15 Facts About Vic Fazio

Vic Fazio was of Italian and New England Yankee descent.

Vic Fazio was a congressional and legislative consultant from 1966 to 1975, during which time he co-founded California Journal magazine in 1970.

Vic Fazio served on the Sacramento County Charter Commission from 1972 to 1974, on the Sacramento County Planning Commission in 1975, and as a member of the California State Assembly from 1975 to 1978.

Vic Fazio was a delegate to California state Democratic conventions in 1976 and 1978, and was a delegate to Democratic National Conventions of 1976,1980,1984,1988,1992, and 1996.

Vic Fazio was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the nine succeeding Congresses.

Vic Fazio represented California's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1993 and after redistricting changed district numbers he represented California's 3rd congressional district from 1993 to 1999.

Vic Fazio's efforts led to the establishment of the Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area, dedicated in 1997 by President Bill Clinton.

Vic Fazio won his first seven terms without serious difficulty, but his district was made measurably more rural and Republican after the 1990s round of redistricting.

Vic Fazio announced he would not run for re-election in 1998, in November of the prior year.

Vic Fazio served as co-chair of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a public policy think tank.

Vic Fazio sat on the Council on American Politics, bringing together leaders from across the nation to address issues facing the growth and enrichment of The Graduate School of Political Management.

Vic Fazio was a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.

Vic Fazio then married Kathy Sawyer, a retired journalist, in 2017.

Vic Fazio had two daughters from his first marriage to Mason, Dana and Anne; Anne died from complications of leukemia in 1995.

Vic Fazio died of melanoma at his home in Arlington County, Virginia, on March 16,2022, at the age of 79.