Career
Pre Assembly Prior to serving in the Assembly, House was an almond farmer from Hughson, California. He served two years with the Modesto, California police department before becoming a CHP officer and commander for thirty years. He was also a Stanislaus County Juvenile Traffic Court hearing officer He also served on the Hughson school board and was an active Rotarian.
House ran for the newly created 25th Assembly district in 1992.
However, he lost the primary to Barbara Keating-Edh who ended up losing to Margaret Snyder. He came in 4th place with just eleven percent of the vote.
House ran for Assembly again in 1994. Although initially considered a weak candidate, he defeated Democratic incumbent Margaret Snyder in a heavily Republican year that saw the Grand Old Party take control of the California State Assembly for the first time since 1970.
When House represented the seat from 1994 until 2000, it included half of Stanislaus County, all of Mariposa County and Tuolumne County.
lieutenant also included most of Madera County and a small part of Fresno County. However, it passed with 53% of the vote. House ran for California"s 18th Congressional District in 2002 in order to face troubled incumbent Gary Condit.
However, he only received 12.8% of the vote in the primary against then State Senator Dick Monteith who now serves as a Stanislaus County supervisor.
