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John Garamendi (John Raymond Garamendi) was born on 24 January, 1945 in Camp Blanding, Florida, U.S., is an American businessman & politician (born 1945). Discover John Garamendi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As John Raymond Garamendi
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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 24 January 1945
Birthday 24 January
Birthplace Camp Blanding, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Patricia Wilkinson (m. 1965)

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1800

In the general election, Garamendi defeated Carter, 60,380 votes (64.08%) to 33,842 (35.92%), as Democrats won a supermajority in the California State Assembly for the first time since the 1800s.

1945

John Raymond Garamendi (born January 24, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville, in the United States House of Representatives since 2009.

1960

Both his paternal grandfather and his grandfather ultimately moved back to the Basque Country in the 1960s.

Garamendi received a Bachelor of Arts in business from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a football player and wrestler, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

1966

He earned a B.A. in business from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, then served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968.

He served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia from 1966 to 1968.

Garamendi is an Eagle Scout and a member of Sigma Chi, as a brother of the Alpha Beta Chapter at Berkeley.

1973

Carter had won a special election in the 12th Assembly district in July 1973 to succeed Robert T. Monagan.

1974

He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1974, serving a single term before being elected in 1976 to the California State Senate, where he served four terms until 1990.

In 1974, Garamendi decided to run for California's 7th State Assembly district.

Six-term Republican incumbent William T. Bagley did not run for reelection, instead running for California State Controller.

In the election to succeed Bagley, Garamendi faced Republican State Assemblyman Douglas F. Carter.

1976

In 1976, Garamendi decided to retire after one term to run in California's 13th State Senate district.

He defeated Republican Bob Whitten, 53% to 47%.

1980

He was reelected in 1980 (60%), 1984 (69%), and 1988 (69%).

While in the California Senate, Garamendi served as Majority Leader.

He chaired the Joint Committee on Science and Technology, the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, and the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee.

1982

During this time he had a spell as Majority Leader and ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nominations for governor of California in 1982 and California State Controller in 1986.

Garamendi first ran for governor of California in 1982.

In the Democratic primary, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley defeated him, 61% to 25%.

1986

In the 1986 Democratic primary for California State Controller, Garamendi lost to Assemblyman Gray Davis, 50% to 38%.

1990

In 1990, Garamendi became the first elected California insurance commissioner, serving from 1991 to 1995.

Garamendi first ran for California Insurance Commissioner in 1990.

He won the Democratic primary with a plurality of 36% of the vote.

His closest challenger was radio talk show host Bill Press, who got 28% of the vote.

In the general election, he defeated Republican Wes Bannister, 52% to 38%.

1991

Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.

Garamendi was born in Camp Blanding, Florida, and raised in Mokelumne Hill, California.

In 1991, while serving as California Insurance Commissioner, Garamendi seized Executive Life, a failing life insurance company, and resold it to French investors who turned out to be fronts for a government-owned French bank.

They made billions of dollars selling off the company's portfolio of junk bonds while the Californians with Executive Life policies were very negatively affected.

This became a scandal in both the U.S. and France, with the U.S. government filing criminal charges, because it was illegal for a government-owned bank to own a U.S. insurer.

Policyholders blamed Garamendi for putting them in this position.

1994

He ran for governor in the 1994 election, losing in the Democratic primary.

1995

He left public office and served as President Bill Clinton's deputy secretary of the interior from 1995 to 1998, then worked for the Peace Corps again.

2002

He was elected insurance commissioner again in 2002 and briefly ran for governor again in the 2003 recall, before dropping out to support Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante.

2005

Eventually the U.S. government reached a settlement with the French bankers, and in 2005 Garamendi agreed to a settlement, the terms of which further angered Executive Life policyholders, who, according to the Sacramento Bee, "had been damaged to the tune of perhaps $5 billion."

2006

In 2006, he was elected lieutenant governor to succeed the term-limited Bustamante.

2010

Garamendi had planned to run for governor a fourth time in 2010, but after U.S. Representative Ellen Tauscher of CA's 10th congressional district resigned to become under secretary of state for arms control and international security, Garamendi won the November 2009 special election to succeed her.

Garamendi was born in Camp Blanding, Florida, and was raised in Mokelumne Hill, California, the son of Mary Jane (née McSorley) and Raymond V. Garamendi.

His paternal grandparents were Basque immigrants from Spain and his mother was of half Irish and half Italian ancestry.