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Dean Florez
California State Senate District 16
Former member
Term in office began 2002
Term in office ended 2010
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Legislator

Dean Florez (b. 1963) was a Democratic member of the California State Senate. He represented California's 16th Senate District. His last four-year term ended in 2010 and he was not able to run again for the California Senate because of the state's term limits. He formerly served as the Senate Majority Leader.

Florez has announced his candidacy for the Lieutenant Governor of California seat in the 2010 elections.^[1]

Prior to joining the state senate, Florez served in the California State Assembly from 1998-2002.

Florez attended Bakersfield College and went on to earn a B.S. in Political Science from UCLA in 1986 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1993. He worked as a consultant to the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review committee from 1986-1991 and as president of the Ophon Consulting Group from 1995-1998.

Florez is married to Elsa Florez and they have two children.

Elections

2010

See also: California State Senate elections, 2010

Florez was ineligible to seek re-election in 2010.

2006

In 2006 Florez was elected to the California State Senate, District 16. He ran unopposed and finished with 78,146 votes.^[2] Florez raised $503,107 for her campaign fund.

California State Senate, District 16
Candidates		Votes
Dean Florez (D)		78,146

Campaign donors

2006

In 2006 Florez raised $503,107 in campaign donations. Her top three donors are listed below.^[3]

Donor	Amount
California Democratic Party	$27,000
California Medical Association	$13,400
AT&T	$8,300

Policy positions

Initiative rights

Florez is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 24, which would make it illegal to pay initiative circulators on a pay-per-signature basis.^[4],^[5]

Legislative scorecard

Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score. ^[6],^[7]

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Florez ranked as an 85. ^[8]

Committee assignments

Florez served on these standing Senate committees:

• Governmental Organization (Chair)^[9]
• Food and Agriculture^[10]
• Appropriations^[11]
• Banking, Finance and Insurance^[12]
• Business, Professions and Economic Development^[13]
• Environmental Quality^[14]
• Judiciary^[15]

16th district profile

California Senate District 16 is in the southern Central Valley of California. It includes all of Kings County and parts of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare counties.^[16]

See also

• California state senators who term-out in 2010.

External links

• Dean Florez campaign website
• Official website of State Senator Dean Florez
• Legislative profile of Dean Florez on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Dean Florez on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008
• Dean Florez on Facebook
• Dean Florez on MySpace
• Dean Florez on Twitter
• Dean Florez on LinkedIn
• Dean Florez's YouTube Channel

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	California State Senate District 16 2002–2010	Succeeded by Michael J. Rubio

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