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Anthony Cannella
Republican Party
Prior offices:
California State Senate District 12
Years in office: 2010 - 2018
Successor: Anna Caballero (D)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 4, 2014
Education
Bachelor's
University of California, Davis
Personal
Profession
Small business owner
Contact
Personal website

Anthony Cannella (b. 1969) is a former Republican member of the California State Senate, representing District 12 from 2010 to 2018.

Cannella was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the California State Senate because of term limits.

Biography

Cannella earned his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of California at Davis. His professional experience includes serving on the Planning Commission of the city of Ceres, California for four years. He also served on the Ceres City Council from 2003 to 2005. Cannella served as mayor of Ceres from 2005 to 2010.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

California committee assignments, 2017
• Energy, Utilities and Communications
• Governmental Organization
• Rules, Vice chair
• Transportation and Housing, Vice chair
• Arts
• Fairs, Allocation, and Classification, Vice chair
• Legislative Audit
• Rules

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Cannella served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

Campaign themes

2010

Cannella's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

  • Supporting Agriculture
Excerpt: "Misguided water policies, unprecedented regulations, and excessive taxation have damaged California’s agricultural economy."
  • Creating Better Paying Jobs
Excerpt: "In the Senate, he will continue his efforts to improve the local business climate so businesses can grow and create new job opportunities. He will protect employers from countless regulatory hurdles that keep them from hiring more of our people."
  • Making Neighborhoods Safer
Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony made public safety his highest priority. Anthony beefed up firefighting efforts and helped save lives and property by lowering response times by emergency responders."
  • Water
Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony worked with staff to ensure the City had reliable water supplies and a better delivery system. He made well development and well rehabilitation a top priority."
  • Improving Educational Opportunities
Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony has worked closely with school officials to keep students safe and lower the dropout rate."
  • Demand Fiscal Responsibility
Excerpt: "As Mayor, Anthony took a budget that was $2 million in the red and balanced it. He made cuts by reviewing the budget on a line-by-line basis."
  • Fighting for our District
Excerpt: "Anthony Cannella knows that Los Angeles and San Francisco get an unfair share of the state’s budget and that inequity hurts everyone of us."
  • Oppose Higher Taxes
Excerpt: "Hard working Californians can’t afford higher taxes and the state’s economy can’t afford another round of job-killing tax hikes."
  • Healthcare
Excerpt: "Anthony will push to expand health care options for employees by allowing them to purchase health insurance through a licensed provider."

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2018

See also: California State Senate elections, 2018

Anthony Cannella was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2014

See also: California State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Anthony Cannella (R) and Shawn K. Bagley (D) were unopposed in the blanket primary. Cannella defeated Bagley in the general election.[2][3][4]

California State Senate, District 12, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Cannella Incumbent 60.5% 74,988
     Democratic Shawn K. Bagley 39.5% 49,039
Total Votes 124,027


2010

See also: California State Senate elections, 2010

Cannella won election in the 2010 election for California State Senate District 12. Cannella ran unopposed in the June 8 Republican primary and defeated Anna Caballero (D) in the general election, which took place on November 2, 2010.[5]

California State Senate, District 12 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Anthony Cannella (R) 92,270
Anna Caballero (D) 86,963

Campaign finance summary

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Anthony Cannella campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014California State Senate, District 12Won $1,904,992 N/A**
2010California State Senate, District 12Won $2,167,029 N/A**
Grand total$4,072,021 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in California

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Personal

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Cannella and his wife, Julie, have four children.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term Anthony + Cannella + California + Senate

Anthony Canella News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ anthonycannella.com, "Issues," accessed March 13, 2014
  2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
  3. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
  4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
  5. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
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Preceded by
Jeff Denham 		California State Senate District 12
2010–2018 		Succeeded by
Anna Caballero (D)


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