John R. Lewis is a Republican politician from California

California

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 who represented Orange County

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 in the California State Senate

California State Senate

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 from 1991 until 2000 and in the California State Assembly

California State Assembly

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 from 1980 until 1991. He currently serves as the President of the Lewis Consulting Group.

During his time in the State Senate, Lewis served as the Vice Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee.

Lewis was first elected to the State Senate in 1991 after John Seymour

John F. Seymour

John F. Seymour is an American real estate investor and politician.Seymour attended the public schools in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1959 and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1962...

 resigned after being appointed to the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 by Governor Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson

Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the 36th Governor of California , the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator , eleven years as Mayor of San Diego and...

. In the Republican primary, Lewis defeated both Assemblymembers Nolan Frizzelle

Nolan Frizzelle

Nolan Frizzelle is a Republican politician who represented Orange County in the California State Assembly from 1980 until 1992...

 and Doris Allen

Doris Allen (politician)

Doris J. Allen served in the California Assembly from 1982 to 1995, representing part of Orange County, and as Speaker of that body from June 5 to September 14, 1995, before being recalled from office.Before entering politics, she owned a successful household lighting store...

 of Cypress, California

Cypress, California

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 who later served briefly as Speaker of the Assembly.

Lewis is an alumnus of University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

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