Fabian Núñez is an American politician and labor union adviser. A member of the Democratic Party,he served three two-year terms as a member of the California State Assembly,leaving office in late 2008. During his last two terms,Núñez served as the 66th Speaker of the California State Assembly.
Don Richard Perata is a California lobbyist and former Democratic politician,who was President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2004 to 2008. He came in second place in the November 2010 election for Mayor of Oakland.
Van Thai Tran is a Vietnamese American attorney and politician in California,formerly serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly,representing portions of Orange County. Tran and Texas State Representative Hubert Vo were the highest-ranking Vietnamese American elected officials in U.S. history until Joseph Cao was elected to the United States House of Representatives in December 2008. Tran took office one month before Vo did,making him the first Vietnamese American to serve in a state legislature. He served in the Assembly as Assistant Republican Leader.
James L. Brulte is an American politician and former chairman of the California Republican Party,having served from March 3,2013 to February 24,2019. Brulte formerly served as a Republican in the California State Senate,representing the 31st district,from 1996 to 2004. He also served as the Senate Republican leader from 2000 to 2004. Brulte also served as Vice-Chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. He was previously the Republican Leader of the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996. Brulte is the only freshman to ever serve as a party leader in both houses of the California State Legislature.
Robert Dale Dutton was an American politician of the Republican Party. After serving two years as a State Assemblyman for the 63rd district,from 2002 to 2004,Dutton served as a State Senator representing the 31st district from 2004 to 2012,and was the state senate's minority leader from 2010 to 2012. He made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. In 2014,he was elected as Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk of San Bernardino County and re-elected in 2018,holding the position until his death.
Raymond Neal Haynes,Jr. is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of California.
Robert Myles Hertzberg is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat he represented the 18th Senate District,which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley.
The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California. The party is based in Sacramento and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson.
John Laird,an American politician,is the California State Senator for District 17,since 7 December 2020,and was Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency from 2011-2019 and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. The 27th district included parts of Santa Clara County,Santa Cruz County and Monterey County. Laird was one of the first two openly gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird became one of the United States' first openly gay mayors in 1983 when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz,California.
Districts in California geographically divide the U.S. state into overlapping regions for political and administrative purposes.
Edward Moore Gaines is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the California Board of Equalization for the 1st district. He previously served as a California State Senator,representing the 1st Senate district from 2011 to 2019.
Nicole M. Parra is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2008. A Democrat,she represented the 30th Assembly district,which includes a portion of California's Central Valley.
Sharon Runner was an American politician. She was a Republican California State Senator,who represented the 21st Senate District at the time of her death,and previously represented the 17th Senate District from 2011 to 2012. She was also a member of the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2008,representing the 36th district. She was the wife of California State Board of Equalization Member George Runner. From 2004 to 2008,then-Senator George Runner and then-Assemblywoman Sharon Runner were the first husband and wife in California history to serve concurrently in the California State Legislature.
Jerome Edgar Horton is an American accountant and politician who was the member of the California Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from October 5,2009 to January 7,2019. He previously served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006.
Joel Anderson is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. A Republican,he is a former California state senator,assemblyperson,and board member of a municipal water district. During his time in the Legislature,Anderson served on the board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as California state chair.
Gregory George Aghazarian is an American lawyer and politician from California. He is a Republican and former California State Assemblyman who represented the 26th district from 2002 until 2008.
George C. Runner,Jr. is an American politician from California who served on the California State Board of Equalization,the only publicly elected tax commission in the United States. A Republican,he represented the Board's 2nd District from 2011 to 2015 and the renumbered 1st District from 2015 to 2019.
Kenneth W. Maddox,also known as Ken Lopez-Maddox is a former California State Assemblyman who served from 1998 until 2004,representing part of Orange County.
Barbara Alby was an American politician who lived in Fair Oaks,California and was a member of the Republican Party.
Brian W. Jones is an American politician serving in the California State Senate. A Republican,he represents the 38th State Senatorial district,encompassing most of inland San Diego County. He previously served in the California State Assembly,representing the 71st district,also encompassing most of inland San Diego County. Prior to being elected to the state assembly,he was a member of the Santee City Council.
