called for a full-scale Congressional investigation into the HIV = AIDS hypothesis. In 1992, Dannemeyer did not run for reelection to the United States House of Representatives. Instead, he ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator, but lost to fellow Orange County Republican John F. Seymour. Post-Congressional activities In 1994, Dannemeyer ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator, but lost to Michael Huffington. After leaving public office, he remained a harsh critic of the Clinton administration. In September 2006, Dannemeyer sent a letter to the California Attorney General and other officials arguing that Laci Peterson had been killed by members of a Satanic cult, not by Scott Peterson. Dannemeyer has expressed strongly antisemitic views. On his website, Dannemeyer claimed that it was legal to kill Christians in the United States as part of a Jewish plot to control the world. He wrote, "The main goal of the Zionist Jews and their New World Order is exactly the same as it was when Jesus was on earth – to exterminate Christ – and His followers!" He claimed that Congress passed such a law under the guise of honoring a prominent Hasidic rabbi while he was in office. Dannemeyer's son attributed these views to his father's second wife, Lorraine Day, a known Holocaust denier. Dannemeyer was honorary national chairman of Citizens For a Better America. Personal life William and Evelyn married in August 1955 and had three children. Evelyn died of cancer on July 31, 1999. Dannemeyer married Lorraine Day in 2004. Dannemeyer died on July 9, 2019, at the age of 89 in Thousand Palms, California. He had suffered from dementia in his later years. References External links TakeBackOurRights.org Dannemeyer's website Speech on Sodomy in 1990 Join California William E. Dannemeyer 1929 births 2019 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California Members of the California State Assembly Candidates in the 1992 United States elections 1964 United States presidential electors California state court judges Municipal judges in the United States California Democrats Journalists from California American conspiracy theorists American Lutherans University of California, Hastings College of the Law alumni Valparaiso University alumni United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of the Korean War Military personnel from California Discrimination against LGBT people in the United States People from Fullerton, California People from Santa Barbara, California People from Long Beach, California American people of German