David A. Elder (born February 10, 1942) is an American politician in the state of

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. He served in the

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature (the upper house being the California State Senate). The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Califor ...

for the 57th district from 1978 to 1992. In 1992, Elder sought reelection to the state Assembly. However, redistricting merged his district with that of fellow Democratic Assemblyman Richard Floyd into a new district centered in and around the city of Carson. While they spent most of the Democratic primary campaign bashing each other, then-Carson Councilwoman

Juanita Millender-McDonald Juanita Millender-McDonald (September 7, 1938 – April 22, 2007) was an Politics of the United States, American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing Califo ...

wound up winning the contest and went on to win the general election. In 1994, Elder sought election to the state Board of Equalization but managed only 8% of the vote, despite raising more than $20,000 on his own, in the Democratic primary. in 1995, Elder was caught up in a controversy over alleged violation of state law. A probate referee in Orange County, appointed by Lt. Gov. Gray Davis, stepped down because state law bars anyone from taking a partisan state office who raised more than $200 for a candidate in the past two years. In an interview Elder expressed his dismay at the state law claiming that it was never intended to apply to referee applicants who raised the money for their own elections.

References

1942 births Living people Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly 20th-century members of the California State Legislature {{California-CAAssembly-stub