Kenneth L. Maddy

Kenneth L. Maddy (May 22, 1934 – February 19, 2000) was a Republican member of the California State Assembly and State Senate from Fresno.

Maddy was born in Santa Monica. He attended Fresno State College and graduated in 1957 with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture. He served in the State Assembly for Fresno County from 1971 to 1978.

Maddy ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1978 Republican primary, having finished in third place with 484,583 votes (19.2 percent). The nomination went to state Attorney General Evelle J. Younger, but he was defeated by the Democratic Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr., in the general election.

Maddy was then elected to the State Senate in 1978 and served there until 1998. He was the chairman for the Senate Republican Caucus from 1979 to 1983 and was the Republican Leader of the Senate from 1987 to 1995.

Maddy received numerous awards during his lifetime, including the CSU Alumnus of the Year Award in 1981 and the CSU Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999. He died in 2000, and was interred in Inglewood Memorial Park in Inglewood, California.

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California Assembly
Preceded by
George Zenovich
California State Assemblyman, 32nd District
1971-1974
Succeeded by
Gordon W. Duffy
Preceded by
John E. Thurman
California State Assemblyman, 30th District
1974-1978
Succeeded by
Jim Costa