Cathleen Galgiani

	Cathleen Galgiani
	California State Senate District 5
	Incumbent
	In office
	December 3, 2012-present
	Term ends
	December 5, 2016
Years in position	1
Party	Democratic
	Compensation
Base salary	$95,291/year
Per diem	$141.86/day
	Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 8, 2016
Term limits	2 terms (8 years)
	Prior offices
	California State Assembly District 17
	2006-2012
	Personal
Profession	Legislator
Websites
	Campaign website

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Cathleen Galgiani is a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing District 5. She was first elected to the chamber in 2012.

Galgiani was a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 17 from 2006 to 2012.

Biography

Galgiani's previous professional experience includes working as Chief of Staff to Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews, a physical therapy aide at Dameron Hospital, and a physical therapy aide at San Joaquin General Hospital.

She is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Child Abuse Prevention Council Auxiliary of San Joaquin County, advisory member of the Crime Victims United of California, and member of the High-Speed Rail Committee of Merced.^[1]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

California Committee Assignments, 2013
• Agriculture, Chair
• Business, Professions, and Economic Development
• Governmental Organization
• Transportation and Housing
• Fairs, Allocation, and Classification
• Legislative Audit

2011-2012

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

California Committee Assignments, 2011
• Agriculture, Chair
• Fairs, Allocation, and Classification
• Governmental Organization
• Higher Education
• Transportation

2009-2010

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

California Committee Assignments, 2009
• Agriculture, Chair
• Governmental Organization
• Higher Education
• Transportation

Issues

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. ^[2],^[3]

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Galgiani ranked as a 54.^[4]

Elections

2014

See also: State executive official elections, 2014

Galgiani filed a "Statement of Intention" to run for Secretary of State of California in the 2014 elections. Current officeholder Debra Bowen cannot seek re-election in 2014 due to term limits.^[5]

2012

See also: California State Senate elections, 2012

Galgiani ran in the 2012 election for California State Senate District 5. She and Bill Berryhill (R) advanced past the June 5, 2012, blanket primary, defeating Leroy Ornellas (R). She defeated Bill Berryhill (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012. ^[6]^[7]

California State Senate, District 5, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani	50.5%	142,425
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	49.5%	139,502
Total Votes				281,927

California State Senate, District 5 Blanket Primary, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani	40.7%	52,148
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	35.8%	45,819
	Republican	Leroy Ornellas	23.5%	30,109
Total Votes				128,076

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Galgiani won re-election to the 17th District Seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the June 8 primary. She advanced past the June 5, 2012, blanket primary, defeating Republican Jack Mobley in the November 2 general election.^[8]

California State Assembly, District 17 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Cathleen Galgiani (D)		52,219
Jack Mobley (R)		37,293

2008

In 2008 Galgiani was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 17. Galgiani (D) finished with 77,525 votes while her opponent Jack Mobley (R) finished with 39,480 votes.^[9] Galgiani raised $1,023,172 for her campaign fund.^[10]

California State Assembly District 17
Candidates		Votes
Cathleen Galgiani (D)		77,525
Jack Mobley (R)		39,480

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Galgiani raised $1,005,145 in contributions. ^[11]

Her three largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
California Democratic Party	$25,780
Operating Engineers Local 3	$15,600
California Association Of Realtors	$15,600

2008

Below are Galgiani's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:^[12]

Contributor	2008 total
California Democratic Party	$23,942
CA Assoc of Realtors	$14,400
California State Council of Service Employees	$14,400
Northern CA Carpenters Regional Council	$14,400
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters	$14,400

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