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Bill Campbell (California politician)

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American politician (born 1942)

Not to be confused withWilliam Campbell (California politician).

Bill Campbell


Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office January 11, 2011 – January 10, 2012
Preceded by	Janet Nguyen
Succeeded by	John Moorlach
In office January 4, 2005 – January 9, 2007
Preceded by	Thomas W. Wilson
Succeeded by	Chris Norby
Vice Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office January 1, 2010 – January 11, 2011
Preceded by	Janet Nguyen
Succeeded by	John Moorlach
Member of theOrange County Board of Supervisors from the 3rd district
In office February 4, 2003 – January 7, 2013
Preceded by	Todd Spitzer
Succeeded by	Todd Spitzer
Minority Leader of the California Assembly
In office November 9, 2000 – March 26, 2001
Preceded by	Scott Baugh
Succeeded by	Dave Cox
Member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the71st district
In office December 2, 1996 – November 30, 2002
Preceded by	Mickey Conroy
Succeeded by	Todd Spitzer

Personal details
Born	(1942-04-08)April 8, 1942 (age 83) Los Angeles, California, US
Party	Republican
Spouse	Mary (m. 1967)
Children	3
Education	Loyola Marymount University Harvard Business School

William James Campbell (born April 8, 1942) is aRepublican politician fromCalifornia. He was aCalifornia State Assemblyman from 1996–2002, AssemblyRepublican Leader from 2000–2001, and a member of theOrange County Board of Supervisors from 2003–2013.

Early life and education

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Born inLos Angeles, Campbell grew up inPico Rivera. Campbell earned aBachelor of Science inelectrical engineering fromLoyola Marymount University and aMaster of Business Administration from theHarvard Business School.

Career and politics

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After initially working as anengineer, Campbell and his wife founded BIMA Corporation, a company that specialized inTaco Bell franchises.

In 1996, Campbell was elected to the represent easternOrange County's 71st District in the State Assembly with 71% of the vote. He was re-elected with 69% of the vote in a three-way race in 1998 and 67% of the vote in a four-way race in 2000. Campbell served as Assembly Republican Leader from 2000 to 2001. During his time in the Assembly, he also served as Vice Chairman of theAppropriations Committee and was a member of the Banking and Finance Committee, the Education Committee, and the Utilities and Commerce Committee.

In 2002, Orange County SupervisorTodd Spitzer won 73% of the vote to replace theterm-limited Campbell. Campbell, in turn, won 75% of the vote in the 2003special election to fill the vacancy on the Board of Supervisors left when Spitzer resigned to become an Assemblyman. Both men suffered criticism for their apparent job swap, which required changing Orange County from a general law county to acharter county to allow an election to fill the supervisorial vacancy under the county charter instead of having then-Governor Gray Davis fill the vacancy by appointment under general law. However, this controversy seemed to have little effect on the election results, as 53% of County voters approved the creation of the charter and 3/4 of the voters supported the two men in their respective districts.^[1][2] Indeed, Campbell was unopposed for re-election to a full four-year term on the Board of Supervisors in 2004. In 2008, he won 80% of the vote in his bid for a second full four-year term. In 2012, Spitzer won 67% of the vote in his bid to return to the Board to replace the term-limited Campbell.

Campbell served asChairman of the Board of Supervisors from January 4, 2005 – January 9, 2007 and from January 11, 2011 – January 10, 2012.

Personal life

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Campbell and his wife, Mary, have lived inVilla Park for over a quarter of a century. They have three adult sons, Patrick, Chris, and Brian, and five grandchildren.