Robert G. Beverly

Robert Graham "Bob" Beverly (July 1, 1925 – October 14, 2009) was an American attorney and politician from California and a member of the Republican Party.

After serving in the Marine Corps, mainly on the East Coast,[3] Beverly attended UCLA, then earned a law degree at Loyola Marymount University in the early 1950s.

[3] In 1958, Beverly launched his political career, winning a seat on the Manhattan Beach City Council.

[4] He left the assembly in 1976 to challenge state senator James Wedworth (D-Hawthorne) in a district that had been redrawn due to reapportionment.

[5] He then had little trouble holding the seat (numbered both the 27th and the 29th during his tenure) until 1992, when he won a surprisingly close race against an unknown, underfunded Democrat in a district that had been redrawn after the 1991 reapportionment.