Bob Huff
Bob Huff (Republican Party) was a member of the California State Senate, representing District 29.
Huff (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 39th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Huff is a former Republican member of the California State Senate, representing District 29 from 2008 to 2016. He served as Senate minority leader from 2012 to 2016. Huff did not seek re-election to the California State Senate in 2016. He was a candidate for District 5 representative on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in California, but he was defeated in the primary election on June 7, 2016.
Prior to joining the California State Senate, Huff served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2008. He was a member of the Diamond Bar City Council from 1995 to 2004 and served two terms as mayor of Diamond Bar.
Biography
Huff obtained a B.A. in psychology from Westmont College.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Huff served on the following committees:
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| • Education, Vice chair |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Huff served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Education |
| • Joint Rules |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Huff serves on these committees:
| California committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Education, Vice chair |
| • Governance and Finance, Vice chair |
| • Rules |
| • Transportation and Housing |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Huff served on these committees:
| California committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Transportation and Housing, Vice chair |
| • Education, Vice chair |
| • Public Safety |
| • Natural Resources and Water |
| • Joint Legislative Budget |
Issues
Taxes
Sen. Tony Strickland blasted Democrats in June 2011 for not committing the recently discovered $6.6 billion additional state tax revenues to public safety and education. Public safety and education groups are the two in the state claiming to be hit the hardest with cuts. Strickland said it does not appear the money was spent wisely.
“Democrats would like to claim that this budget is about public safety and education,” Strickland said. “Let’s be clear: You can make no mistake that this budget is not about protecting public safety or education. If you extend these taxes, it’s going to mean more people out of work at a time when people can least afford it. If you vote for this, it will actually be a full year of tax increases even if people in September vote it down.”
In 2011, Republicans blocked the passage of a tax bill requiring a two-thirds vote (AB X1 18).
Immediately following the failed tax vote, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg brought up a bill (SB 1X 23) that housed his local taxation bill (SB 653) and would allow local governments to bring local tax opportunities to a vote.
“I believe that it is another club to use over Republicans and our constituencies, saying, if you don’t do this bridge tax, if you don’t raise the taxes of people that have already said no, then we are going to have all these different taxes,” said Republican Sen. Bob Huff.
However Steinberg and other Democrats said they planned to allow local governments to fund their own public programs, especially if Republicans and voters rejected the tax extensions in 2011. Senate Bill 653 was a bargaining tool to get Republicans to go along with Jerry Brown’s tax extensions.
Under SB 653, local governments could pass local taxes increases on not just goods and services, but also on income taxes. In the course of the 2011 session, Democrats said they would create a local car tax, additional business taxes, property taxes and many different excise taxes on cigarettes, liquor, soda and even locally sold medical marijuana.[1]
Spending transparency
Huff is a sponsor of Senate Bill 719 which would require each state department and agency to publish a website that provides details on expenditures in a searchable format. He says, "Transparency is an essential component of democracy and allows taxpayers to hold public officials accountable for their actions. More public scrutiny will help reduce impropriety in dealing with taxpayer dollars - be it perceived or real."[2]
Legislative scorecard
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On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Huff ranked as a 9.[5]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 39
Gil Cisneros defeated Young Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 39 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gil Cisneros (D) | 51.6 | 126,002 |
 | Young Kim (R) | 48.4 | 118,391 | |
| Total votes: 244,393 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 39
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 39 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Young Kim (R) | 21.2 | 30,019 |
| ✔ | | Gil Cisneros (D) | 19.4 | 27,469 |
 | Phil Liberatore (R) | 14.3 | 20,257 | |
 | Andy Thorburn (D) | 9.2 | 12,990 | |
 | Shawn Nelson (R) | 6.9 | 9,750 | |
 | Bob Huff (R) | 6.2 | 8,699 | |
 | Sam Jammal (D) | 5.4 | 7,613 | |
 | Mai Khanh Tran (D) | 5.3 | 7,430 | |
 | Herbert Lee (D) | 4.2 | 5,988 | |
 | Steve Vargas (R) | 2.9 | 4,144 | |
| Suzi Park Leggett (D) | 1.5 | 2,058 | ||
 | John Cullum (R) | 1.2 | 1,747 | |
| Karen Lee Schatzle (Independent) | 0.6 | 903 | ||
 | Steve Cox (Independent) | 0.6 | 856 | |
 | Andrew Sarega (R) | 0.6 | 823 | |
 | Sophia Alexander (Independent) | 0.4 | 523 | |
 | Ted Alemayhu (Independent American Party) | 0.1 | 176 | |
| Total votes: 141,445 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Julio Castañeda (Independent)
- Phil Janowicz (D)
- Ted Rusk (D)
- Cybil Steed (D)
- Jay Chen (D)
Campaign advertisements
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2016 (County supervisor)
Los Angeles County held elections for county commission, district attorney, and special districts in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on July 7, 2016. The candidate filing deadline for this election was on March 11, 2016. The following candidates ran in the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, District 5 primary election.[6]
| Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 5 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kathryn Barger |
29.64% | 105,520 |
| Darrell Park |
15.50% | 55,185 |
| Bob Huff | 14.71% | 52,359 |
| Ara James Najarian | 13.08% | 46,587 |
| Mitchell Englander | 12.03% | 42,823 |
| Elan Carr | 11.40% | 40,580 |
| Billy Malone | 2.44% | 8,701 |
| Raj Kahlon | 1.20% | 4,285 |
| Total Votes | 356,040 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Primary Election Results," July 1, 2016 | ||
2016 (State legislature
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[7] Incumbent Bob Huff (R) did not seek re-election.
Josh Newman defeated Ling-Ling Chang in the California State Senate District 29 general election.[8][9]
| California State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Josh Newman |
50.39% | 160,230 | |
| Republican | Ling-Ling Chang | 49.61% | 157,732 | |
| Total Votes | 317,962 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Ling-Ling Chang and Josh Newman defeated Sukhee Kang in the California State Senate District 29 Blanket primary.[10][11]
| California State Senate, District 29 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ling-Ling Chang |
44.01% | 73,514 | |
| Democratic | Josh Newman |
29.19% | 48,754 | |
| Democratic | Sukhee Kang | 26.80% | 44,766 | |
| Total Votes | 167,034 | |||
2012
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2012
Huff won re-election in the 2012 election for California State Senate District 29. He and Greg Diamond (D) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, unopposed. Huff was victorious in the general election on November 6, 2012.[12][13][14]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Robert "Bob" Huff Incumbent |
55.1% | 160,912 | |
| Democratic | Greg Diamond | 44.9% | 131,228 | |
| Total Votes | 292,140 | |||
2008
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2008
In 2008 Huff was elected to the California State Senate, District 29. He finished with 178,155 votes and was followed by Joseph Lyons with 127,536 votes and Jill Stone with 21,983 votes.[15] Huff raised $963,990 for his campaign fund.
| California State Senate, District 29 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Bob Huff (R)
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178,155 | |||
| Joseph Lyons (D) | 127,536 | |||
| Jill Stone (L) | 21,983 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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2016
In 2016, the California State Legislature was in session from January 4 through August 31. The formal session ended on August 31, but constitutionally the session adjourned sine die on November 30.
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2015
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In 2015, the California State Legislature was in session from December 1, 2014, through September 12, 2015.
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2014
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In 2014, the California State Legislature was in session from January 6 to August 30.
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2013
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In 2013, the California State Legislature was in session from December 3, 2012, to September 13, 2013
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2012
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In 2012, the California State Legislature was in session from January 4 to August 31.
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Personal
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Huff and his wife, Mei Mei Huff, have four children.
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- California's 39th Congressional District election, 2018
- California's 39th Congressional District
- California State Legislature
- California State Senate
- California Senate Committees
- California State Senate District 29
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Profile from Open States
- Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets
- Vote California profile of Bob Huff
- List of Senate bills sponsored by Huff
- Bob Huff's Facebook account
Footnotes
- ↑ "Bridge Tax Fails; Local Tax Passes," CalWatchdog.org June 13, 2010
- ↑ Chino Hills News, "Bob Huff announced Taxpayer Transparency Act, April 16, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "Capitol Weekly's Legislative Scorecard," December 17, 2009
- ↑ Fox and Hounds Daily, "Random Thoughts on the Political Scene," December 18, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "2009 Capitol Weekly State Legislative Scorecard (Archived)," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "2016 Primary Election Final List of Qualified Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
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