Josh Lowenthal | |
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Speaker pro tempore of the California State Assembly | |
Assumed office December 2, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jim Wood |
Member of the California State Assembly from the 69th district | |
Assumed office December 5,2022 | |
Preceded by | Tom Daly |
Personal details | |
Born | Joshua Alder Lowenthal February 15,1970 Long Beach,California,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Erika Lowenthal |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Alan Lowenthal (father) Bonnie Lowenthal (mother) |
Education | Cornell University (BA) University of California,San Diego (MA) |
Joshua Alder Lowenthal (born February 15,1970) [1] is an American business executive and politician from California serving as a member of the California State Assembly,representing the 69th district,based in Long Beach and Signal Hill. The son of politicians Bonnie and Alan Lowenthal,he was first elected in 2022 after a failed run for the State Assembly in 2018.
Lowenthal was born on February 15,1970 in Long Beach,California to Alan Lowenthal and Bonnie Lowenthal,and is Jewish. [2] He attended Cornell University,where he became the student body president,and later attended the University of California,San Diego. Before becoming a politician like his parents,he worked as a teacher and as a businessman who owned restaurants and a conference calling company. Prior to running for California State Assembly,Lowenthal did community work,considering a run for a school board. [3]
In 2018,Lowenthal ran for the California State Assembly as the sole Democratic candidate in the 72nd district,facing Republican Tyler Diep in the general election in over to replace incumbent Travis Allen. [4] [5] During the campaign,Diep was accused for using anti-Semitic imagery targeting Lowenthal. Diep's campaign denied allegations of manipulating images to depict Lowenthal as stereotypically Jewish,but Diep later apologized about the mailers. [2] [6] In the general election,Lowenthal lost to Diep by 8 points. [7]
He ran for State Assembly again in 2022 in the newly-redrawn 69th district after incumbent Patrick O'Donnell announced his retirement. [8] Lowenthal placed first and faced off against Long Beach councilman Al Austin,and defeated Austin in the general election. [9] [10]
Year | Office | Party | Primary | General | Result | Swing | Ref. | ||||||
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Total | % | P. | Total | % | P. | ||||||||
2018 | California State Assembly | Democratic | 34,462 | 36.8% | 1st | 78,080 | 48.4% | 2nd | Lost | Hold | |||
2022 | Democratic | 30,919 | 45.6% | 1st | 62,582 | 58.9% | 1st | Won | Hold | [11] [12] | |||
2024 | Democratic | 54,679 | 68.0% | 1st | 120,340 | 68.4% | 1st | Won | Hold | [13] |