history."

Source: California Blue Book (2000)