Sheila Kuehl

CA State Senate

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1994	Democratic	AD-41	76976	Win
11-05-1996	Democratic	AD-41	85151	Win
11-03-1998	Democratic	AD-41	82302	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	SD-23	225736	Win
11-02-2004	Democratic	SD-23	229321	Win

Candidate Biography:

Sheila James Kuehl 
Born: February 9, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1991: Woman of the Year (22nd Senate District) [selected by Herschel Rosenthal]
1997-1998: Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly
1998-2000: Member, California Judicial Council
2008-2010: Member, California Integrated Waste Management Board*
2009: Co-Founder, Institute for Elected Women
2010: Early Primary Candidate for Secretary of State (Withdrew)
2010-Present: Director, Public Policy Institute at Santa Monica College
2014-2022: Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

• NOTABLE HISTORY: Kuehl was the first self-identified gay person to serve as a California legislator.
• The California Integrated Waste Management Board was abolished by SB 63 (Strickland) in January 2010.
• According to her website, during the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluations ranking of former Senator Chuck Poochigian as an California Appellate Court judge, Kuehl ranked Poochigian as "Not Qualified for the appointment on the basis of bias votes" because he "had consistently indicated animosity to civil rights statutes regarding gender, disability and sexual orientation." [Source] 
• Home Raid: On September 14, 2022, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at Kuehl's home. The Sheriff's office explained that the raid was part of an ongoing corruption investigation, while Kuehl claimed that it was retaliation for her opposition to the current Sheriff. On September 21st, Attorney General Bonta took control of the investigation from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. On August 7, 2024, the California Department of Justice announced that the investigation was beinc closed and that there would be no criminal charges filed.

Source: California Blue Book (2000)
Source: "The Judicial Council of California: Membership" by the Judicial Council of California (accessed 5/30/2012)