Betsy Butler

Betsy Butler
California State Assembly District 53
Former Member
In office
2010-2012
Party	Democratic
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
Education
Bachelor's	San Diego University
Personal
Place of birth	Sacramento, California
Profession	Development Director, Consumer Attorneys of CA
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

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Betsy Butler is a former Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 53 from 2010 to 2012. She was formerly an intern for Senator Alan Cranston of the United States Senate and for Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy of the State of California. Butler also served on the staff of the International Trade Administration of the United States Department of Commerce. She also interned for Assemblymember Lucy Killea.

Butler graduated from San Diego University. She went on to graduate from the Executive Program in Management at the University of California Los Angeles.

Butler's professional experience includes her work as director of development for the Consumer Attorneys of California.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

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

• Arts Committee, California Legislature
• Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee, California General Assembly
• Budget Committee, California General Assembly
• Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee, California General Assembly
• Education Committee, California General Assembly
• Rules Committee, California General Assembly
• Rules Committee, California Legislature

Elections

2012

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2012

Butler ran for re-election in the 2012 election for California State Assembly District 50. She was displaced from her current district by redistricting. She advanced past the June 5, 2012, blanket primary, defeating Torie Osborn (D) and Bradly Torgan (R). Butler was defeated by Richard Bloom (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

California State Assembly, District 50, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Bloom	50.5%	93,445
	Democratic	Betsy Butler Incumbent	49.5%	91,740
Total Votes				185,185

California State Assembly, District 50 Blanket Primary, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Richard Bloom	25.6%	15,947
	Democratic	Betsy Butler Incumbent	25.8%	16,084
	Democratic	Torie Osborn	24.3%	15,155
	Republican	Bradly Torgan	24.4%	15,227
Total Votes				62,413

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Butler defeated Kate Anderson, Nick Karno, James T. Lau, Edgar Saenz, Peter Luke Thottam, Diane M. Wallace, and Mitch Ward in the June 8 primary election. She then defeated Republican Nathan Mintz, Green Party candidate Lisa Ann Green, and Libertarian Ethan Musulin in the November 2 general election.

California State Assembly, District 53 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Betsy Butler (D)		73,344
Nathan Mintz (R)		62,770
Lisa Ann Green (G)		6,526
Ethan Musulin (L)		3,446

California House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Betsy Butler (D)		8,877
James T. Lau (D)		6,051
Nick Karno (D)		4,751
Mitch Ward (D)		4,555
Kate Anderson (D)		3,946
Peter Luke Thottam (D)		1,936
Edgar Saenz (D)		1,774
Diane M. Wallace (D)		1,376

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Butler raised $936,214 in contributions.

Her four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
California Democratic Party	$34,735
Consumer Attorneys Of California	$15,600
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Cmte	$14,600
Peace Officers Research Association Of California	$12,000

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• Ethnic groups expand beyond their historic bases - Capitol Weekly
• Renewing California's Labor-Tenant Alliance - Jun 05 - Beyond Chron
• A House Divided: The Wacko Birds and their war on DC - Daily Caller
• White House knew about Lisa Jackson's secret email account - Daily Caller
• Government may have leaked billion dollar Medicare decision - Daily Caller
• Campus bans guns, tells people to nod at attackers - Daily Caller
• 'People!': Teleprompterless, Obama calls to aides who forgot to put speech on ... - Daily Caller
• Leaders with Ginni Thomas: Dennis Michael Lynch - Daily Caller

External links

Suggest a link

• Betsy Butler's campaign website
• House website
• Project Vote Smart Biography
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by Ted Lieu (D)	California Assembly District 53 2010-2012	Succeeded by John Perez (D)