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Bill Maze (born in Woodlake, California) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 politician from California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and a member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
. A former Tulare County
Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno, California. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border ....
 Supervisor, Maze lost the Republican primary for the California State Assembly
California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000....
 in 1998 against then Fresno mayor pro tem Mike Briggs
Mike Briggs

Mike E. Briggs is an United States politician from California and a member of the Republican Party . A onetime Fresno city councilman, Briggs won election to the California State Assembly in 1998 from the Fresno based 29th district, succeeding Chuck Poochigian, who made a successful run for the California State Senate....
. He went on to lose the general election as well, where Maze collected about 8000 write-in votes.

In 2002, then 34th district incumbent Republican Phil Wyman
Phil Wyman

Phillip D. "Phil" Wyman is an United States politician from California and a member of the Republican Party ....
 decided to seek reelection in the neighboring 36th district instead, leaving Maze as the sole GOP candidate in the heavily Republican district.






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Bill Maze (born in Woodlake, California) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 politician from California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and a member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
. A former Tulare County
Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno, California. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border ....
 Supervisor, Maze lost the Republican primary for the California State Assembly
California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000....
 in 1998 against then Fresno mayor pro tem Mike Briggs
Mike Briggs

Mike E. Briggs is an United States politician from California and a member of the Republican Party . A onetime Fresno city councilman, Briggs won election to the California State Assembly in 1998 from the Fresno based 29th district, succeeding Chuck Poochigian, who made a successful run for the California State Senate....
. He went on to lose the general election as well, where Maze collected about 8000 write-in votes.

In 2002, then 34th district incumbent Republican Phil Wyman
Phil Wyman

Phillip D. "Phil" Wyman is an United States politician from California and a member of the Republican Party ....
 decided to seek reelection in the neighboring 36th district instead, leaving Maze as the sole GOP candidate in the heavily Republican district. Maze won election to the 34th district, which covers Tulare County
Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno, California. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border ....
, Inyo County
Inyo County, California

Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada and south of Yosemite National Park....
, Kern County
Kern County, California

Kern County is a county located in the southern California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Indian Wells Valley, and the Antelope Valley, and has an area larger than the state of Connec...
, and San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,709,434. As of 2007, the population was estimated by the California Department of Finance to have grown to 2,028,013....
 and won easy reelection in 2004 and 2006.

California State Term Limits prevented Maze from seeking reelection in 2008. His wife Rebecca tried to succeed him, but she lost in the Republican primary.

Pre Assembly

Prior to serving in the State Legislature, Assemblyman Maze was the former Chairman and member of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors where he served for 10 years.

Maze is a former Chairman and member of the Economic Development Corporation and Business Incentive Zone Council. He is also a past Director of California State Association of Counties, Visalia Chamber of Commerce, Pro Youth Visalia, Inc., and the Boys & Girls Club. Mr. Maze is a past member of the Central California Resource Advisory Council for the Federal Bureau of Land Management, CA Farm Bureau and Woodlake Rotary Club.

Assembly career


Since being elected, Assemblyman Maze has served on the Assembly Budget Committee and the Health Committee. Assemblyman Maze also presently serves as Vice Chair of the Agriculture Committee, the Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, and Business and Professions Committee. The Assembly Speaker also appointed Maze to numerous Select Committees, most recently the Select Committee on Foster Care, where he serves as Vice Chair.

Background

Maze, a US Army Veteran, graduated from California Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo in 1968.Maze once admitted to smoking marijuana.

Family

Maze is married to Rebecca. They have four sons, one daughter and four grandchildren. He has fourteen rabbits, three pet hedgehogs, a hamster, over 300 goldfish, and recently began a vole breeding venture with his nephew Pat.

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  • , Election History for the State of California