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Dan Whitehurst
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| 19th Mayor of Fresno | |
| In office April 25, 1977 – January 26, 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Ted C. Wills |
| Succeeded by | Dale Doig |
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| Born | Daniel Keenan Whitehurst (1948-10-04) October 4, 1948 (age 75) Los Banos, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Kathleen McCann (m. 1969) |
| Education | Saint Mary's College of California (BA) University of California, Hastings College of the Law (JD) |
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Dan Whitehurst (born 1948 in Los Banos, California), is a former California politician. Whitehurst started college at age 16 and law school at age 20. He practiced law briefly and then worked for a time at his father's funeral home before entering politics in 1975.[1] He was mayorofFresno, California from 1977 to 1985.
He was a Fresno city council member from 1975 to 1977 and was the mayor of that city from 1977 to 1985. Whitehurst took the oath of office at 28 years of age when he became mayor of Fresno, making him the youngest mayor of a major city in the U.S. and the youngest mayor in the history of Fresno. This beat the former youngest mayor of Fresno, Gordon Dunn, by 8 years.
In1982, Whitehurst ran against California Governor Jerry Brown for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate.[1] He came in fourth place with 167,574 votes (6.10%).[2]
He did community activities like:
After his tenure as mayor, Whitehurst practiced law and did other business over the years. He ran for Mayor of Fresno again in 2000 but lost to Republican Alan Autry.[4]
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| Preceded by | 19th Mayor of Fresno 1977-1985 |
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