Calaveras County,officially the County of Calaveras,is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 45,292. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels Camp is the county's only incorporated city. Calaveras is Spanish for "skulls";the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga.
The 2003 California gubernatorial recall election was a special election permitted under California state law. It resulted in voters replacing incumbent Democratic Governor Gray Davis with Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The recall effort spanned the latter half of 2003. Seven of the nine previous governors,including Davis,had faced unsuccessful recall attempts.
Steven Paul Westly is an American venture capitalist,entrepreneur,educator,and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by California State Treasurer Phil Angelides,who later lost to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the November 2006 elections.
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.
John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman,politician,and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento,including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville,in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007,the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998,and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.
The 2006 California gubernatorial election occurred on November 7,2006. The primary elections took place on June 6,2006. The incumbent Republican Governor,Arnold Schwarzenegger,won re-election for his first and only full term. His main opponent was California State Treasurer Phil Angelides,the California Democratic Party nominee. Peter Camejo was the California Green Party nominee,Janice Jordan was the Peace and Freedom Party nominee,Art Olivier was the California Libertarian Party nominee,and Edward C. Noonan was the California American Independent Party nominee.
Abel O. Maldonado Jr. is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27,2010 to January 10,2011. As of 2023,he is the last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor 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 Daggett was a mine owner and politician who served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1883 to 1887.
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.
John Chiang is an American politician who served as the 33rd Treasurer of California from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the 31st Controller of California from 2007 to 2015 and on the California State Board of Equalization from 1997 to 2007.
Districts in California geographically divide the U.S. state into overlapping regions for political and administrative purposes.
Cathleen Galgiani is an American politician who served in the California State Senate. A Democrat,she represented the 5th Senate District,which encompasses San Joaquin County,and portions of Stanislaus and Sacramento counties.
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.
Richard Rainey was an American politician from Walnut Creek,California,a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served in the California State Assembly from 1992 until 1996 and then served in the State Senate from 1996 until 2000 when he was defeated for reelection by Tom Torlakson,a Democratic Assemblyman from Antioch. In 1995,Mr. Rainey was named Legislator of the Year by the California Probation &Parole Correctional Association. Also,during the 1995–96 legislative session,Mr. Rainey served as Chairman of the Assembly Local Government Committee when the Republicans briefly had a majority in the State Assembly.
Proposition 11 of 2008 was a law enacted by California voters that placed the power to draw electoral boundaries for State Assembly and State Senate districts in a Citizens Redistricting Commission,as opposed to the State Legislature. To do this the Act amended both the Constitution of California and the Government Code. The law was proposed by means of the initiative process and was put to voters as part of the November 4,2008 state elections. In 2010,voters passed Proposition 20 which extended the Citizen Redistricting Commission's power to draw electoral boundaries to include U.S. House seats as well.
The 2009–2010 session was a meeting of the California State Legislature.
California's 10th congressional district special election,2009 was held on November 3,2009,to fill the vacancy caused in California's 10th congressional district by the resignation of Ellen Tauscher. Democratic Party candidate John Garamendi won against Republican opponent David Harmer.
