Michael Villines

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Mike Villines
California State Assembly District 29
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Current term ends 2010
Political party	Republican
Profession	Candidate for Insurance Commissioner
Website	Website

Michael ("Mike") Villines is a member of the California State Assembly and represents California's 29th Assembly District. He is the minority leader. Villines was first elected to the state assembly in November 2004 and was then re-elected in November 2006 and November 2008.

Villines has announced that he plans to run for the office of State Insurance Commissioner.^[1]

Villines has a BA in Political Science from the California State University-Fresno. His professional career includes a stint as chief of staff to former California assemblyman Chuck Poochigian. He also served on the staff of Gov. Pete Wilson.

Issue positions

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, Villines ranked as a 0. He was the only member of the California State Assembly that voted in line with what Capitol Weekly identified as the conservative position on each of the 19 votes they scored.^[4]

"Sacramento Six"

Assemblyman Villines, along with five other Republicans in the California State Legislature voted for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's solution to the state's $41 billion dollar funding gap. The six Republicans are known as the Sacramento Six. ^[5]

Committee membership

• Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, California General Assembly
• Rules Committee, California General Assembly
• Utilities and Commerce Committee, California General Assembly

Sponsored legislation

Villines's sponsored legislation includes:

• AB 607 - Education technology: grants
• AB 809 - Taxation: federal conformity
• AB 844 - State-mandated local programs: school districts

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

Major donors

Below are Villines's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:^[6]

Contributor	2008 total
AT&T	$21,250
CA Building Industry Assoc	$14,400
CA Medical Assoc	$14,400
CA Trucking Assoc	$14,400
CA Assoc of Realtors	$14,400

External links

• Official website of Michael Villines
• Campaign website
• Political profile of Michael Villines on Project Vote Smart
• Biographical profile of Michael Villines on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2008, 2006

References

v • d • e Current members of the California State Assembly House Speaker: Karen Bass (D) • House Majority Leader: Alberto Torrico (D) • House Minority Leader: Michael Villines (R)     Wesley Chesbro (D) Jim Nielsen (R) Dan Logue (R) Ted Gaines (R) Roger Niello (R) Jared Huffman (D) Noreen Evans (D) Mariko Yamada (D) Dave Jones (D) Alyson Huber (D) Tom Torlakson (D) Fiona Ma (D) Tom Ammiano (D) Nancy Skinner (D) Joan Buchanan (D) Sandré Swanson (D) Cathleen Galgiani (D) Mary Hayashi (D) Gerald Hill (D) Alberto Torrico (D) Ira Ruskin (D) Paul Fong (D) Joe Coto (D) James Beall Jr. (D) Tom Berryhill (R) Bill Berryhill (R) Bill Monning (D) Anna Caballero (D) Michael Villines (R) Danny Gilmore (R) Juan Arambula (I) Jean Fuller (R) Sam Blakeslee (R) Connie Conway (R) Pedro Nava (D) Stephen Knight (R) Audra Strickland (R) Cameron Smyth (R) Felipe Fuentes (D) Bob Blumenfield (D) Julia Brownley (D) Mike Feuer (D) Paul Krekorian (D) Anthony Portantino, Jr. (D) Kevin de Leon (D) John Perez (D) Karen Bass (D) Mike Davis (D) Mike Eng (D) Hector De La Torre (D) Steve Bradford (D) Isadore Hall, III (D) Ted Lieu (D) Bonnie Lowenthal (D) Warren Furutani (D) Tony Mendoza (D) Edward Hernandez (D) Charles Calderon (D) Anthony Adams (R) Curt Hagman (R) Norma Torres (D) Wilmer Carter (D) William Emmerson (R) Brian Nestande (R) Paul Cook (R) Kevin Jeffries (R) Jim Silva (R) Van Tran (R) Jose Solorio (D) Charles DeVore (R) Jeff Miller (R) Chris Norby (R) Diane Harkey (R) Martin Garrick (R) Nathan Fletcher (R) Lori Saldana (D) Joel Anderson (R) Martin Block (D) Mary Salas (D) Manuel Perez (D) Democratic (50) • Republican (28) • Independent (1) • Vacant (1) • California State Assembly • California State Senate

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