David Roberti

David A. Roberti (born May 4, 1939)[1] is an American politician who served as a Senator in the California legislature and as President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 1981 to 1993.In April 1994 he was the subject of a failed recall attempt propelled by the gun lobby, in a special election.In 1966, he was elected to the California Assembly, in District 48, serving until he ran to fill an open California State Senate seat in District 27, winning on July 20, 1971, and resigning his Assembly seat on July 29.In 1993, Roberti was the target of a recall precipitated by his co-authorship of gun control legislation in 1989.[4] The recall effort was led by William A. Dominguez, John R. Vernon, Hans Rusche, Dolores White, and Glenn C. Bailey.
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