Wally Knox

Wally Knox was a Democratic Assemblyman from the State of California from 1994 until 2000. Due to term limits, he was ineligible to run again for the Assembly. Instead he ran for the 23rd district State Senate seat, but lost the Democratic primary to Assemblymember Sheila Kuehl. He is contemplating a run for the Los Angeles City Council District 4 seat to be vacated by termed-out Tom LaBonge in 2015.

Prior to his election, Knox served on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District. He was an attorney specializing in labor relations, and owned a small business. He was on the Executive Board of the American Jewish Committee. The first in his family to attend college, he graduated from Harvard University and Hastings Law School. He served four years in the U.S. Army and is a decorated Vietnam War veteran. He is married to Elizabeth Garfield, and has two daughters, Aviva and Tamara. They belong to Temple Israel of Hollywood.