Roy Ashburn

CA State Assembly

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1996	Republican	AD-32	86790	Win
11-03-1998	Republican	AD-32	73285	Win
11-07-2000	Republican	AD-32	96178	Win
11-05-2002	Republican	SD-18	153878	Win
11-02-2004	Republican	CD-20	53231	Loss
11-07-2006	Republican	SD-18	147767	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 21, 1954 in Long Beach, CA
Married: Diane (div. 2003)
Children: Shelley, Shannon, Stacy and Suzy

1972-1977: Field Representative, Supervisor LeRoy Jackson
1979-1983: District Representative, Congressman Bill Thomas
1984-1996: Member, Kern County Board of Supervisors
1988: Chair, Kern County for George Bush Presidential Campaign
2009-Present: Member, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
2010: Early Primary Candidate for SBOE-02 (Withdrew)
2010: Early Primary Candidate for CD-20 (Did not run)
2010: Proponent, Proposition 13 [Property tax: seismic retrofitting] (Won; 84.5%)
2010-2011: Assistant to the Governor, Office of Planning and Research
2011-2015: Member, California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
2012: Candidate for Kern County Board of Supervisors (Lost; 40%)

• Ashburn was the first self-identified gay Republican to serve in the California legislature. 
• LEGISLATION: Author of Proposition 13 (2010) [Property tax: new construction exclusion: seismic retrofitting]
• NOTABLE NO VOTE (Forced Labor Reparations): Ashburn was the sole legislator to vote against AB 1728 (2000), which exempts from income tax any reparations received for forced labor performed during World War II.
• LEGISLATION: Author of SB 906 (2005) which designated Calico, in San Bernardino County, as the official state Silver Rush Ghost Town. 
• In 2009, Ashburn was the target of two attempted recalls led by Michael Moore and more than 50 others. The recalls failed to qualify for the ballot.

Source: California Blue Book (2000)
Source: "Notorious GOP Taxer Roy Ashburn Rewarded With Lucrative Commission Spot" by Jon Fleischman, FlashReport (12/29/2010)
Source: "Here's what you won't see on Roy Ashburn's state biography" by Jim Sanders, CapitolAlert Blog/Sacramento Bee, (2/14/2011)
Source: "Complete List of Recall Attempts" by the California Secretary of State (Accessed 2/14/2011)