David Timothy Dreier OAE is an American businessman,philanthropist,and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2013. He was one of the youngest members ever elected to the United States Congress. Dreier was the youngest chairman of the House Rules Committee in U.S. history,serving from 1999 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2013. He was instrumental in passing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993. After leaving Congress,Dreier served on the Foreign Affairs Policy Board under President Barack Obama. He served as the chairman of the Tribune Publishing Company from 2019 to 2020. Dreier is also founder and chair of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation.
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.
Juan Carlos Vargas is an American businessman and politician who has been a U.S. representative for California since 2013. His district includes the southernmost portions of San Diego County.
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 to 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.
Samuel Mark Aanestad was an American physician,surgeon,and politician. A Republican,he served in the California State Assembly from the 3rd District from 1998 to 2002 and a member of the California State Senate from the 4th district from 2002 to 2010. He was an unsuccessful candidate for California's 1st Congressional District,which was being vacated by retiring Congressman Wally Herger.
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.
Mark James DeSaulnier is an American politician who has served as a U.S. representative from California since 2015. He has represented the 10th congressional district since 2023,although it was previously numbered the 11th district for his first eight years in office. The district includes most of Contra Costa County,a suburban county in the East Bay. He has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2000;before that,he was a Republican.
Gloria Negrete McLeod is an American politician who was the United States representative for California's 35th congressional district from 2013 to 2015. The district included portions of eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County. She was a California state senator,representing the 32nd district,from December 2006 until her election to Congress. Prior to that,she served in the California State Assembly from 2000 to 2006,after having lost in a 1998 bid for the Assembly. A resident of Chino,she defeated Joe Baca Jr.,in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat. She defeated Joe Baca Sr. in her 2012 election to Congress. In February 2014,she announced her intention not to run for reelection,and instead to run for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. Negrete McLeod lost the November election to Republican state Assemblyman Curt Hagman.
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. After this term,he entered a State Senate primary,but was defeated by his opponent.
Martin Jeffrey "Marty" Block is an American politician who served in the California State Senate. A Democrat,he represented Senate District 39,which encompasses central San Diego County including most of the city of San Diego.
Samuel Blakeslee is the founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Technology &Public Policy at California Polytechnic State University,San Luis Obispo. Blakeslee is a former Republican California State Senator representing California's 15th State Senate district which included the counties of Santa Clara,Monterey,San Luis Obispo,Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara. He previously served as a California State Assemblyman from California's 33rd State Assembly district,and a former State Assembly Republican Leader. He was elected to the California State Assembly in 2004 to represent the 33rd Assembly District,He was re-elected in 2006 and 2008,and elected to the California State Senate in 2010. Blakeslee retired from the Senate in December 2012.
Sue Rezin is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 38th district since her appointment in December 2010. The 38th district includes Bureau,Putnam,LaSalle,Grundy,and Kendall counties in north central Illinois.
Scott Thomas Wilk Sr. is an American politician who served as the California State Senate minority leader from January 20,2021 until December 5,2022. He is a Republican representing the 21st district,encompassing Antelope Valley,Victor Valley,and most of the Santa Clarita Valley. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served two terms in the California State Assembly. He was also a College of the Canyons Trustee.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,with a primary election on June 3,2014. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California,one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election.
Thomas W. Lackey is an American teacher,law enforcement officer and politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 34th district,encompassing parts of Antelope Valley,Victor Valley,the San Bernardino Mountains,and the Mojave Desert including Barstow and Twentynine Palms to the Nevada state line. Prior to being elected to the state assembly,he served on the Palmdale Elementary School Board and the Palmdale City Council.
Steven Mitchell Glazer is an American politician and former political advisor serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 7th Senate District,which includes most of Contra Costa County and eastern portions of Alameda County in the East Bay.
The 2018 California State Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary election being held on June 5,2018. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including for governor and the California State Assembly.
The 2018 California Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the California Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary Alex Padilla won re-election to a second term.
The 2022 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 8,with the primary election was held on Thursday June 7,Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with elections for other offices,including the state assembly.
