Damon Connolly | |
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Member of the California State Assembly from the 12th district | |
Assumed office December 5, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Marc Levine |
Member of the Marin County Board of Supervisors from the 1st district | |
In office 2015–2022 | |
Preceded by | Susan L. Adams |
Succeeded by | Mary Sackett |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Dawn Chipman [1] |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of California,Berkeley (BA,JD) |
Damon Matthew Connolly (born June 19,1963) [2] is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly for the 12th district. Elected in November 2022,he assumed office on December 5,2022.
Connolly was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from University of California,Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law. [3]
From 1989 to 1993,Connolly worked as an associate at Thelen LLP in San Francisco. He then joined the California Department of Justice,serving as a deputy attorney general from 1993 to 1998 and as an supervising deputy attorney general from 1998 to 2007. In 2007 and 2008,he was a partner at Girard Gibbs LLP. Connolly served as a member of the San Rafael City Council from 2007 to 2014 and the Marin County Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2022. [4] [5]
In October 2021,Connolly announced he would run for California State Assembly in the 12th district. Incumbent Marc Levine chose to run for California Insurance Commissioner. [6] In June 2022,Connolly finished first in a field of five candidates in the jungle primary. He won the general election with 51.8% of the vote. [4]
Connolly is a member of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus. [7]
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Damon Connolly | 42,950 | 37.1 | |
Democratic | Sara Aminzadeh | 41,934 | 36.2 | |
Democratic | Steve Schwartz | 16,612 | 14.3 | |
Democratic | Ida Times-Green | 13,164 | 11.4 | |
Republican | Andrew Alan Podshadley (write-in) | 1,181 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 115,841 | 100% | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Damon Connolly | 92,287 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Sara Aminzadeh | 85,900 | 48.2 | |
Total votes | 178,187 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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