Robert Badham

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Robert Badham

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 40th congressional district
In office 1977-1989
Preceded by	Andrew J. Hinshaw
Succeeded by	Chris Cox

Born	June 9, 1929 Los Angeles, California
Died	October 21, 2005 Newport Beach, California
Political party	Democratic Party
Profession	Business executive

Robert Edward Badham (June 9, 1929 – October 21, 2005) was an American politician. He was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1947. He served in the California assembly from 1963-1976, as well as the United States House of Representatives from California's 40th congressional district from 1977 to 1989, which included the Newport Beach area. He is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

1 1986 Campaign
2 References
3 External links
4 See Also

[edit] 1986 Campaign

During Badham's 1986 campaign against Nathan Rosenberg, Werner Erhard and Associates threatened a lawsuit against the incumbent congressman. Pressman mentions this incident in Outrageous Betrayal :

In March 1986 Erhard's thirty-three-year-old brother Nathan Rosenberg suddenly announced his decision to run for Congress in a conservative district in Orange County, California. Nathan, who bore a striking resemblance to his famous older brother, for years had been deeply involved in est and the Hunger Project but tried to play down those connections during his campaign. His opponent, an incumbent coongressman named Robert Badham, was quick to remind voters about Rosenberg's ties to Erhard and how that might affect his role in Congress. "I imagine that would be the outreach for power [and] the tenets of the est program, to create a different world by mind revolution," Badham told reporters during the campaign.

Erhard remained on the sidelines during his brother's campaign, though Rosenberg relied extensively on est-trained campaign volunteers along with financial contributions from several Erhard staff members and supporters. On election day conservative Orange County voters gave Badham a huge victory over Rosenberg, who tried to win the same congressional seat two years later after Badham announced his retirement. Once again Rosenberg was attached as an "est advocate" who tried to conceal ties to his controversial brother. Once again Rosenberg went down in defeat - ending his political ambitions and frustrating Werner Erhard's own private desire for increased political influence^[1].