Mike McGuire (politician)
American politician, former employee of General Dynamics
Mike McGuire
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Majority Leader of the California Senate | |
Assumed office
January 19, 2022 |
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Preceded by | Robert Hertzberg |
Member of the
California Senate
from the 2nd district |
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Assumed office
December 1, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Noreen Evans |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1979-07-21
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July 21, 1979
(age
44)
Healdsburg, California , U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Erika Fremault |
Education | Sonoma State University ( BA ) |
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Mike McGuire (born July 21, 1979) is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 2nd district , which encompasses the North Coast region, from Marin County to Del Norte County . Since January 19, 2022, he has served as Majority Leader of the Senate, replacing Robert Hertzberg ; he previous served as Assistant Majority Leader from December 2018 to his appointment as majority leader . [1] Prior to being elected to the State Senate in 2014, he was a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and served as mayor of Healdsburg, California . [2]
Early life and education
Mike McGuire comes from a family of farmers, specializing in grape and prune farming for over 50 years. In 1998, he became the youngest person ever elected to the Healdsburg School Board at age 19. [3] He attended Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California , receiving a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 2002. [4]
Career
After working for a military defense contractor ( General Dynamics ), McGuire was elected to the Healdsburg City Council in 2004, where he spent six years, including time as the city's youngest mayor. [5] In 2010, he became a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors . [6] In 2014, McGuire ran for the California State Senate to succeed Democratic Senator Noreen Evans , who decided not to seek reelection. McGuire easily defeated Republican candidate Lawrence Weisner for the District 2 State Senate seat that year, winning 70% of the vote. [7]
In April 2015, he introduced bill SB 643, with the purpose of legalizing and regulating the medical marijuana industry. [8] The regulation would cover cultivation to consumption. [9] McGuire criticized the state's lack of rules and regulations for medical marijuana, [10] and was opposed to the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64). [11] In September 2017, he was part of the state's legislative session that urged Congress to censure the president Donald Trump . [12]
In September 2018, the bill he introduced to establish a statewide protocol for emergency alerts for all 58 California counties was signed into a law. [13] In December 2018, he was selected to serve as assistant majority leader of the California Senate. [14] [15] In early January 2019, Mike McGuire "applauded" Gavin Newsom 's 2019 budget plan for California. [16] That same month, when president Donald Trump threatened to withhold government emergency fundings for the wildfires because of poor forest management by the state of California, Mike McGuire replied in a tweet that most California forests affected are managed by the federal government and not the state. [17]
In 2019, he co-authored California Senate Bill 27 (SB27) officially named Tax Transparency Bill which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on July 30, 2019. [18] He authored a bill that established the Great Redwood Trail as a proposed rail-to-trail project in Northern California. [19]
Elections
2004 Healdsburg City Council Election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Mike McGuire | 3,894 | 30.3 | |
Nonpartisan | Gary W Plass | 2,821 | 22.0 | |
Nonpartisan | Lisa W Schaffner | 2,746 | 21.4 | |
Nonpartisan | Mark T Gleason | 2,462 | 19.2 | |
Nonpartisan | Tod Brilliant | 928 | 7.2 | |
Total votes | 12,851 | 100.0 |
2008 Healdsburg City Council Election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Mike McGuire | 4,437 | 35.6 | |
Nonpartisan | Tom Chambers | 3,031 | 24.3 | |
Nonpartisan | Gary W Plass | 2,928 | 23.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Tony Pastene | 2,053 | 16.5 | |
Total votes | 12,449 | 100.0 |
2010 Sonoma County Board of Supervisors 4th district election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Mike McGuire | 15,043 | 61.8% | |
Nonpartisan | Debora Fudge | 9,210 | 37.8 | |
Other | Write in | 103 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 24,356 | 100.0 |
2014 State Senate Election
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mike McGuire | 104,670 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Lawrence R. Wiesner | 48,401 | 26.8 | |
Democratic | Derek Knell | 19,733 | 10.9 | |
No party preference | Harry V. Lehmann | 8,060 | 4.5 | |
Total votes | 180,864 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike McGuire | 188,142 | 70.0 | |
Republican | Lawrence R. Wiesner | 80,778 | 30.0 | |
Total votes | 268,920 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018 State Senate Election
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mike McGuire ( incumbent ) | 163,723 | 76.2 | |
Democratic | Veronica "Roni" Jacobi | 51,186 | 23.8 | |
Total votes | 214,909 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike McGuire ( incumbent ) | 233,688 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Veronica "Roni" Jacobi | 114,184 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 347,872 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2022 State Senate Election
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Mike McGuire (politician) | 197,999 | 75.1 | |
Republican | Gene Yoon | 65,762 | 24.9 | |
Total votes | 263,761 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Mike McGuire (incumbent) | 283,689 | 73.3 | |
Republican | Gene Yoon | 103,333 | 26.7 | |
Total votes | 387,022 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
References
- ↑ "Our State Senate Representative, Mike McGuire, Just Got Named Majority Leader" . Lost Coast Outpost . January 19, 2022.
- ↑ Schlanker, Beth (May 16, 2014). "PD Editorial: Mike McGuire is best choice in Senate election" . The Press Democrat .
- ↑ Kutchins, Herb (March 20, 2014). "Mike McGuire, his election assured, remains little known in Marin" . The Point Reyes Light .
- ↑ "McGuire Distinguished Alum" . SSU News . December 21, 2016 . Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ↑ California State Senate Majority Caucus California Senator Mike McGuire Senate District 2 Biography
- ↑ "Supervisor Mike McGuire Hosts Annual Windsor Town Hall Meeting on August 19th" . sonomacounty.ca.gov . Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ↑ "California State Senate elections, 2014 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ↑ "Bill Status" . leginfo.legislature.ca.gov . Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
- ↑ "California Sen. Mike McGuire proposes regulating medical marijuana industry" . Ukiah Daily Journal . April 30, 2015.
- ↑ Chabria, Anita (May 3, 2015). "California looks to bring law and order to decades-old medical marijuana market" . The Guardian .
- ↑ Guy Kovner (October 31, 2016). "Citing marijuana 'mess,' Sen. Mike McGuire opposes California's faulty Proposition 64" . Sonomanews.com . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ David Siders (September 17, 2017). "California tears into Trump" . Politico.com . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Guy Kovner (September 21, 2018). "Gov. Brown signs into law California emergency alerts and wildfire liability bills" . Pressdemocrat.com . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Julie Johnson (December 22, 2018). "Healdsburg Democrat Mike McGuire appointed to a top California Senate leadership post" . Pressdemocrat.com . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Marissa Papanek (December 24, 2018). "Sen. Mike McGuire named assistant majority leader of CA State Senate" . Krcrtv.com . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Thadeus Greenson (January 10, 2019). "Wood, McGuire Applaud Gov.'s Budget Plan" . Northcoastjournal.com . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ "Trump, California lawmakers spar over wildfire funding" . Times-Standard . January 9, 2019 . Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ "Governor Gavin Newsom Signs SB 27: Tax Transparency Bill" . Press release of the office of the Governor of California . July 30, 2019.
- ↑ Wear, Kimberly (February 3, 2022). "Moving Up" . North Coast Journal . Retrieved June 20, 2022 .
- ↑ "Registrar of Voters | Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters | County of Sonoma" (PDF) .
- ↑ "Council Member; City of Healdsburg Election Information November 4, 2008 Election" .
- ↑ [ dead link ]
- ↑ "Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 7, 2022" (PDF) . California Secretary of State . Retrieved July 15, 2022 .
- ↑ "General Election - Statement of the Vote, November 8, 2022 - State Senate" (PDF) . California Secretary of State . Retrieved December 15, 2022 .
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