Phil Wyman
| Phil Wyman | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 1, 1945 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Davis Ateneo de Manila University University of the Pacific |
Phillip D. "Phil" Wyman (born February 1, 1945, in Hollywood, California) is an American politician from California and a member of the Republican Party.
Wyman was vice president of the Antelope Valley Board of Trade in 1976 when he first ran for California State Assembly from the Tehachapi-Palmdale based 34th District. He narrowly lost to Democratic incumbent Larry Chimbole but went on to defeat him two years later and served in the Assembly from 1978 until 1992, when he opted not to seek reelection and instead run for congress.
In 2000 Wyman ran again for Assembly in the 34th Assembly District, which consisted of the Mojave Desert portion of San Bernardino County (except for the Morongo valley), the eastern Kern County desert/mountains area and Inyo County. He defeated the city manager of Victorville to win the Republican nomination, and then easily won the November 2000 general election in a heavily Republican district.
In 2002, redistricting after the 2000 Census prompted Wyman to run in the new 36th Assembly District. He moved to a small apartment in Phelan (in the rural San Bernardino County desert) to qualify to run, which caused his political opponents to accuse him of being a carpetbagger. He narrowly lost the Republican primary to Sharon Runner of Lancaster, the wife of then-incumbent Assemblyman George Runner.
In 2006, he ran again for Assembly in the 36th Assembly District, based in Kern County, but lost the Republican primary.
The 25th Congressional district was created after the 1991 reapportionment and was centered on the new city of Santa Clarita in fast growing northern Los Angeles County. Wyman moved south from Tehachapi in Kern County to run for the new 25th. He narrowly lost the GOP primary to Santa Clarita mayor Buck McKeon, however.
Wyman bounced back less than a year later when he won a special election for the Fresno-based 16th state Senate district in 1993.
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