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Thursday, February 17, 2011
8 p.m.
Long Beach, CA
Sad news tonight.
Former Congressman John Stephen "Steve" Horn who served in the US House of Representatives for a decade here in the greater Long Beach area passed away today at the age of 79.
Steve Horn was an amazing man, educator, and dedicated community leader.
He was incredibly popular, and always had the youth in his heart. He was a champion for higher education, and worked hard to cut waste in government at all levels.
What always amazed me about Steve Horn, is that he was a really nice, and kind man, and even those who were on "opposite" sides of a campaign with him found it almost impossible to say anything "negative" against him.
He was almost "Reaganesque" if you know what I mean.
Popular, he represented a Democratic leaning district for more than a decade as a "hard-core" registered Republican.
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| The Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach. |
Tonight he is being remembers for so many things. Long Beach community leader. Member of Congress. President of California State University in Long Beach. Kindness. Compassion.
Here is more about the life of Rep. Horn. Amazing life he led. Administrative assistant to Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell and in 1960. Work for then U.S. Senator Thomas Kuchel (R-CA) as a legislative assistant. Senior fellow at the Brookings Institute. Played a key role is the 1964 campaign of Nelson Rockefeller for President here in the Golden State.
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| As President of Cal State Long Beach, Horn help bring the campus into a new "modern era." |
When Horn was President at Cal State Long Beach, he decided to run for congress in 1988 in a race to replace former (and current) Rep. Dan Lungren. Horn lost that that primary to Dana Rohrabacher. It was a nasty primary.
Then after the Congressional lines were redrawn in 1991, ran in the Long Beach district held by the popular Democratic incumbent Glenn M. Anderson who was retiring. Quick trivia question. Who did Horn beat in 1992 to win a ticket to Congress? Answer: Evan Anderson Braude, the stepson of Glenn Anderson.
Democrats did everything they could for five elections to defeat him. Finally, it took a highly partisan reapportionment effort by the California Democratic Party who chopped his district into pieces leaving the Republican "out in the cold." With no place to seek office, he retired from the House in '02. His former area is is now represented by Congressional Members Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood), Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, and Democrat Rep, Laura Richardson (Long Beach).
As soon as Funeral plans are announced, I will update you here on my blog. RIP!
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| Worked for Rockefeller. |
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| Lost to Rohrabacher in 88. |
HORN, John Stephen (Steve), a Representative from California; born in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, Calif., May 31, 1931; A.B., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1953; M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1955; Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1958; United States Army, 1954-1962; administrative assistant to Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, 1959-1960; legislative assistant to Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, 1960-1966; senior fellow, Brookings Institution, 1966-1969; administrator, American University, Washington, D.C.; president, California State University, Long Beach, 1970-1988; vice chairman, United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1969-1980, commissioner, 1980-1982; member, advisory board, National Institute of Corrections, 1972-1988, chairman, 1984-1987; vice chairman, California Republican League, 1980-1985; member, California Educational Facility Authority; faculty, California State University, Long Beach; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002. Below is a history of his campaigns for Congress, who he ran against, vote totals, factoids. Ah, good memories.
| 1988 | U.S House of Representatives District 42 | Guy Kimbrough | 78,772 | 33% | Steve Horn 20% Dana Rohrabacher 35% Harriet Wieder 22% | 153,280 | 64.2% | |||
| 1992 | U.S House of Representatives District 38 | Evan Anderson Braude 41% Peter Mathews 27% Ray O'Neil 13% | 82,108 | 43.4% | Dennis Brown 29% Steve Horn 30% Ted Poe 13% | 92,038 | 48.6% | |||
| 1994 | U.S House of Representatives District 38 | Peter Mathews | 53,681 | 36.8% | Steve Horn | 85,225 | 58.5% | |||
| 1996 | U.S House of Representatives District 38 | Peter Mathews 49% Rick Zbur 51% | 71,627 | 42.7% | Steve Horn | 88,136 | 52.6% | |||
| 1998 | U.S House of Representatives District 38 | Peter Mathews | 59,767 | 43.2% | Steve Horn | 71,386 | 51.6% | |||
| 2000 | U.S House of Representatives District 38 | Erin Gruwell 29% Peter Mathews 26% Gerrie Schipske 32% | 85,498 | 47.5% | Steve Horn | 87,266 | 48.4% | |||
| 2002 | U.S House of Representatives District 39 | Hector De La Torre 29.3% Sally Havice 19.3% Linda T. Sanchez 33.4% | 51,128 | 54.7% | Tim Escobar | 38,264 | 40.9% |
