Phil Wyman

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Phillip David Wyman (February 21, 1945 – November 28, 2019) was an American politician from California. A Republican, he was a member of the California State Assembly from 1978 to 1992 and again from 2000 to 2002; he was also a member of the California Senate from 1993 to 1994.

Assembly races

Wyman was vice president of the Antelope Valley Board of Trade in 1976 when he first ran for California State Assembly from the Tehachapi-Palmdale based 34th District. He narrowly lost to Democratic incumbent Larry Chimbole but went on to defeat him two years later and served in the Assembly from 1978 until 1992,[1] when he opted not to seek reelection and instead run for congress.

In 2000 Wyman ran again for Assembly in the 34th Assembly District, which consisted of the Mojave Desert portion of San Bernardino County (except for the Morongo valley), the eastern Kern County desert/mountains area and Inyo County. He defeated the city manager of Victorville to win the Republican nomination, and then easily won the November 2000 general election in a heavily Republican district.

In 2002, redistricting after the 2000 Census prompted Wyman to run in the new 36th Assembly District. He moved to a small apartment in Phelan, California (in the rural San Bernardino County desert) to qualify to run, which caused his political opponents to accuse him of being a carpetbagger.[2] He narrowly lost the Republican primary to Sharon Runner of Lancaster, the wife of then-incumbent Assemblyman George Runner.

In 2006, he ran again for Assembly in the 36th Assembly District, based in Kern County, but lost the Republican primary to Bakersfield Superintendent of Schools Jean Fuller.

Congressional race

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State Senate races

Wyman bounced back less than a year later when he won a special election for the Fresno-based 16th state Senate district in 1993.

In 1994, despite huge Republican gains across the country, Wyman lost his state Senate seat to then Democratic Assemblyman Jim Costa (whom Wyman had defeated in the special election). He was the only Republican west of the Mississippi to be unseated.[4] In 1996 he ran for a neighboring state Senate seat and lost the GOP primary again, this time to Palmdale area Assemblyman Pete Knight.

In 2010 he ran once more for the state Senate seat he had lost to Costa in 1994. He narrowly lost the primary to Tim Theissen, who then lost the general election to Democrat Michael J. Rubio.[5]

Reputation

Through the years Wyman gained a reputation for moving around the area in order to run for office. He originally served as an Assemblyman from Tehachapi (in Kern County), moved south to run for congress in Los Angeles County in 1992, then won election to a state Senate seat in 1993 in Fresno County (north of Kern county) before losing a state Senate primary in 1996 in Los Angeles county again.[6]

Return

In 2000 Wyman made a comeback of sorts, winning his old 34th Assembly district. Two years later, however, he made a tactical error and decided to run for reelection in the neighboring 36th district instead. He was anticipating an opening in the State Senate in 2004, a district that was outside the boundaries of his 34th Assembly district, but within those of the 36th. His plans went awry when the 36th's incumbent, fellow Republican George Runner, decided to back his wife (Sharon Runner), who actually lived within the district. Wyman narrowly lost the GOP primary, while his old 34th district was won by Republican Bill Maze, a Tulare County supervisor, who found himself unopposed after Wyman decided not to run there.[7]

In 2004, Wyman mounted a primary challenge to then-Assembly Minority Leader and future Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, who was seeking re-election to a second term in the 32nd district. His challenge was unsuccessful, with Wyman receiving 23% of the primary vote to McCarthy's 59%.

In 2014 Wyman was an unsuccessful candidate for Attorney General of California, losing the Republican nomination to former deputy state Attorney General Ronald Gold by just 1.2%.[8]

In 2016, Wyman declared his candidacy in the race for the Senate seat from California being vacated by Democrat Barbara Boxer. In the June 7 primary, Wyman came in fourth in the overall field, with 247,397 total votes (4.9%), and thus was the second highest-performing Republican in the field, only behind George "Duf" Sundheim's 409,096 (8%).[9]

Death

Wyman died from cancer in Tehachapi on November 28, 2019, aged 74.[10]

Electoral history

Member, California State Assembly: 1979-1993; 2001-03
Member, California State Senate : 1993-95
Year Office Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct
1976 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Larry Chimbole style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |44,154 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |50.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |43,086 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |49.4%
1978 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Larry Chimbole style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |36,928 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |45.7% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |43,845 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |54.3%
1980 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Gloria A. Dizmang style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |28,971 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |26.9% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |78,649 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |73.1%
1982 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |none style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |84,963 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |100%
1984 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Cindy Shaw O'Connor style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |43,019 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |33.9% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |83,936 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |66.1%
1986 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Richard Dearborn style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |30,681 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |29.8% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |72,220 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |70.2%
1988 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Earl J. Wilson style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |41,998 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |29.3% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |98,577 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |68.8%
1990 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |none style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |82,329 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |76.1% style="background:Template:Party color" |Rich Tisbert style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" |25,831 style="background:Template:Party color" |23.9%
1992 U.S House of Representatives
District 25 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |James Gilmartin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |67,687 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |33.3% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Buck McKeon 40%
Phil Wyman 38.5% 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |104,552 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |52%
1993 California State Senate
District 16 (special election) 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Jim Costa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |43,807 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |47.3% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |48,768 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |52.7%
1994 California State Senate
District 16 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Jim Costa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |59,022 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |51.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |56,867 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |48.4%
1996 California State Senate
District 17 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Steven Figueroa style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |81,962 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |33.4% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Jim Cox 15%
Pete Knight 46%
Phil Wyman 39% 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |163,531 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |66.6%
2000 California State Assembly
District 34 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Robert "Bob" Conway style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |40,968 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |34.2% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Phil Wyman style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |78,830 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |65.8%
2002 California State Assembly
District 36 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Robert Davenport style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |25,853 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |36.1% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Sharon Runner 39.6%
Phil Wyman 32.5% 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |45,856 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |65.8%
2004 California State Assembly
District 32 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Marvin Armas style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |35,130 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |21.3% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Kevin McCarthy 58.9%
Phil Wyman 22.5% 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |129,510 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |78.7%
2006 California State Assembly
District 32 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Maribel Vega style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |33,594 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |28.3% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Jean Fuller 55.6%
Phil Wyman 22.2% 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |85,055 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |71.7%
2010 California State Senate
District 16 		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |Michael J. Rubio style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |71,334 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |60.4% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |Tim Thiesen 50.6%
Phil Wyman 49.4% 		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" |46,717 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |39.6%

References

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  3. ↑ California Journal Vol. XXIII, No.7 (July 1992) "Complete Primary Results". StateNet Publications, July 1992.
  4. ↑ California Journal Vol. XXVII, No.5 (May 1996) "The 1996 Primary: The Endgame Begins". StateNet Publications, May 1996.
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  6. ↑ California Journal Vol. XXVII, No.3 (March 1996) "Election '96". StateNet Publications, March 1996.
  7. ↑ California Journal Vol. XXXIII, No.10 (February 2002) "Special Election Issue: Complete Ballot Analysis". StateNet Publications, February 2002.
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