Dan O'Keefe | |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1929 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
State Senate: | California |
District: | 12th |
Term: | June 12, 1980 - November 30, 1982 |
Preceded: | Jerry Smith |
Succeeded: | Dan McCorquodale |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Doris Wilson O'Keefe (m. 1958) |
Children: | 2 |
Dan Patrick O'Keefe (born October 21, 1929) is a former member of the California State Senate and the Cupertino City Council.[1] He was the unsuccessful 1978 Republican nominee for Congress from California's 13th congressional district. He was first elected to the state Senate in a 1980 special election, easily defeating Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr. and was narrowly defeated for re-election in 1982 by Santa Clara County Supervisor Dan McCorquodale.