Anthony Adams

Anthony Adams
Candidate for
U.S. House, California, District 8
Party	Independent
Prior offices
California State Assembly
2006-2010
Websites
Campaign website

Anthony Adams was a 2012 Independent candidate seeking election to the U.S. House representing the 8th congressional District of California. He was a member of the California State Assembly, representing California's 59th Assembly District as a Republican. He was first elected to the state assembly in 2006. In his 2008 re-election to the state assembly, he won his race with 51% of the vote. Adams was one of two Chief Minority Whips in the California State Assembly.

In January 2010, Adams announced that he will not seek re-election in November 2010.

Adams earned a bachelor's degree from California State University-San Bernardino in political science, and a law degree from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton.

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. ,

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Adams ranked as a 14.

2009 recall effort

See also: Anthony Adams recall, California, 2009

Assemblyman Adams, along with five other Republicans in the California State Legislature voted for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's solution to the state's $41 billion dollar funding gap. The six Republicans became known as the Sacramento Six.

A group called "Atlas PAC" then launched a recall campaign against Adams because of his vote on the budget. However, it was announced on November 20, 2009 that the group had fallen short of its goal of collecting sufficient signatures to force a recall election. Election officials announced that about 46% of the signatures they reviewed were invalid. The group has to collect about 32,000 valid voter signatures by October 13, 2009--within 160 days of the California Secretary of State's office approving a recall petition.

Committee assignments

Adams served on the following committees:

Map of Assembly District 59

The assembly committees that Adams sits on are:

• Budget Committee, California General Assembly
• Elections and Redistricting Committee, California General Assembly (Vice Chair)
• Health Committee, California General Assembly
• Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California Legislature
• Select Committee on Preservation of California's Entertainment Industry
• Rules Committee, California General Assembly
• Rules Committee, California Legislature

Sponsored legislation

Adams's sponsored legislation includes:

• AB 90 - Torts: personal liability immunity
• AB 238 - Renewable energy resources
• AB 1415 - Elections: voting procedures

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Elections

2012

See also: California's 8th congressional district elections, 2012

Adams ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 1st District. He was defeated in the June 5, 2012, open primary.

2010

Adams was eligible but did not seek re-election in 2010.

2008

In 2008 Adams was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 59. Adams (R) finished with 91,366 votes and was followed by Donald Williamson (D) with 73,011 votes and Maureen Keedy (L) with 14,744 votes.

California State Assembly District 59
Candidates		Votes
Anthony Adams (R)		91,366
Donald Williamson (D)		73,011
Maureen Keedy(L)		14,744

Campaign donors

2008

Below are Adams's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:

Contributor	2008 total
CA Medical Assoc	$10,200
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians	$7,200
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians	$7,200
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians	$7,200
Altria	$7,200

Professional career

Adams worked as a radio host on AM Talk 960. He was also the director of legislative affairs for San Bernardino County and an executive analyst for Bill Postmus.

Personal

Adams and his wife, Deanna, have been married for twenty years and have resided in the city of Hesperia since 1996.

See also

• Recall campaigns

Recent news

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Anthony Adams News Feed

• Chris Christie hits Obama and Dems on lack of leadership - Daily Caller
• Senate rejects amendment to build border fence - Daily Caller
• Brzezinski: 'I'm probably guilty' of hypocrisy on Bush-Cheney vs. Obama NSA ... - Daily Caller
• Red scare: Blind Chinese dissident claims Chinese communist conquest of US ... - Daily Caller
• DHS hopes get same cyber-spying powers as NSA - Daily Caller
• Federal government has new group in its sights - Daily Caller
• House unanimously adopts Kelly Amendment to ban funding for UN Arms Trade ... - Daily Caller
• Edward Snowden wants everyone to stop talking about his girlfriend [PHOTOS - Daily Caller]
• Rubio Doubles Down into Disaster - Daily Caller
• AT&T to allow presidential alerts to your phone that you can't turn off - Daily Caller

External links

Suggest a link

• Official website of Anthony Adams
• Legislative profile of Anthony Adams on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Anthony Adams on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2008, 2006
• Anthony Adams on Vimeo
• Campaign website
• Facebook page
• Twitter account

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	California State Assembly District 59 2006-2010	Succeeded by Tim Donnelly