Charles Richard "Chuck" Imbrecht (February 4, 1949 – January 19, 2000) was an American politician from

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...

. Imbrecht was born in 1949. He was an attorney by profession who took an interest in

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. In 1978, he was elected to the

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representing the 36th Assembly district. He was one of the more moderate Republicans in that chamber, and he was both well regarded by his colleagues and popular with his constituents. He was reelected to a second term in 1980, but in 1982, he sought election to the

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. After a hard-fought and expensive campaign, he was narrowly defeated by Democratic state Assemblyman

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. He was later appointed Chairman of the state Energy Commission, but resigned amid troubles with

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. In 1997, he pled guilty to drunk driving charges for the third time. His indictments for excessive blood alcohol and marijuana were dropped. He was sentenced to 40 days in the county jail.(1997) Upon release he recovered and resumed a successful law practice. On January 19, 2000, he died of a

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at his apartment in

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. He is interred at Ivy Lawn Cemetery in

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Republican Party members of the California State Assembly 20th-century American legislators 1949 births 2000 deaths Burials at Ivy Lawn Cemetery Occidental College alumni Loyola Law School alumni Ventura High School alumni People from Ventura, California 20th-century California politicians {{California-CAAssembly-stub