Dean Fredrick Andal (born October 23, 1959, in

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) is an American businessman and former

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public official from

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Business

Andal was the founder and President of Andal Communications, a bank and real estate marketing company. He was a member of the Board of Directors and Audit committee for Service 1st Bancorp in

. He was a Director at KPMG, LLP (2002–04) and is currently a Managing Director at PwC, LLP where he has been employed since 2009.

Elected Office

After his election to the San Joaquin County Board of Education in 1990, he won an upset 1991 special election to the

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in an overwhelmingly Democrat registered district. The Assembly district had not elected a Republican in over 20 years. He compiled a conservative record and was appointed Chief Budget Negotiator for the Assembly Republican Caucus. He was reelected to a full term in 1992 in the closest State Assembly race in California, and was named Legislator of the Year by the

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, National Tax Limitation Committee, and Crime Victims United. In 1994 he was elected to the five member

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, California's tax board, and was reelected to a second term in 1998, serving as its chairman. In 2002, he ran for

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and finished second in the Republican primary. From 2004 to 2008, he served on the Lincoln Unified School Board. On November 4, 2008, Andal ran for

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in California's 11th district and was defeated by incumbent Democrat

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Personal life

Andal was born in 1959 in

to Gene and Carolyn Andal. He graduated from Newbury Park High School in 1977, the

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, San Diego (BA), the University of the Pacific (MA), and the

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(EdD). He and his wife, Kari, have one adult son, Patrick, and reside in

.Articles about Dean Andal
latimes.com; accessed June 11, 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andal, Dean 1959 births Living people Republican Party members of the California State Assembly Politicians from Stockton, California Politicians from Salem, Oregon University of California, San Diego alumni University of the Pacific (United States) alumni University of Southern California alumni