Jose Solorio

Jose Solorio
California State Assembly District 69
Former Member
In office
2006-2012
Party	Democratic
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
Prior offices
Santa Ana City Council
2000-2006
Education
Bachelor's	University of California, Irvine
Master's	Harvard University
Personal
Profession	Legislator
Websites
Office website

Jose Solorio is a Democratic member of the California State Assembly, representing District 69 from 2006 to 2012. He served on the Santa Ana City Council from 2000-2006.

Solorio has worked on the staff of the California State Senate Budget Committee, Vice President/Public Relations for The Market Connection, and Marketing Program Administrator of the Orange County Transportation Authority.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana, Harvard Alumni Association, Orange County Public Affairs Association, and the Alumni Association of the University of California, Irvine.

Solorio will be ineligible to run for re-election to the California State Assembly in 2012 due to term limits.

Issues

Political Courage test

Solorio 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.

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, Solorio ranked as a 72.

Progressive Majority

The left-wing group Progressive Majority claims that electing Jose Solorio was one of their key accomplishments in 2006.

Sponsored legislation

Solorio's sponsored legislation includes:

• AB 275 - Missing persons: DNA database
• AB 316 - Wrongful convictions
• AB 1439 - Gang and youth violence: prevention.

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

Committee assignments

2011-2012

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

• Appropriations Committee, California General Assembly
• Insurance Committee, California General Assembly, Chair
• Transportation Committee, California General Assembly

2009-2010

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

• Appropriations Committee, California General Assembly
• Education Committee, California General Assembly
• Insurance Committee, California General Assembly (Chair)
• Transportation Committee, California General Assembly
• Select Committee on Youth Violence Prevention

Elections

2012

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

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Solorio won re-election to the 69th District Seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the June 8 primary. He defeated Republican Robert M. Hammond in the November 2 general election.

California State Assembly, District 69 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Jose Solorio (D)		36,436
Robert M. Hammond (R)		19,273

2008

In 2008 Solorio was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 69. Solorio (D) finished with 50,809 votes while his opponent Cam Mangels (R) finished with 20,705 votes.

California State Assembly District 69
Candidates		Votes
Jose Solorio (D)		50,809
Cam Mangels (R)		20,705

Campaign donors

2011

On September 2, Solorio's campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee was arrested for allegedly misappropriating funds from his campaign account and filing false disclosure reports. It appears that many other California Democrats could be affected as well.

2010

In 2010, Solorio raised $1,304,648 in contributions.

His three largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
California Association Of Realtors	$15,600
California Dental Association	$11,900
Southwest Regional Council Of Carpenters	$11,400

2008

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

Contributor	2008 total
Assoc for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs	$15,400
CA Teachers Assoc	$14,400
CA Dental Assoc	$14,400
California State Council of Service Employees	$14,400
Southern CA Pipe Trades District Council 16	$11,800

Personal

Solorio is married to Linn. They have two children.

Recent news

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Jose Solorio News Feed

• Fire Ring Debate Draws Supporters in HB - Patch.com

External links

Suggest a link

• Jose Solorio's personal website
• Official state assembly website of Jose Solorio
• Legislative profile of Jose Solorio on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Jose Solorio on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006
• Jose Solorio on Facebook

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	California State Assembly District 69 2006–2012	Succeeded by Tom Daly (D)