Dan Patrick O'Keefe (born October 21, 1929) is an American politician. He is a former member of the

California State Senate The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature (the lower house being the California State Assembly). The state senate convenes, along with the state assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. ...

and the Cupertino City Council.Lodi News-Sentinel
"''Senate panel to consider state condominium policy''" (March 7th, 1980 - retrieved on September 8th, 2011). He was the unsuccessful 1978 Republican nominee for

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from

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. He was first elected to the state Senate in a 1980 special election, easily defeating

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Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr. and was narrowly defeated for re-election in 1982 by

Supervisor Dan McCorquodale.

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