From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bill Filante
Bill Filante
Member, California State Assembly: 1979-1993
Year Office Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct
1978 California State Assembly Michael Wornum 46,485 43.4% Bill Filante 55,304 51.7%
District 9
1980 California State Assembly Anne Charles 59,786 45.2% Bill Filante 67,603 51.1%
District 9
1982 California State Assembly Paul Chignell 55,035 44.9% Bill Filante 67,619 55.1%
District 9
1984 California State Assembly Paul Chignell 63,867 43.4% Bill Filante 83,402 56.6%
District 9
1986 California State Assembly Joanna Willman 53,553 45.1% Bill Filante 65,154 54.9%
District 9
1988 California State Assembly Francis Parnell 65,065 43.5% Bill Filante 84,661 56.5%
District 9
1990 California State Assembly Vivien Bronshvag 52,659 42.5% Bill Filante 63,672 51.4%
District 9
1992 U.S House of Representatives Lynn Woolsey 190,322 66% Bill Filante 98,171 34%
District 6
William Jules "Bill" Filante (b. October 22, 1929 in Brook- end, Democrat Lynn Woolsey won handily. Filante died of
lyn, NY died December 9, 1992 in Terra Linda, CA) was a brain tumor later that December.[2]
an American physician and politician from California and
member of the Republican Party.
Electoral history
State Assembly References
Filante first won election to the Marin-Sonoma based 9th
district in the California State Assembly in 1978 by de- [1] Vassar, Alex; Shane Meyers (2007). "William J.
feating Democratic incumbent Mike Wornum. Thanks to Filante, Republican". JoinCalifornia.com.
his moderate voting record, Filante became a pro at win- http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/3810.
ning crossover votes, enough to hold his left-leaning seat Retrieved 2007-01-25.
with relative ease for 7 terms.[1] He left the Assembly in [2] California Journal Vol. XXIII, No.7 (July 1992)
1992 to run for Congress "Complete Primary Results". StateNet Publications,
July 1992.
Congressional race External links
Filante made a run for the Marin county-based 6th Con-
gressional district being vacated by Democrat Barbara • JoinCalifornia, Election History for the State of
Boxer, who was running for the United States Senate. California
Even though the 6th District was heavily Democratic, Fi- Persondata
lante had represented a large chunk of it in the state leg- Name Filante, Bill
islature for 14 years and tried to parlay his moderate rep- Alternative names
utation into a win. However, just before the start of the
campaign, Filante underwent brain surgery and spent Short description
most of the race recuperating. Fellow GOP assembly- Date of birth 1929
woman Bev Hansen often served as his surrogate. In the Place of birth
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bill Filante
Political offices
Preceded by Assembly,
California State Assembly , 9th District Succeeded by
Michael Wornum 1978-1992 Vivien Bronshvag
Date of death 1992 Place of death
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• Members of the California State Assembly
• People from the San Francisco Bay Area
• Deaths from brain cancer
• Cancer deaths in California
• 1929 births
• 1992 deaths
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