George House (California politician)

George Rolland House II (November 20, 1929 – July 14, 2016) was a Republican Assemblymember from California's 25th State Assembly district from 1994 until he was term limited in 2000. [1][2]

Pre Assembly Career

Prior to serving in the Assembly, House was an almond farmer from Hughson, CA. He served two years with the Modesto, CA police department before becoming a CHP officer and commander for thirty years. He was also a Stanislaus County Juvenile Traffic Court hearing officer. He also served on the Hughson school board and was an active Rotarian.

1992 election

House ran for the newly created 25th Assembly district in 1992; however, he lost the primary to Barbara Keating-Edh who ended up losing to Margaret Snyder. He came in 4th place with just eleven percent of the vote.[3]

1994 election

House ran for Assembly again in 1994. Although initially considered a weak candidate, he defeated Democratic incumbent Margaret Snyder in a heavily Republican year that saw the GOP take control of the California State Assembly for the first time since 1970.

The 25th District

When House represented the seat from 1994 until 2000, it included half of Stanislaus County, all of Mariposa County and Tuolumne County. It also included most of Madera County and a small part of Fresno County.

Proposition 34

House was a major opponent of Proposition 34 in 2000 which stated that 34% of the total annual state lottery revenues shall be allocated to benefit public education. However, it passed with 53% of the vote.[4]

2002 Congressional Election

House put a bid in for California's 18th Congressional District in 2002 in order to face troubled incumbent Gary Condit; however, he withdrew from the race prior to the election and still received 12.8% of the vote in the primary against then State Senator Dick Monteith who now serves as a Stanislaus County supervisor.[4]

Electoral history
Member, California State Assembly: 1995-2001
Year Office Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct
1992 California State Assembly
District 25		 Mike Kirros 16%
Patrick O'Rourke 13%
Margaret Snyder 59%		 78,251 51.5% George House 11%
Barbara Keating-Edh 43%
Bill Mattos 23%
Norman Tergeson 16%		 73,805 48.5%
1994 California State Assembly
District 25		 Margaret Snyder 52,962 43% George House 66,910 54.3%
1996 California State Assembly
District 37		 Ed Elliott 54,033 38.3% George House 82,558 58.5%
1998 California State Assembly
District 37		 Wesley Firch 42,935 35.1%
George House		 75,775 61.9%
2002 U.S. House of Representatives
District 18		 Dennis Cardoza 53.1%
Gary Condit* 38.7%		 53,621 51% George House 12.8%
Dick Monteith 48.9%		 45,960 43.7%
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gollark: What if I carry around a portable DNA analyzer? WHAT THEN?
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2016-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "George Rolland House". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. https://articles.latimes.com/1992-06-04/news/mn-1373_1_vote/6
  4. Vassar, Alex; Shane Meyers (2007). "George House, Republican". JoinCalifornia.com. Retrieved 2007-01-25.

2. Lavender-Smith, Sarah. "House Calls 'Em as He Sees 'Em", Modesto Bee, 12 December 1994, Page A-1

Political offices
Preceded by
Margaret Snyder		 California State Assemblymember, 25th district
1994–2000		 Succeeded by
Dave Cogdill
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