Bonnie Lowenthal

	Bonnie Lowenthal
	California State Assembly District 70
	Incumbent
	In office
	2008-Present
	Term ends
	December 1, 2014
Years in position	5
Party	Democratic
	Compensation
Base salary	$95,291/year
Per diem	$141.86/day
	Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2008
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
	Prior offices
	Long Beach City Council
	2001-2008
	Education
Bachelor's	University of Wisconsin
Master's	California State University, Long Beach
	Personal
Profession	Mental Health Consultant
Websites
	Office website

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Bonnie Lowenthal is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 70. She was first elected to the chamber in 2008. She is also a member of the Long Beach City Council.

Biography

Lowenthal's professional experience includes working as a Family Counselor and as a Mental Health Consultant at Centro de la Raza, HeadStart, and the League of United Latin American Citizens.

She is a member of the Buffum Young Men's Christian Association Advisory Board, Social Work Community Advisory Committee - California State University, Long Beach, Flossie Lewis Recovery Center Advisory Board, International City Theatre Board of Directors, Long Beach Police Chief's Asian Advisory Committee, and the National League of Cities.^[1]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lowenthal served on the following committees:

California Committee Assignments, 2013
• Accountability and Administrative Review
• Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
• Health
• Transportation, Chair
• Emergency Management, Vice-chair
• Legislative Audit

2011-2012

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

California Committee Assignments, 2011
• Accountability and Administrative Review
• Emergency Management
• Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
• Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Health
• Transportation, Chair

2009-2010

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

California Committee Assignments, 2009
• Accountability and Administrative Review
• Aging And Long-Term Care, Chair
• Health
• Transportation
• Water, Parks and Wildlife

Issues

Political Courage test

Lowenthal did not provide answers to the California State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test provides voters with how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.^[2]

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. ^[3],^[4]

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Lowenthal ranked as a 100, along with eight other Democratic members of the state assembly.^[5]

Elections

2012

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2012

Lowenthal won re-election in the 2012 election for California State Assembly District 70. She was displaced from her current district by redistricting. She and Martha E. Flores-Gibson (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, unopposed. He was subsequently elected in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[6]^[7]

California State Assembly, District 70, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bonnie Lowenthal Incumbent	65.8%	100,676
	Republican	Martha Flores Gibson	34.2%	52,321
Total Votes				152,997

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Lowenthal won re-election to the 54th District Seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the June 8 primary. She defeated Republican Martha E. Flores-Gibson in the November 2 general election.^[8]

California State Assembly, District 54 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Bonnie Lowenthal (D)		73,775
Martha E. Flores-Gibson (R)		56,535

2008

In 2008 Lowenthal was elected to the California State Assembly District 54. Lowenthal (D) finished with 95,350 votes and was followed by Gabriella Holt (R) with 61,650 votes and John Kling (L) with 9,896 votes.^[9]

California State Assembly District 54
Candidates		Votes
Bonnie Lowenthal (D)		95,350
Gabriella Holt (R)		61,650
John Kling (L)		9,896

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Lowenthal raised $754,422 in contributions. ^[10]

Her five largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
California Teachers Association	$15,600
Longshore & Warehouse Local 13	$15,600
Operating Engineers Local 3	$13,700
Southwest Regional Council Of Carpenters	$12,800
Operating Engineers Local 12	$12,800

2008

Below are Lowenthal's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:^[11]

Contributor	2008 total
Longshore & Warehouse Local 13	$14,400
Marine Clerks Local 63	$14,400
CA Democratic Party	$11,846
Operating Engineers Local 12	$10,800
CA Medical Assoc	$10,800

Personal

Lowenthal's ex-husband is Alan Lowenthal, a member of the California State Senate.

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