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Michael D. Antonovich
Michael Dennis Antonovich (born August 12, 1939) is an American politician who was Mayor of Los Angeles County and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He represented the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, including the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
Antonovich was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Thomas Alva Edison Junior High, where one of his classmates was Henry Waxman. He graduated from John Marshall High School and enlisted in the United States Army Reserve in 1957. A member of Sigma Nu fraternity, Antonovich graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1963 with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in 1966. Antonovich taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District and later at Pepperdine University.
In 1969, Antonovich was elected to the newly formed Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.
In 1972, he was elected to the California State Assembly and for three terms represented Glendale, Burbank, Sunland, Tujunga, Atwater, Griffith Park, Lakeview Terrace and Sun Valley. He served as a Republican whip in the Assembly from 1976 to 1978.
Antonovich ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1978 against Mike Curb. After Curb defeated him in the primary, Antonovich declined to specifically endorse Curb in the general election, but instead endorsed the entire Republican ticket. Curb defeated incumbent Mervyn Dymally in the general election.
In 1984 Antonovich was elected chairman of the California Republican Party and served for two years.
He was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors (to which he was first elected in 1980) in 1983, 1987 and 1991 and as the so-called "Mayor of Los Angeles County" in 1983, 1987, 1991, 2001 and 2006.
He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986 in the 13 candidate Republican primary. Antonovich received the endorsement of television evangelist Pat Robertson. He finished in third place with 9% of the vote. Congressman Ed Zschau went on to lose to the incumbent, Alan Cranston, in the general election. Antonovich lost the San Fernando Valley to Herschensohn.
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Michael D. Antonovich
Michael Dennis Antonovich (born August 12, 1939) is an American politician who was Mayor of Los Angeles County and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He represented the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, including the Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
Antonovich was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Thomas Alva Edison Junior High, where one of his classmates was Henry Waxman. He graduated from John Marshall High School and enlisted in the United States Army Reserve in 1957. A member of Sigma Nu fraternity, Antonovich graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in 1963 with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in 1966. Antonovich taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District and later at Pepperdine University.
In 1969, Antonovich was elected to the newly formed Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.
In 1972, he was elected to the California State Assembly and for three terms represented Glendale, Burbank, Sunland, Tujunga, Atwater, Griffith Park, Lakeview Terrace and Sun Valley. He served as a Republican whip in the Assembly from 1976 to 1978.
Antonovich ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1978 against Mike Curb. After Curb defeated him in the primary, Antonovich declined to specifically endorse Curb in the general election, but instead endorsed the entire Republican ticket. Curb defeated incumbent Mervyn Dymally in the general election.
In 1984 Antonovich was elected chairman of the California Republican Party and served for two years.
He was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors (to which he was first elected in 1980) in 1983, 1987 and 1991 and as the so-called "Mayor of Los Angeles County" in 1983, 1987, 1991, 2001 and 2006.
He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986 in the 13 candidate Republican primary. Antonovich received the endorsement of television evangelist Pat Robertson. He finished in third place with 9% of the vote. Congressman Ed Zschau went on to lose to the incumbent, Alan Cranston, in the general election. Antonovich lost the San Fernando Valley to Herschensohn.
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