Peter Frusetta

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Peter Frusetta

|birth_date= July 6, 1932

|death_date= {{death date and age|2020|2|26|1932|7|6}}

|party= Republican

|term_start= December 5, 1994

|term_end= November 30, 2000

|office=Member of the California State Assembly from the 28th district

|predecessor=Rusty Areias

|successor=Simon Salinas

|spouse= {{marriage|Anita Fillice|1959 }}

|children= 4

|branch= {{flag|United States Army}}}}

Peter Clay Frusetta (July 6, 1932 - February 26, 2020) was an American rancher and politician from California and was a member of the Republican party.

Frusetta served in the United States Army between 1954 and 1956.{{cite web |title=Former Assemblyman Peter Frusetta dies at age 87 |url=https://sanbenitolive.com/former-assemblyman-peter-frusetta-dies-at-age-87/ |website=San Benito Live |access-date=October 1, 2022}} He was deployed in Germany. Upon his return from the war, he worked on his family's cattle ranch in San Benito County.

State Assembly

Frusetta first ran for the California State Assembly in 1992, losing to entrenched incumbent Rusty Areias (D-Salinas) by 18 points.https://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1992-11-03 In 1994 he ran again for what was now an open seat (with Areias running instead for state controller){{cite web |title=Peter Clay Frusetta |url=https://www.gavilan.edu/library/archive/peter-clay-frusetta/ |publisher=Gavilan College |access-date=October 1, 2022}} He beat Democrat Lily Cervantes by 389 votes.https://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1994-11-08 He beat her again on 1996 and served in the lower house until 2000.

In 2002 he made a run for redrawn 12th district in the state senate but lost in the GOP primary to Jeff Denham, who then went on to beat Democrat Rusty Areias in the general election.https://www.joincalifornia.com/election/2002-11-05

Electoral History

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|+ Member, California State Assembly: 1994-2000

!|Year

!|Office

!|Democrat

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Republican

!|Votes

!|Pct

1992

|California State Assembly
District 28

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rusty Areias

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |64,747

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |59%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Peter Frusetta

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |44,905

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |41%

1994

|California State Assembly
District 28

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Lily Cervantes

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |43,307

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |49.8%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Peter Frusetta

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |43,696

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |50.2%

1996

|California State Senate
District 21

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Lily Cervantes

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |51,888

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |47.3%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Peter Frusetta

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |53,649

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |48.9%

1998

|California State Senate
District 21

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alan Styles

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |40,652

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Peter Frusetta

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |47,735

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |51.6%

2002

|California State Senate
District 12

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rusty Areias

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |72,034

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |47.1%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jeff Denham 57%
Peter Frusetta 37.3%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |73,887

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |48.3%

References

Category:Republican Party members of the California State Assembly

Category:1932 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:20th-century members of the California State Legislature