Oral history interview with Alfred E. Alquist : oral history transcript / By Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with Alfred E. Alquist : oral history transcript / By Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Alquist discusses Democratic party politics in Santa Clara County and statewide and his election campaigns from 1960 through 1984, including his candidacy for lieutenant governor in 1970. Focus is on issues such as campaign spending, reapportionment, economic development, and the budgetary process; also personalities such as Edmund G. Brown, Sr., John Vasconcellos, and others. Volume includes an interview with Administrative Assistant Loretta Riddle of Alquist's San Jose office.

[v], iii, 105 p.; 29 cm.

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State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

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Administrative History Documentation of California state government with the use of oral history techniques began in 1969 with the Earl Warren Era Oral History Project. It was initiated by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library and "centered on key developments in politics and government administration at the state and county level, innovations in criminal justice, public health, and social welfare from 1928-1953." ...

Morris, Gabrielle S.

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Riddle, Loretta

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Alquist, Alfred E.

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Alfred Ernest Alquist was born August 2, 1908, in Memphis, Tennessee. He began his political career in 1960, when he ran for California's 28th District Assembly seat but lost to incumbent Clark Bradley in the general election, after having won the highly contested primary. In 1962, he won a State Assembly seat in the 24th District, which included Saratoga, Campbell, and northern San JoseĢ. As an Assemblyman, Alquist focused his platform on stopping pollution. After serving two terms, he ran for ...