Mike Schaefer
Mike Schaefer | |
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City Council | |
In office 1965–1971 | |
Personal details | |
Born | John Michael Schaefer March 25, 1938 San Diego, California, U.S. |
Political party | Republican (before 2004) Democratic (2004–present) |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
John Michael Schaefer
Early life and education
John Michael Schaefer was born in San Diego, California, on March 25, 1938. He graduated from Mission Bay High School in 1956, and earned a Bachelor of Business from the University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.[5][6][7]
Career
During the
In 1965, Schaefer was elected to the San Diego City Council and served until 1971. In 1968, he received the Republican nomination in California's 37th House district, but was defeated by incumbent Representative Lionel Van Deerlin. In 1971, he ran for mayor in the open primary, but received less than one percent of the vote. In 1974, he ran for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State in Nevada, but was defeated by Stanley W. Paher.[2]
In the 1980s, he moved to Maryland where he befriended William Donald Schaefer, who served as the mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland, and Mike Schaefer believed that sharing a last name with him would help him politically and following Schaefer's death in 2011 Mike filed a $28,000 claim to William's estate.[8] In 1986, he ran for the Republican nomination for Maryland's Senate election, but was defeated by Linda Chavez.
From the 1990s to the 2010s, he ran for local offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Secretary of State of California, state legislative seats in Arizona, Nevada, and Maryland, and mayor in Baltimore and Palm Springs.
In 2018, he initially sought to run for
Schaefer was briefly a Democratic candidate for California's 47th congressional district in the 2024 election, but later switched into the race for U.S. Senate in Nevada.[12]
Legal issues
In 1970, Schaefer was arrested for bribery and conspiracies charges in the 1970 Yellow Cab bribery scandal, but was later acquitted after an eleven-hour deliberation by a jury on January 21, 1971.[11][13]
Schaefer bought properties in multiple states, including the Schaefer Hotel which he bought for $450,000. He was successfully sued by his tenants in Los Angeles for the low quality of his housing and they were awarded $1.83 million.[4][10]
In 1993, Schaefer was convicted of misdemeanor
In 2013, comedian Brad Garrett filed a restraining order against Schaefer, stating in his application: "As a celebrity, I am very concerned about stalkers who seek notoriety by associating themselves with me." Under the order, Schaefer is also banned from the MGM Grand Las Vegas.[15]
Electoral history
Year | Office | Party | Primary | General | Result | Swing | Ref. | ||||||
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Total | % | P. | Total | % | P. | ||||||||
1965 | San Diego City Council (8th) | Nonpartisan | 1,993 | 16.68% | 1st | 72,836 | 58.21% | 1st | Won | N/A | [16] | ||
1967 | San Diego City Council (8th) | Nonpartisan | 7,411 | 63.32% | 1st | 102,899 | 76.96% | 1st | Won | N/A | [16] | ||
1968 | U.S. House (CA 37th) | Republican | 29,813 | 75.45% | 1st | 52,547 | 35.34% | 2nd | Lost | Hold | |||
1974 | Nevada Secretary of State
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Republican | 11,376 | 36.32% | 2nd | Lost | Hold | [17] | |||||
1984 | San Diego City Attorney | Nonpartisan | 60,585 | 32.48% | 2nd | Lost | N/A | [18] | |||||
1986 | U.S. Senate (MD) | Republican | 16,902 | 12.24% | 2nd | Lost | Gain | ||||||
1990 | San Diego County Board of Supervisors (4th) | Nonpartisan | 15,562 | 23.99% | 2nd | Lost | N/A | [19] | |||||
1990 | LA City Council | Nonpartisan | 127 | 1.03% | 8th | Lost | N/A | ||||||
1990 | California State Assembly | Republican | 3,200 | 6.05% | 4th | Lost | Gain | ||||||
1994 | San Diego County District Attorney | Nonpartisan | 43,134 | 10.47% | 5th | Lost | N/A | [20] | |||||
1996
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U.S. House (NV 2) | Republican | 1,188 | 1.51% | 6th | Lost | Gain | [21] | |||||
1999 | S.F. District Attorney
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Nonpartisan | 5,468 | 3.13% | 5th | Lost | N/A | ||||||
2001 | U.S. House (CA) | Republican | 2,315 | 2.58% | 9th | Lost | Hold | ||||||
2001 | LA City Council | Nonpartisan | 258 | 1.20% | 9th | Lost | N/A | ||||||
2002 | CA Secretary of State
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Republican | 409,215 | 20.68% | 2nd | Lost | Gain | ||||||
2002 | Clark County, Nevada Public Administrator | Republican | 11,565 | 21.49% | 2nd | Lost | Hold | [22] | |||||
2002 | U.S. House (AZ) | Republican | 933 | 1.75% | 6th | Lost | Gain | ||||||
2004 | Nevada Senate (1st) | Democratic | 922 | 18.98% | 3rd | Lost | Gain | [23] | |||||
2006 | U.S. Senate (MD) | Democratic | 7,770 | 1.32% | 5th | Lost | Hold | ||||||
2007 | Mayor of Baltimore | Democratic | 762 | 0.89% | 6th | Lost | Hold | ||||||
2010 | Baltimore City Sheriff | Democratic | 4,398 | 7.73% | 4th | Lost | Hold | ||||||
2012 | Nevada Assembly (16th) | Democratic | 286 | 23.68% | 2nd | Lost | Hold | [24] | |||||
2013 | LA City Council | Nonpartisan | 359 | 1.87% | 11th | Lost | N/A | ||||||
2015 | LA City Council | Nonpartisan | 268 | 1.10% | 12th | Lost | N/A | ||||||
2015 | Mayor of Palm Springs | Nonpartisan | 124 | 1.08% | 8th | Lost | N/A | [25] | |||||
2016 | U.S. House (NV 4th) | Democratic | 773 | 2.53% | 6th | Lost | Gain | [26] | |||||
2017 | LA City Council | Nonpartisan | 266 | 1.22% | 13th | Lost | N/A | ||||||
2018 | CA Board of Equalization | Democratic | 269,044 | 17.04% | 2nd | 1,559,373 | 52.21% | 1st | Won | Gain | |||
2022 | CA Board of Equalization | Democratic | 597,948 | 35.90% | 1st | 1,241,062 | 58.85% | 1st | Won | Hold | |||
2024 | U.S. Senate (NV) | Democratic | TBA |
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- ^ "Nevada Supreme Court removes Schaefer from ballot". April 16, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020.
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