Biography:

George Radanovich, the son of Croatian immigrants, was born and still lives in Mariposa, Calif., a small mountain community in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

He graduated from California Polytechnic University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture business management, a useful degree for a man who later founded Mariposa's first winery, Radanovich Winery, and became the area's first commercial grape grower.

Radanovich, then an assistant bank manager, went into the wine business in 1983 after making extensive studies of the area's micro-climates. The winery now ships an estimated 4,000 cases annually of zinfandel, merlot, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon and sauvignon blanc wines.

He and his wife, Ethie, have one child.

Past Campaigns:

George Radanovich, after an unsuccessful attempt in 1992, was first elected to the House in 1994, easily defeating incumbent Richard Lehman.

Radanovich attacked Lehman for his support of President Clinton's policies, including his support of attempts by Rep. George Miller to raise the price of Central Valley water. Radanovich defeated Lehman by 57 percent to 40 percent _ the greatest margin of defeat for any non-freshman incumbent in 1994.

Radonovich was re-elected in 1996 with 67 percent of the vote, and faced no major-party opposition when he was elected to a third term in 1998. He retained his seat in 2000 with 65 percent of the vote against Democrat Dan Rosenberg.

He was re-elected in 2002 and was unopposed in the March 2004 primary.

He earlier was elected to the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors after serving a term as a member of the county planning commission.

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