Travis Allen

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Travis Allen
Image of Travis Allen
Prior offices
California State Assembly District 72

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 5, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

California State University, Long Beach, 1996

Personal
Profession
Certified financial planner/Small business owner
Contact

Travis Allen (Republican Party) was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 72. He assumed office on December 3, 2012. He left office on December 3, 2018.

Allen (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of California. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.

Twenty-seven candidates from five parties competed in the June 5 top-two primary for two spots on the ballot to succeed term-limited Gov. Jerry Brown (D).

Click here to learn more about the June 5, 2018, top-two primary. Click here to learn more about the November 6, 2018, general election.

Allen is a former Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing District 72 from 2012 to 2018.


Biography

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Allen founded a financial planning business known as the Wealth Strategies Group in June 2001. As of the 2018 election, Allen remained active as the firm's president. Prior to the founding of the group, Allen worked in the Orange office of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. as associate vice president of investments.[1]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

California committee assignments, 2017
Budget
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, Vice chair
Natural Resources
Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security, Vice chair
Revenue and Taxation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Allen served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Allen served on the following committees:

Ballot measure campaigns

In 2017, Rep. Travis Allen filed the Repeal Gas Tax and Fees Increase Bill Initiative. The initiative was designed to repeal most sections of Senate Bill 1 (2017), which increased the gas tax $0.12 per gallon, increased the diesel fuel tax $0.20 per gallon, increased the sales tax on diesel fuels by an additional 4 percentage points, created an annual transportation improvement fee, and created an annual zero-emission vehicles fee.[2]

Signatures for the initiative were due on January 8, 2018. Rep. Allen's campaign needed to gather at least 365,880 valid signatures. The initiative failed to make the ballot, with Rep. Allen citing a legal dispute over the ballot language as stalling the campaign. Rep. Allen, following the end of his initiative campaign, said he would support the Voter Approval for Gas and Vehicle Taxes Initiative. Reform California and John Cox, another gubernatorial candidate, backed that initiative.[3]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2018

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom (D)
 
61.9
 
7,721,410
Image of John Cox
John Cox (R)
 
38.1
 
4,742,825

Total votes: 12,464,235
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom (D)
 
33.7
 
2,343,792
Image of John Cox
John Cox (R)
 
25.4
 
1,766,488
Image of Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
 
13.3
 
926,394
Image of Travis Allen
Travis Allen (R)
 
9.5
 
658,798
Image of John Chiang
John Chiang (D)
 
9.4
 
655,920
Image of Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin (D) Candidate Connection
 
3.4
 
234,869
Image of Amanda Renteria
Amanda Renteria (D)
 
1.3
 
93,446
Image of Robert Newman
Robert Newman (R)
 
0.6
 
44,674
Image of Michael Shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger (D)
 
0.5
 
31,692
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Peter Yuan Liu (R)
 
0.4
 
27,336
Image of Yvonne Girard
Yvonne Girard (R)
 
0.3
 
21,840
Image of Gloria La Riva
Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party)
 
0.3
 
19,075
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Juan Bribiesca (D)
 
0.3
 
17,586
Image of Josh Jones
Josh Jones (G)
 
0.2
 
16,131
Image of Zoltan Gyurko Istvan
Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L)
 
0.2
 
14,462
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D)
 
0.2
 
12,026
Image of Nickolas Wildstar
Nickolas Wildstar (L)
 
0.2
 
11,566
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
 
0.2
 
11,103
Image of Akinyemi Agbede
Akinyemi Agbede (D)
 
0.1
 
9,380
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Thomas Jefferson Cares (D)
 
0.1
 
8,937
Image of Christopher Carlson
Christopher Carlson (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
7,302
Image of Klement Tinaj
Klement Tinaj (D)
 
0.1
 
5,368
Image of Hakan Mikado
Hakan Mikado (Independent)
 
0.1
 
5,346
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Johnny Wattenburg (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,973
Image of Desmond Silveira
Desmond Silveira (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,633
Image of Shubham Goel
Shubham Goel (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,020
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent)
 
0.1
 
3,973

Total votes: 6,961,130
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Polls

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California Governor's Race, Top-Two Primary, 2018
Poll Gavin Newsom (D) Antonio Villaraigosa (D)John Chiang (D)Travis Allen (R)John Cox (R)Delaine Eastin (D)Amanda Renteria (D)Robert Newman (R)Undecided/OtherMargin of errorSample size
University of California at Berkeley
(May 22-28, 2018)
33%13%7%12%20%4%0%0%13%+/-3.52,106
SurveyUSA
(May 21, 2018)
33%8%10%12%17%2%0%1%15%+/-6.1678
SurveyUSA
(April 19-23, 2018)
21%18%9%10%15%1%3%4%18%+/-5.5520
AVERAGES 29% 13% 8.67% 11.33% 17.33% 2.33% 1% 1.67% 15.33% +/-5.03 1,101.33
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to [email protected].
California Governor's Race, Top-Two Primary, 2018
Poll Gavin Newsom (D) Antonio Villaraigosa (D)Travis Allen (R)John Chiang (D)John Cox (R)Delaine Eastin (D)Doug Ose (R)Undecided/OtherMargin of errorSample size
Public Policy Institute of California
(March 25, 2018 - April 3, 2018)
26%13%10%7%15%6%0%23%+/-3.21,704
Public Policy Institute of California
(March 4-13, 2018)
28%12%10%6%14%5%0%24%+/-3.41,706
David Binder Research for Newsom
(January 31 - February 4, 2018)
30%11%4%11%7%4%4%29%+/-3.5800
PPIC
(January 21-30, 2018)
23%21%8%9%7%4%3%25%+/-4.351,042
UC Berkeley
(December 7-16, 2017)
23%19%7%5%9%4%0%33%+/-3.81,000
USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times
(October 27 - November 6, 2017)
31%21%15%12%11%4%0%6%+/-3.01,504
AVERAGES 26.83% 16.17% 9% 8.33% 10.5% 4.5% 1.17% 23.33% +/-3.54 1,292.67
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to [email protected].
California Governor's Race, Top-two primary, 2018 (no margin of error information)
Poll Gavin Newsom (D) John Cox (R)Travis Allen (R)John Chiang (D)Antonio Villaraigosa (D)Delaine Eastin (D)Amanda Renteria (D)Undecided/OtherSample Size
David Binder Research for Newsom
(March 16-21, 2018)
29%16%13%9%7%2%2%22%1,750
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to [email protected].
California Governor's Race, Top-two primary, 2018
Poll Gavin Newsom (D) Antonio Villaraigosa (D)John Cox (R)John Chiang (D)Travis Allen (R)Delaine Eastin (D)Robert Newman (R)Yvonne Girard (R)Robert Kleinberger (R)Undecided/OtherMargin of errorSample size
SurveyUSA
(March 22-25, 2018)
22%14%11%9%7%3%3%2%2%27%+/-5.0517
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to [email protected].

Campaign tactics and strategies

Campaign advertisements
Support
"Travis Allen: Fixing Homelessness in California" - Allen campaign ad, released May 29, 2018
"Travis Allen: California's Next Governor" - Allen campaign ad, released May 21, 2018
"Travis Allen for Governor - Radio Commercial" - Allen campaign ad, released April 30, 2018
"Travis Allen - Proven Conservative Leader" - Allen campaign ad, released January 8, 2018
Online presence
Facebook Twitter
Candidate Followers Likes Comments on Last Ten Posts Followers Following Tweets
Republican Party Allen 452,842 446,786 20.8K 13,582 751 779
Democratic Party Chiang 73,957 73,589 195 12,311 6,998 2,520
Republican Party Cox 178,866 178,370 1,458 4,084 831 784
Democratic Party Eastin 13,625 13,279 67 4,004 1,395 1,415
Democratic Party Newsom 853,120 609,774 15.0K 1,495,898 23,876 10,054
Democratic Party Villaraigosa 108,805 108,177 280 17,291 1,275 2,267


Campaign finance


2016

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[84]

Incumbent Travis Allen defeated Lenore Albert-Sheridan in the California State Assembly District 72 general election.[85][86]

California State Assembly, District 72 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Travis Allen Incumbent 57.96% 98,335
     Democratic Lenore Albert-Sheridan 42.04% 71,332
Total Votes 169,667
Source: California Secretary of State


Incumbent Travis Allen and Lenore Albert-Sheridan defeated Nam Pham in the California State Assembly District 72 Blanket primary.[87][88]

California State Assembly, District 72 Blanket Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Travis Allen Incumbent 50.36% 48,321
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lenore Albert-Sheridan 28.63% 27,466
     Democratic Nam Pham 21.01% 20,158
Total Votes 95,945

2014

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Travis Allen (R) and Joel Block (D) defeated Albert Ayala (D) in the blanket primary. Allen defeated Block in the general election.[89][90][91]

California State Assembly, District 72, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Allen Incumbent 65.5% 66,150
     Democratic Joel Block 34.5% 34,793
Total Votes 100,943
California State Assembly, District 72 Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Allen Incumbent 65.5% 36,677
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Block 20.6% 11,556
     Democratic Albert Ayala 13.8% 7,733
Total Votes 55,966

2012

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2012

Allen won election in the 2012 election for California State Assembly District 72. He advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Joe Dovinh (D), Albert Ayala (D), and Long Pham (R). Allen defeated Troy Edgar (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[92][93][94]

California State Assembly, District 72, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Allen 55.7% 79,110
     Republican Troy Edgar 44.3% 62,983
Total Votes 142,093
California State Assembly, District 72 Blanket Primary, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Albert Ayala 13.7% 8,816
     Democratic Joe Dovinh 19.3% 12,432
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Allen 19.9% 12,851
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTroy Edgar 28% 18,060
     Republican Long Pham 19.2% 12,409
Total Votes 64,568

Campaign themes

2018

California Must Cut Taxes
As a financial advisor for over two decades, Travis knows first hand how to make tough financial choices. The 13.3% income tax rate for California is the highest in the nation. Our state sales tax of 7.25% is also the highest in the nation – and when you factor in local taxes, sales tax in some cities can reach as high as 10%. If that wasn’t enough, California also pays among the highest gas taxes and highest car registration fees in the nation. We must repeal Jerry Brown’s gas tax and cut taxes for all Californians.

California Must Get Tough on Crime
As a State Assemblyman, Travis has been fighting for policies to keep criminals off of our streets and out of our neighborhoods. Keeping our citizens safe is the number one responsibility of government. In 2014, Jerry Brown and the California Democrats pushed and helped pass AB 109 – the “realignment” bill that released thousands of criminals from state prisons. Since then, crime has spiked – increasing by 7.6% in 2015 alone, and violent crimes have increased by double digits in major cities in 2016. California must re-establish our tough on crime policies that allow law enforcement to do their jobs and protect the victims of crimes, not the criminals.

California Must Fix our Roads and Reduce Traffic
Travis introduced the Repeal the Gas Tax Initiative so Californians can vote to overturn Jerry Brown’s widely unpopular gas tax, and actually fix California’s roads and expand our highways with the money our state already has. Every year the average Californian spends up to 90 hours in traffic away from their families and their jobs. California has the revenues to fix traffic congestion. Let’s spend our existing tax revenue on desperately needed transportation infrastructure instead of California’s bloated government bureaucracy and high speed rail.

California Must Once Again Provide the Best Education in the Country
Despite pouring tens of billions of dollars over many years into our public education, California’s public school system ranks among the bottom in the nation. Tragically, our public education system puts the interests of teachers’ unions and the highly paid school administrators ahead of our California students and their parents. Our children deserve better. They deserve safe schools where great teachers are rewarded and bad teachers are fired. That is why Travis has introduced pro-parent choice legislation every year in the Legislature to allow parents to choose what is best for their children’s education, not un-elected Sacramento bureaucrats. California needs more charter schools and greater school choice to truly educate our children.

California Must Complete the State Water Project
For the past three years, Jerry Brown and the California Democrats have been more interested in telling Californians how to kill their lawns, cut their showers, and fine their neighbors than actually fixing our broken water system in California. Their negligence directly caused the failure of Oroville Dam and the evacuation of 188,000 Californians, not to mention the wasting of all of the water conserved by Californians statewide between 2014 and 2017. California still has not spent $1 of the $7 Billion Water Bond issued in 2014 on water storage. California has more than enough water for the entire state, including the enormously productive Central Valley that has lacked water for years, and Southern California. Completing the State Water Project will preserve the Delta, and will supply Californians with abundant water through our inevitable droughts and floods. [95]

—Travis Allen for Governor[96]

2012

Allen's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

  • Creating Jobs Is Priority Number One
Excerpt: "Californians need well paying jobs, but our leaders in Sacramento keep passing laws that force jobs elsewhere. They over-regulate and over-tax businesses and individuals, sending jobs to other states and even other countries."
  • Balancing The Budget. Really.
Excerpt: "Nobody argues about whether California’s budget is out of whack. That’s a given. But the solutions offered are the same every year. It’s raising taxes, accounting gimmicks, and issuing debt for our future generations to pay."
  • Stop The Tax Increases
Excerpt: "If you were to pay attention to the rhetoric coming out of Sacramento, you’d think the answer to every problem was more taxes, and more taxes alone. Californians are taxed enough! Our tax rate is one of the highest in the United States. "
  • Support A Part Time Legislature
Excerpt: "The Legislature only works 3 days a week, for just a few months out of the year. But for doing so, legislators are paid over $100,000 per year, given a free car to use, and are given gold–plated health insurance for themselves and their families. And that’s not to mention the perks they get from the Special interests."
  • Quality Education
Excerpt: "It is a false choice to say we need higher taxes in order to improve education. We simply need to spend our money more wisely. The thousands of bureaucrats we keep in Sacramento, while teachers are getting laid off and class-sizes grow is ridiculous."

Campaign finance summary


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Travis Allen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016California State Assembly, District 72Won $496,896 N/A**
2014California State Assembly, District 72Won $397,809 N/A**
Grand total$894,705 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2018

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Noteworthy events

Named in legislative report on sexual harassment cases (2018)

On February 2, 2018, the California Legislature released details on 18 alleged cases of sexual harassment involving state legislators and senior staffers that occurred from 2006 through 2017. The released cases involved incidents where "discipline has been imposed or allegations have been determined to be well-founded."

Allen was among the legislators mentioned in the cases. He was accused of inappropriate contact by a staffer in 2013. In response, he said, "I'm sure I've shaken many people's hands, tapped many people on the shoulder, and have even tapped people's feet accidentally. But there has never been anything in any of my actions that has been inappropriate, and nor will there ever be. I was actually shocked 6 years ago that any friendliness I displayed was in any way misconstrued. Everyone deserves to work in an environment free from inappropriate behavior."[97]

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Footnotes

  1. Wealth Strategies Group, "About Travis Allen," accessed March 14, 2018
  2. California Attorney General, "Initiative 17-0004," accessed May 5, 2017
  3. The Sacramento Bee, "California gas-tax initiative fails but another gains steam," January 12, 2018
  4. NY Mag, "Trump Leaps Into California Governor’s Race, Endorsing John Cox," May 19, 2018
  5. Times of San Diego, "Rancho Santa Fe’s John Cox Endorsed for Governor by House Majority Leader," May 3, 2018
  6. Antonio for California, "News: Central Valley Congressman Jim Costa Endorses Antonio Villaraigosa for Governor," April 29, 2018
  7. John Chiang for Governor, "JOHN CHIANG ENDORSED BY CONGRESSMAN MARK TAKANO," February 27, 2018
  8. SFGate, "Kamala Harris endorses Gavin Newsom for governor," February 16, 2018
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Mercury News, "Ro Khanna and other South Bay elected officials back Gavin Newsom for governor," February 1, 2018
  10. Antonio for California, "CONGRESSWOMAN LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD ENDORSES ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR," October 19, 2017
  11. Antonio for California, "Rep. Bass is Third Former Assembly Speaker to Endorse Villaraigosa for Governor," August 29, 2017
  12. 12.0 12.1 John Chiang for Governor, "GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE JOHN CHIANG RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN BRAD SHERMAN AND CITY COUNCILMAN BOB BLUMENFIELD," August 22, 2017
  13. John Chiang for Governor, "U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TED LIEU – SLAYER OF TRUMP TWEETS – ENDORSES JOHN CHIANG FOR GOVERNOR CHIANG FINISHES THE WEEKEND AT BEACH CITIES," August 13, 2017
  14. 14.0 14.1 John Chiang for Governor, "JOHN CHIANG RECEIVES THREE MAJOR ENDORSEMENTS FROM LONG BEACH OFFICIALS ON THE ROAD AGAIN: TRAVELING TO LONG BEACH," August 12, 2017
  15. Antonio for California, "Labor Icon Maria Elena Durazo Endorses Antionio Villaraigosa for Governor," April 10, 2018
  16. Los Angeles Times, "Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich endorses John Cox in governor's race," March 12, 2018
  17. Los Angeles Times, "Newsom's gun control efforts win him big endorsement," January 26, 2018
  18. The Mercury News, "Republican Meg Whitman backs Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa for governor," May 24, 2018
  19. John Chiang for Governor, "JOHN CHIANG ENDORSED BY CA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER & FORMER HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING MATE DAVE JONES," April 16, 2018
  20. Antonio for California, "FORMER HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP TONY COELHO ENDORSES ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR," December 13, 2017
  21. Antonio for California, "SAN DIEGO ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHIRLEY WEBER ENDORSES ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR," December 2, 2017
  22. Antonio for California, "CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER IAN CALDERON ENDORSES ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR," November 27, 2017
  23. Los Angeles Times, "California Secretary of State Alex Padilla backs Gavin Newsom for governor over former colleague Antonio Villaraigosa," October 26, 2017
  24. John Chiang for Governor, "LATINA LAWMAKER BREAKS FROM PACK: ASSEMBLYWOMAN LORENA GONZALEZ FLETCHER ENDORSES JOHN CHIANG AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION," October 21, 2017
  25. OCDaily, "Board of Equalization Member Diane Harkey Endorses Travis Allen for Governor," October 21, 2017
  26. 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 Travis Allen for Governor, "Travis Allen Announces Legislative Republican Endorsements," October 10, 2017
  27. Antonio for California, "STATE SENATOR STEVEN BRADFORD ENDORSES ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR," September 20, 2017
  28. John Chiang for Governor, "GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, JOHN CHIANG RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT FROM SENATOR BOB WIECKOWSKI IN ALAMEDA COUNTY," July 3, 2017
  29. [https://antonioforcalifornia.com/news/eduardo-garcia-coachella-valley-leaders-endorse-antonio-villaraigosa/ Antonio for California, "ASSEMBLYMAN EDUARDO GARCIA LEADS PROMINENT COACHELLA VALLEY LEADERS ENDORSING ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR," June 21, 2017]
  30. San Francisco Chronicle, "Democratic elder John Burton endorses Gavin Newsom for governor," June 20, 2017
  31. John Chiang for Governor, "ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ANTHONY RENDON ENDORSES JOHN CHIANG FOR GOVERNOR," February 7, 2017
  32. John Cox for Governor, "Endorsements," accessed February 18, 2018
  33. Santa Barbara Independent, "Santa Barbara District Attorney Endorses Villaraigosa for Governor," May 24, 2018
  34. Los Angeles Times, "Janice Hahn backs Gavin Newsom for California governor," May 14, 2018
  35. 35.0 35.1 San Francisco Chronicle, "Tom Ammiano, Harry Britt endorse Delaine Eastin for governor," May 8, 2018
  36. Los Angeles Times, "African American leaders endorse Antonio Villaraigosa in California governor's race," May 3, 2018
  37. Bristol Herald Courier, "Latino support becomes a flashpoint in race for California governor," April 7, 2018
  38. 38.0 38.1 38.2 Antonio for California, "San Jose Councilmembers Raul Peralez, Chappie Jones & Sergio Jimenez Endorse Antionio Villaraigosa for Governor," April 2, 2018
  39. 39.0 39.1 'Antonio for California, "LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CURREN PRICE & MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON ENDORSE ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR CITING HIS COMMITMENT TO QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION," February 5, 2017
  40. The Mercury News, "San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to endorse Antonio Villaraigosa for governor," January 31, 2018
  41. Los Angeles Times, "Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia endorses Gavin Newsom for governor," November 30, 2017
  42. CBS Sacramento, "Mayor Darrell Steinberg Endorses Gavin Newsom’s Campaign For Governor," November 27, 2017
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Political offices
Preceded by
Chris Norby (R)
California State Assembly District 72
2012-2018
Succeeded by
Tyler Diep (R)


Current members of the California State Assembly
Leadership
Majority Leader:Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Minority Leader:James Gallagher
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Jim Wood (D)
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
Mia Bonta (D)
District 19
Phil Ting (D)
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
Alex Lee (D)
District 25
Ash Kalra (D)
District 26
Evan Low (D)
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
Vacant
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
Luz Rivas (D)
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
Mike Fong (D)
District 50
District 51
Rick Zbur (D)
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
District 70
Tri Ta (R)
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
District 80
Democratic Party (62)
Republican Party (17)
Vacancies (1)