Jeff Stone | |
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Western Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Labor | |
Assumed office November 1, 2019 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Secretary | Eugene Scalia |
Member of the California State Senate from the 28th district | |
In office December 1,2014 –November 1,2019 | |
Preceded by | Ted Lieu |
Succeeded by | Melissa Melendez |
Riverside County Supervisor,District 3 [1] [2] | |
In office Unknown–2014 | |
Succeeded by | Chuck Washington |
Personal details | |
Born | Los Angeles,California,U.S. | January 30,1956
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | La Quinta,California,U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Southern California |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Pharmacist |
Jeff Stone (born January 30,1956) is an American politician and pharmacist who served as a member of the California State Senate from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Republican party,Stone represented the 28th district,encompassing parts of Riverside County. Prior to his 2014 election to the state senate,he was a Riverside County Supervisor. Stone stepped down from the Senate in 2019 after being nominated Western Regional Director of the United States Department of Labor by President Donald Trump. [3]
Stone was born and raised in Los Angeles County,California. He earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the USC School of Pharmacy. [4]
After earning his pharmacy degree,Stone relocated to Temecula,California and opened a small business. He served as a member of the Temecula City Council before being elected to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
In the 2014 general election,he defeated former Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia,another Republican. Stone is Jewish. [5] He was the only Republican member of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus until he resigned from the caucus,saying it was preoccupied with criticizing President Donald Trump. He resigned the same day the Jewish Caucus released a statement condemning President Trump's response to the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. [6]
In 2016,Stone was the Republican nominee for California's 36th congressional district,but he lost the general election to Raul Ruiz by a wide margin. He was narrowly re-elected to the Senate in 2018. He resigned on November 1,2019,after accepting an appointment with the U.S. Department of Labor to become its western regional director. [7]
On October 30,2019,Stone resigned from the California State Senate to become Western Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Labor. [8] [9] After a special election held on May 13,2020,Stone was succeeded in the State Senate by Republican Assemblywoman,Melissa Melendez. [10]
In 2022,he announced his candidacy for Nevada's 20th state Senate district. [11]
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