Ron Packard

Ron Packard

Ronald C. "Ron" Packard (born January 19, 1931 in Meridian , Ada County , Idaho ) is a former American politician . Between 1983 and 2001 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ron Packard attended his homeland public schools including Meridian High School , which he graduated from in 1948. Between 1948 and 1950 he studied at Brigham Young University in Provo ( Utah ). This was followed by studies at Portland State University until 1953 . In the following years until 1957, Packard studied dentistry at the University of Portland . He then served in the US Navy dental service until 1959 ; after that he worked as a private dentist. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1976 to 1978 he was a member of the Carlsbad City Council. From 1978 to 1982 he was mayor of this place.

In the 1982 congressional election , Packard was elected as a "write-in" candidate in the 43rd  constituency of California to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Clair Burgener on January 3, 1983 . He was unable to directly act as his party's candidate because another candidate had prevailed in the primary. He therefore made use of the "write-in" method, whereby his name could be added to the voting slip. This process has only been successfully carried out twice in congressional elections: by Joe Skeen and Strom Thurmond . After eight re-elections as his party's regular candidate, Packard was able to complete nine terms in Congress by January 3, 2001 . Since 1993 he has represented the then newly established 48th district of his state. Packard sat on the budget committee at times and was, among other things, an opponent of illegal immigration.

In 2000, Ron Packard declined to run again. Today he works part-time for a lobbying company in the federal capital Washington. He has seven children with his wife. In his private life he lives in Carlsbad.

Web links

• Ron Packard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Ron Packard in the nndb (English)