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Jerry Hill

Democratic

Picture of Jerry Hill
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Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-2008 Democratic AD-19 124157 Win
11-02-2010 Democratic AD-19 90717 Win
11-06-2012 Democratic SD-13 218775 Win
11-08-2016 Democratic SD-13 296400 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Gerald Albert Hill
Born: April 18, 1947 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Sky
Children: Taryn

1991-1998: Member, San Mateo City Council
1994: Mayor, City of San Mateo
1999-2008: Member, San Mateo County Supervisors
2007-2008: Member, California Air Resources Board
2010-2012: Majority Caucus Chair, California State Assembly
2020: Early Primary Candidate for AD-22 (Did not run)

  • LEGISLATION: Author of AB 459 (Chapt. 188, Stats of 2011) which provided California's ratification of the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote". The Agreement would only take effect if states "cumulatively possessing a majority of the total electoral votes have ratified the compact."
  • According to a Capitol Weekly article; "[Hill] registered as a Republican to support Rep. Pete McCloskey's anti-war challenge to Richard Nixon in 1972. Hill didn't change his registration back to the Democratic Party until 2003." [article]

Source: California Legislature Handbook (2009-10)