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Gloria Negrete McLeod
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 35th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded byMaxine Waters
Member of the California Senate
from the 32nd district
In office
December 4, 2006 – November 30, 2012
Preceded byNell Soto
Succeeded byTBD
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 61st district
In office
December 4, 2000 – December 4, 2006
Preceded byNell Soto
Succeeded byNell Soto
Personal details
Born (1941-09-06) September 6, 1941 (age 82)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityHispanic-American
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseGilbert McLeod
ResidenceChino, California
Alma materChaffey College
OccupationPresident, Chaffey College (former)
WebsiteCongresswoman Gloria Negrete McLeod

Gloria Negrete McLeod (born September 6, 1941) is the congresswoman for California's 35th congressional district. The district includes portions of eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County. She was a California State Senator from December 2006, representing the 32nd District until her election to Congress. Prior to that, she served in the California State Assembly from 2000 to 2006 after having lost in a 1998 bid for the Assembly. A resident of Chino, she defeated Joe Baca, Jr. in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat. She defeated Joe Baca Sr. in her 2012 election to Congress.

Early life, education, and academic career

She was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, California. She was President of the Board of Chaffey Community College (her alma mater) and was a Chaffey Board member for five years.

California Assembly (2001-2007

Elections

She ran for the 61st District in the California State Assembly in 1998 after incumbent Republican Fred Aguiar decided to retire. She lost the Democratic vote to Nell Soto in the open primary 53%-47%.[1] In 2000, she ran again and ranked first in the 7-candidate open primary with 28% of the overall vote and 62% of the Democratic vote. Republican Dennis Yates won the Republican vote with 35% and 19% of the overall vote, qualifying for the general election.[2] In the November election, she defeated Yates 54%-43%.[3][4] In 2002, she defeated Republican Matt Munson 62%-38%.[5][6] In 2004, she defeated Republican Alan Wapner, an Ontario City Councilman,[7] 64%-36%.[8]

Tenure

She sponsored legislation to ban age descrimination.[9] In late 2006, she was a key vote in favor of Same-sex marriage.[10][11][12]

Committee assignments

  • Committee on Business and Professions (Chair)[13]
  • Committee on Public Employees (Chair)[14]

California Senate (2007-2013)

Elections

In 2006, she decided to run for the California Senate in 32nd district after incumbent State Senator Nell Soto decided to not run for re-election. She defeated Assemblyman Joe Baca, Jr. in the Democratic primary 61%-39%.[15] She won the November general election unopposed.[16] In 2010, she won re-election to a second term with 68% of the vote.[17]

Tenure

The 32nd District stretches over two counties encompassing parts of San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County. In San Bernardino County, she represents the cities of Colton, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Rialto, and San Bernardino. In Los Angeles County, she represents the city of Chino and Pomona.

McLeod is actively involved in the cleanup of groundwater contamination. She focuses on current water supply.[18]

During her tenure, California's major weekly periodical Capitol Weekly gave her a 49 score making her one of the most moderate Democrats in the legislature.[19] The NARAL Pro-Choice America of California and Planned Parenthood of California gave her a perfect 100 rating in 2009.[20]

Committee assignments

  • Budget and Fiscal Review
  • Business, Professions and Economic Development
  • Legislative Ethics Committee
  • Master Plan for Higher Education Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Public Employment and Retirement Committee (Chair)
  • Sunset Review Committee
  • Veterans Affairs Committee[21]

2012 congressional election

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2012

In June 2011, after Negrete McLeod found out that the Citizens Redistricting Commission had drawn a new congressional district that was virtually coextensive with her state senate district, she announced she was running for it, saying, "I'm in, I'm in, I'm in, I'm in. There's nobody there." She was referring to the fact that there weren't any incumbent congressmen living in the district.[22] After the district was officially numbered as the 35th district, McLeod officially announced her candidacy on September 6, 2011.[23] She faced Congressman Joe Baca in the primary. Baca's home is in the 31st District, but his old 43rd District took up almost 60% of the new 35th. In the open primary, Baca ranked first with 45% of the vote, McLeod ranked second with 36% of the vote, and Green party candidate Anthony Vieyra ranked last with 19% of the vote.[24]

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC spent more than $5 million supporting McLeod's candidacy.[25] In the November general election, McLeod defeated Baca 56%-44%.[26]

Personal life

She and her husband Gilbert L. McLeod, a retired police lieutenant, have 10 children, 27 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren.[27]

Election results

2000 Democratic Primary, State Assembly District 61

  • 61.5% Gloria Negrete McLeod
  • 38.5% Paul Vincent Avila

2006 Democratic Primary, State Senate District 32

References

  1. ^ http://primary98.sos.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000-primary/assemb.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=210721
  4. ^ http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000-general/assemb.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002-general/state-assemb.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5712
  7. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VDBB&p_theme=vdbb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10457C520F14600F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  8. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=72819
  9. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ai9ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=akcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6855,1789877&dq=gloria+negrete+mcleod&hl=en
  10. ^ http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/3233529
  11. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C7EE9F38219160&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  12. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VjFZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iUcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5464,916176&dq=gloria+negrete+mcleod&hl=en
  13. ^ http://www.theanimalcouncil.com/files/CA_ASM_B_P.pdf
  14. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1050F34C990485D1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  15. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=213954
  16. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=214076
  17. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=654399
  18. ^ http://sd32.senate.ca.gov/biography
  19. ^ http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yhq30izrcjpifl&xid=yhnf7ylhyptpvq&done=.yhq30izrck7ifl
  20. ^ http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/16492/gloria-negrete-mcleod#.UOBvR3f4Igo
  21. ^ http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Gloria_Negrete_McLeod#cite_note-scorecard-1
  22. ^ Goldmacher, Shane. Negrete McLeod to run for Congress: “I’m in, I’m in, I’m in, I’m in”. Los Angeles Times, 2011-06-20.
  23. ^ Press release announcing candidacy for Congress
  24. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=740842
  25. ^ http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_22278739/freshman-legislators-represent-inland-valley-high-desert-congress
  26. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=768692
  27. ^ http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/02/5022439/dan-morain-billionaire-bloomberg.html Dan Morain: Billionaire Bloomberg knocks out Joe Baca, adds dynamic to gun politics

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California Assembly
Preceded by California State Assemblywoman, 61st District
2000–2006 		Succeeded by
California Senate
Preceded by California State Senator, 32nd District
2006–2012 		Succeeded by
TBD
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 35th congressional district
January 3, 2013 – present 		Incumbent

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