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Dennis Hollingsworth

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Dennis Hollingsworth
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Prior offices
California State Senate District 36
Successor: Joel Anderson

Personal
Profession
Legislator


Dennis Hollingsworth is a former Republican member of the California State Senate, representing District 36 from 2002 to 2010.

Hollingsworth became the Senate Minority leader on February 18, 2009, when David Cogdill was voted out of the leadership position by Senate Republicans who were unhappy over Cogdill's position on the 2009 California state budget compromise, which led to a set of six budget ballot propositions going on the May 19 special election ballot in California.[1][2]

Prior to joining the state senate, Hollingsworth was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000-2002.

Biography

Hollingsworth's professional experience includes working as the Chair of the California State Public Sector committee of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Chair of the California chapter of Quail Unlimited and President of the Proposition 22 Legal Defense Fund.

Committee assignments


Senator Hollingsworth on budget, 2007

Hollingsworth served on these standing committees:

Issues

According to Hollingsworth's website, "His conservative voting record consistently earns him “A” ratings from taxpayer protection and business groups such as the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the California Chamber of Commerce.

Elections

2010

See also: California State Senate elections, 2010

Hollingsworth was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 because of California's term limits.

2006

In 2006 Hollingsworth was re-elected to the California State Senate, District 36. Hollingsworth finished with 164,025 votes and he was followed by Mark Hanson with 85,706 votes and Joe Shea with 9,001 votes.[3] Hollingsworth raised $387,846 for his campaign fund.

California State Senate, District 36
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Hollingsworth (R) 164,025
Mark Hanson (D) 85,706
Joe Shea (L) 9,001

Campaign finance summary

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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.[4][5]

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Hollingsworth ranked as a 6.[6]

Personal

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Hollingsworth and his wife, Natalie, have three children.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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California State Senate District 36
2002-2010
Succeeded by
Joel Anderson


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