- Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio ("Tony") Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. Villaraigosa was elected mayor of Los Angeles in a run-off election on May 17, 2005, in which he defeated incumbent mayor James Hahn. Prior to his service as mayor, Villaraigosa was the California State Assemblyman for the 45th District, … - Mark Leno
Mark Leno (born 24 September 1951, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a United States politician, representing California's 13th Assembly district, which consists of the eastern portion of San Francisco. In 2007, he announced his candidacy to run for California's 3rd State Senate district against incumbent Carole Migden. He is a Democrat - Fabian Núñez
Fabian Núñez (born December 27, 1966, Logan Heights, San Diego, California, United States) is a Democratic politician and the Speaker of the California State Assembly. - Don Perata
Don Perata (born April 30, 1945) is a California Democratic politician, who is the current President pro tempore of the California State Senate. He was elected to the post of President Pro Tempore in 2004. He will continue his Presidency until the end of the current 2007-2008 session. Perata has a daughter and a son. - Willie Brown
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. March 20, 1934) is an American political figure who served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, after which he became the first and only African-American mayor of San Francisco. Brown is a member of the Democratic Party. - Chuck Devore
Charles S. DeVore (born May 20, 1962) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing the 70th District, which includes portions of Orange County. He currently serves in the Assembly Republican leadership as Republican Whip. Born in Seattle, Washington, DeVore moved to California when he was 13 years old. After enrolling in the United States Army Reserve in 1983, … - Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator (1983–1991), eleven years as Mayor of San Diego (1971–1983) and five years as a California State Assemblyman (1967–1971). - Leland Yee
Leland Yee (born 1948 in China) is a California State Senator in District 8. Yee's district includes the western half of San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County. Previously, Yee was the California State Assemblyman for the 12th Assembly District and the Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District. In 2004, Assemblymember Yee became the first Asian American to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore, … - Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra represents California's 31st District in the US House of Representatives and is Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. He also is Assistant to the Speaker of the House, a position that allows him to help set leadership priorities and drive the legislative decision-making process. First elected to Congress in 1992, Rep. Becerra is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, where he served as Chairman during the 105th Congress (1997-98). - Sheila Kuehl
Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American politician, and a former child actress. She is currently a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing the highly urbanized 23rd district in Los Angeles County and parts of southern Ventura County. - Todd Spitzer
Todd Allan Spitzer (born November 26, 1960) is a California politician. A Republican, he currently represents the 71st district in the California State Assembly, serves in the Assembly Republican leadership as Chief Republican Whip, and is the dean of the Orange County Assembly Delegation. Born in Whittier, California, Spitzer earned his B.A. in English at University of California, Los Angeles in 1982, his Master of Public Policy at UC Berkeley in 1989, … - Sharon Runner
Sharon Runner (born May 17 1954, Los Angeles) is a Californian politician. She has been a member of the California State Assembly since 2002. Runner, a Republican from Antelope Valley represents the 36th district. Before winning office, Sharon was a political activist, businesswoman, and mother. She is the wife of California State Senator George Runner. - Dick Ackerman
Richard Charles Ackerman (born December 5, 1942 in Long Beach, California) is a Republican U.S. politician, who is currently the California State Senate Minority Leader. Born in Long Beach, California, Ackerman earned a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964 and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in 1967. Ackerman and his wife, Linda, who married in 1968, have three children, Lauren, Marc, and Brett, and one granddaughter, Caitlin. - Bill Lockyer
William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.S. state of California. He was elected in 1999 on the Democratic ticket, and was replaced by Jerry Brown in 2007. Previously he was a member of the California State Assembly and served as President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate. - Fiona Ma
Fiona Ma is a San Francisco politician, member of the California State Assembly and a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing district four, the Sunset District from 2002-2006, when she took her seat in the Assembly. Prior to her election to this position, she was a part-time district representative to a state senator. Her campaign for this position focused on improving services for her constituents. She is a member of the Democratic Party. - John Laird
John Laird is a politician from California, currently representing the 27th district in the California State Assembly as a Democrat. Laird and Mark Leno were the first gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird become one of the United States first openly gay mayors in 1983. Laird's 27th district stretches from Santa Cruz County down through the Monterey Bay and down the coast to the San Luis Obispo county line. - Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing (map) and is the first woman to represent that district. Congresswoman Lee was born in El Paso, Texas. She moved from Texas to California in 1960 with her military family parents, and attended high school at San Fernando High School, San Fernando, California. - Loni Hancock
Loni Hancock is currently serving in her third term as the representative of California State Assembly District 14. The 14th Assembly District includes Albany, Berkeley, Canyon, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo and parts of Martinez, Oakland, and Walnut Creek. She previously served as the mayor of Berkeley, California from 1986 to 1994. Hancock's party affiliation is with the Democratic Party. - Van Tran
Van Thai Tran is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing portions of Orange County. Tran and Texas State Representative Hubert Vo are the highest-ranking Vietnamese American elected officials in U.S. history; Tran took office one month before Vo did, making him the first Vietnamese American to serve in a state legislature. - Bob Huff
Robert S. Huff (born September 9 1953 in Calexico, California) is a U.S. politician, who is a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing the 60th Assembly District, which includes portions of Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties. He has served in that body since December 2004. On December 8 2006, he became the Republican Caucus Chair, making him the second-highest ranking Republican in the Assembly. - Carole Migden
Carole Migden represents the third district in the California State Senate. The Third State Senate district covers parts of San Francisco and Marin County. - Anthony Adams
Anthony Adams was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2006 to succeed Dennis Mountjoy. Assemblyman Adams represents the 59th district. He is a Republican. Adams was the director of legislative affairs for San Bernardino County prior to his election to the State Assembly. Prior to this, Adams served as Executive Analyst to Supervisor Bill Postmus. Assemblyman Adams began his career in the political world in 1996, working to elect pro-business, … - Jack O'Connell
Jack O'Connell , superintendent of public instruction, said he hoped the $65 million previously earmarked for a statewide student tracking program would reappear in the budget. "Never say `never,"' he said in an interview at this newspaper Monday. "I was in the Legislature for 20 years, and I have seen things magically reappear." - Richard Polanco
Richard G. Polanco, is a former California State Senate Majority leader and member of the California State Assembly. He is known for his significant efforts in increasing Latino representation in the California Legislature. First elected in 1986 to fill the unexpired term of Richard Alatorre who been elected in late 1985 to the Los Angeles City Council, Polanco served in the California State Assembly (District 55 in the 1980s, District 45 in the 1990s) for eight years. - Debra Bowen
Debra Bowen is a California politician from the Democratic Party. She has been California Secretary of State since January 8 2007. Prior to becoming Secretary of State, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992–2006. Bowen was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in 1976 from Michigan State University, and her Juris Doctor in 1979 from the University of Virginia School of Law. - Bonnie Garcia
Bonnie Garcia ((R)-Cathedral City) is the representative of California's 80th Assembly District, serving eastern Riverside County and all of Imperial County. Assemblywoman Garcia was elected to the post in 2002, becoming both the first Latina to represent the district and the only Latina Republican in the California State Legislature. - Patty Berg
Patty Berg (born June 6 1942, Seattle) was first elected to the California State Assembly in November 2002 to represent the 1st Assembly District. The 1st district includes Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, Lake County, and Trinity County as well as parts of Sonoma County. She is a Democrat. Berg has been a widow for 16 years - Rick Keene
Rick Keene (born November 16, 1957) is a California State Assembly member from the state's third district (representing Chico, Marysville, Grass Valley, and Truckee). Keene was elected in 2002. From 1994 to 2001, Keene served on the Chico city council. Keene has been the Republican whip and Vice Chair of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. He is currently the senior Republican on the Budget Committee. - Gloria Romero
Gloria J. Romero is an American politician. She is currently the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate. Romero grew up in Barstow, and earned her associate's degree from Barstow Community College. She went on to a B.A. from California State University, Long Beach and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside. - Roger Niello
Roger Niello is a Republican of the California State Assembly since 2004. He represents California's 5th Assembly District, which includes the Sacramento County cities and towns of Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Arden-Arcade, Folsom, North Highlands, McClellan Park, Orangevale, Natomas, Sacramento and the Placer County town of Granite Bay. - Shirley Horton
Shirley Horton (c. 1953-) is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican Member of the California State Assembly. Horton was born in Japan, while her father was in the Navy, but grew up in south San Diego County, California. She received her Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University in 1976. She ran her own property management business until elected to the California State Assembly. After serving two terms as mayor of Chula Vista, 1994-2000, … - Bill Leonard
William R. Leonard (born 1947) is a Republican U.S. politician, who has been a member of the California State Board of Equalization since his election to the board in 2002. After earning his B.A. in history from the University of California, Irvine, Leonard worked in real estate and property management. - Jackie Goldberg
Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and was a major player in the Free Speech Movement while on campus. She also holds a Masters degree in Education from the University of Chicago. She was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2000, … - Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is a U.S. politician, who is the Congressman for the 22nd District of California. Prior to his election as a Congressman, he had served two terms in the California State Assembly, including two years as the Republican Floor Leader. Born in Bakersfield, California, McCarthy is a fourth-generation resident of Kern County, California. McCarthy opened his first business, Kevin O's Deli, … - Judy Chu
Judy May Chu, Ph.D. (趙美心; pinyin: Zhào Měixīn) is an American politician and educator. She is member of the Democratic Party. She is the current Vice Chair of the California Board of Equalization, representing the 4th District. - Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald (September 7, 1938 - April 22, 2007) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California. She was a member of the Democratic Party. - John J. Benoit
John J. Benoit is a U.S. politician, currently serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing the 64th Assembly District, covering Riverside County. He has served in that body since December 2002. A resident of Bermuda Dunes, his prior political experience includes election to the Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education. - Joel Anderson
Joel Anderson represents 77th Assembly District in the California State Assembly. He was elected to his first term in November 2006. - Ray Haynes
Raymond Neal Haynes, Jr. is a Republican politician from the state of California. After Haynes graduated from University of Southern California Law School, he moved to Moreno Valley and practiced law in Riverside. He stated a solo law practice in 1988. Haynes was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1992. He served in the California State Senate from 1994 to 2002, including as Senate Republican Whip. - Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin is a Democratic California State Assemblymember and former South San Francisco Council member. He represents the 19th Assembly District, which includes San Mateo, Burlingame, Brisbane, Daly City, Foster City, Millbrae, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, and Belmont.
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