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In 2000 Wyman made a comeback of sorts, winning his old 34th
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Assembly in the 34th Assembly District, which consisted of the Mojave Desert portion of San Bernardino County (except for the Morongo valley), the eastern Kern County desert/mountains area and Inyo County. He defeated the city manager of Victorville to win the Republican
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In 2010 he ran once more for the state Senate seat he had lost to Costa in 1994. He narrowly lost the primary to Tim
Theissen, who then lost the general election to Democrat
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405:, however.
403:Buck McKeon
369:Jean Fuller
208:Los Angeles
163:Preceded by
112:Preceded by
61:Preceded by
1530:Categories
1494:Don Rogers
1244:2007-01-25
1202:References
1031:Phil Wyman
918:Phil Wyman
906:Jim Costa
832:Phil Wyman
798:Phil Wyman
762:Phil Wyman
726:Phil Wyman
690:Phil Wyman
656:Phil Wyman
620:Phil Wyman
443:Reputation
379:See also:
315:Republican
263:Alma mater
249:Lynn (div)
240:Republican
212:California
201:1945-02-21
117:Don Rogers
23:Phil Wyman
1518:Jim Costa
1509:district
1505:from the
1477:Bill Maze
1468:district
1464:from the
1434:district
1430:from the
1381:April 21,
943:Jim Costa
538:Democrat
482:Bill Maze
449:Tehachapi
422:Jim Costa
391:Tehachapi
335:Tehachapi
333:from the
153:In office
142:from the
129:Jim Costa
102:In office
91:from the
78:Bill Maze
51:In office
40:from the
1269:25 April
1113:129,510
999:163,531
886:104,552
521:Member,
515:Member,
426:Palmdale
339:Palmdale
254:Children
146:district
95:district
44:district
1222:. 1942.
1190:46,717
1177:71,334
1152:85,055
1136:33,594
1097:35,130
1074:45,856
1058:25,853
1035:78,830
1022:40,968
981:81,962
958:56,867
947:59,022
922:48,768
909:43,807
870:67,687
847:25,831
836:82,329
802:98,577
789:41,998
766:72,220
753:30,681
730:83,936
717:43,019
694:84,963
660:78,649
647:28,971
624:43,845
611:36,928
588:43,086
577:44,154
533:Office
1193:39.6%
1180:60.4%
1155:71.7%
1147:55.6%
1139:28.3%
1116:78.7%
1108:58.9%
1100:21.3%
1077:65.8%
1069:39.6%
1061:36.1%
1038:65.8%
1025:34.2%
1002:66.6%
984:33.4%
961:48.4%
950:51.6%
925:52.7%
912:47.3%
873:33.3%
850:23.9%
839:76.1%
805:68.8%
792:29.3%
769:70.2%
756:29.8%
733:66.1%
720:33.9%
663:73.1%
650:26.9%
627:54.3%
614:45.7%
591:49.4%
580:50.6%
552:Votes
541:Votes
467:Return
461:Fresno
415:Fresno
401:Mayor
296:
246:Spouse
231:, U.S.
214:, U.S.
1162:2010
1123:2006
1084:2004
1045:2002
1009:2000
968:1996
932:1994
896:1993
881:40%
857:1992
822:none
812:1990
776:1988
740:1986
704:1984
697:100%
680:none
670:1982
634:1980
598:1978
562:1976
530:Year
502:Death
1507:16th
1466:34th
1432:34th
1383:2022
1271:2022
994:46%
889:52%
555:Pct
544:Pct
453:Kern
451:(in
395:Kern
219:Died
195:Born
144:34th
93:16th
42:34th
393:in
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1373:.
1351:.
1262:.
1237:.
1218:.
439:.
432:.
371:.
364:.
210:,
1385:.
1337:.
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1273:.
1247:.
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