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Anthony Portantino, Jr.

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Anthony Portantino, Jr.
Democratic Party
Prior offices:
California State Senate District 25
Years in office: 2016 - 2024
Successor: Sasha Renée Pérez (D)
California State Assembly District 44
Years in office: 2006 - 2012
La Canada Flintridge City Council At-large
Years in office: 1999 - 2006
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Albright College
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Anthony Portantino, Jr. (Democratic Party) was a member of the California State Senate, representing District 25. He assumed office in 2016. He left office on December 2, 2024.

Portantino (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 30th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

Portantino's professional experience includes working in the art department and as property master with the American Playhouse. He was production designer on Grizzly Adams: The Mark of the Bear and art director on Unsolved Mysteries.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Portantino was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Portantino was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Portantino was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

California committee assignments, 2017
• Banking and Financial Institutions
• Budget and Fiscal Review
• Governmental Organization
• Insurance
• Public Employment and Retirement

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Portantino served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Portantino served on these committees:

Issues

Push for open records

On August 1, 2011, the California State Assembly stated that the public has no right to know the individual budgets of assembly members. This came about after Portantino raised an issue stating that his budget was cut after casting the only Democratic vote against the recently passed controversial budget. As a result, he and several media outlets requested that the budget information be made public so that the people could see if members were being punished or rewarded for voting a certain way. The Assembly Rules Committee claimed that such documents are exempt from the Legislative Open Records Act. As a result, Portantino has vowed to introduce legislation to improve transparency and "force the books to be opened."[2]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: California's 30th Congressional District election, 2024

California's 30th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 30

Laura Friedman defeated Alex Balekian in the general election for U.S. House California District 30 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laura Friedman
Laura Friedman (D) Candidate Connection
 
68.4
 
213,100
Image of Alex Balekian
Alex Balekian (R) Candidate Connection
 
31.6
 
98,559

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 311,659
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 30

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 30 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laura Friedman
Laura Friedman (D) Candidate Connection
 
30.1
 
46,329
✔
Image of Alex Balekian
Alex Balekian (R) Candidate Connection
 
17.4
 
26,826
Image of Anthony Portantino, Jr.
Anthony Portantino, Jr. (D)
 
13.3
 
20,459
Image of Mike Feuer
Mike Feuer (D)
 
12.3
 
18,878
Image of Maebe A. Girl
Maebe A. Girl (D) Candidate Connection
 
10.3
 
15,791
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J. Emilio Martinez (R)
 
4.4
 
6,775
Image of Ben Savage
Ben Savage (D)
 
4.0
 
6,147
Image of Nick Melvoin
Nick Melvoin (D)
 
2.7
 
4,134
Image of Jirair Ratevosian
Jirair Ratevosian (D) Candidate Connection
 
1.9
 
2,889
Image of Sepi Shyne
Sepi Shyne (D)
 
1.4
 
2,126
Image of Courtney Najera
Courtney Najera (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
1,167
Image of Joshua Bocanegra
Joshua Bocanegra (No party preference)
 
0.5
 
780
Image of Steve Dunwoody
Steve Dunwoody (D)
 
0.5
 
727
Image of Francesco Arreaga
Francesco Arreaga (D)
 
0.3
 
532
Image of Sal Genovese
Sal Genovese (D)
 
0.3
 
442

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 154,002
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Portantino received the following endorsements.

2020

See also: California State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for California State Senate District 25

Incumbent Anthony Portantino, Jr. defeated Kathleen Torres Hazelton in the general election for California State Senate District 25 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Anthony Portantino, Jr.
Anthony Portantino, Jr. (D)
 
64.0
 
295,432
Image of Kathleen Torres Hazelton
Kathleen Torres Hazelton (R) Candidate Connection
 
36.0
 
166,529

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 461,961
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 25

Incumbent Anthony Portantino, Jr. and Kathleen Torres Hazelton defeated Evan Wecksell in the primary for California State Senate District 25 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Anthony Portantino, Jr.
Anthony Portantino, Jr. (D)
 
99.1
 
185,405
✔
Image of Kathleen Torres Hazelton
Kathleen Torres Hazelton (R) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
952
Image of Evan Wecksell
Evan Wecksell (L) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
811

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 187,168
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2016

See also: California State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[3] Incumbent Carol Liu (D) did not seek re-election.

Anthony Portantino, Jr. defeated Michael D. Antonovich in the California State Senate District 25 general election.[4][5]

California State Senate, District 25 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Portantino, Jr. 57.85% 218,242
     Republican Michael D. Antonovich 42.15% 159,014
Total Votes 377,256
Source: California Secretary of State


The following candidates ran in the California State Senate District 25 Blanket primary.[6][7]

California State Senate, District 25 Blanket Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael D. Antonovich 39.51% 85,663
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Portantino, Jr. 26.82% 58,154
     Democratic Katherine Perez-Estolano 14.37% 31,166
     Democratic Chris Chahinian 6.85% 14,849
     Democratic Phlunte' Riddle 6.72% 14,563
     Democratic Teddy Choi 5.73% 12,430
Total Votes 216,825

2012

Portantino was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Anthony won re-election to the 44th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the June 8 primary. He defeated Alvaro G. Day and Eytan Kollin in the November 2 general election.[8]

California State Assembly, District 44 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Portantino, Jr. (D) 81,347
Alvaro G. Day (R) 41,571
Eytan Kollin (L) 4,613

2008

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2008

In 2008, Portantino was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 44. Portantino (D) finished with 102,896 votes and was followed by Brian Fuller (R) with 49,246 votes and Thomas Logan (L) with 9,446 votes.[9]

California State Assembly District 44
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Protantino, Jr. (D) 102,896
Brian Fuller (R) 49,246
Thomas Logan (L) 9,446

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Anthony Portantino, Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Anthony Portantino, Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Anthony Portantino, Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024U.S. House California District 30Lost primary$1,763,753 $1,758,289
2020California State Senate District 25Won general$2,095,117 N/A**
2016California State Senate, District 25Won $3,592,853 N/A**
2010California State Assembly, District 44Won $805,144 N/A**
2008California State Assembly, District 44Won $1,183,304 N/A**
2006California State Assembly, District 44Won $870,946 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed December 9, 2014
    2. ↑ investmentwatchblog.com, "California Assembly refuses to make public its members’ budgets," accessed April 21, 2015
    3. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
    4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
    5. ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
    6. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
    7. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
    8. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
    9. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		California State Senate District 25
    2016-2024    		 Succeeded by
    Sasha Renée Pérez (D)
    Preceded by
    -     		California State Assembly District 44
    2006-2012    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		La Canada Flintridge City Council At-large
    1999-2006    		 Succeeded by
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