Jim Cooper

cooperforassembly.com

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-04-2014	Democratic	AD-09	50188	Win
11-08-2016	Democratic	AD-09	109979	Win
11-06-2018	Democratic	AD-09	92951	Win
11-03-2020	Democratic	AD-09	142088	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: January 5, 1964 in Verdun, France
Married: Kristen
Children: Four daughters

1980s: Police Officer, City of Stockton
1984-2014: Deputy Sheriff, Sacramento Sheriff's Department
2001-2003: Commander, Sacramento County Jail
2001-2014: Member, Elk Grove City Council
2001: Mayor, City of Elk Grove
2010: Candidate for Sacramento County Sheriff (Lost; 49.34%)
2023-Present: Sheriff, Sacramento County

• CLOSE CONTEST: Cooper lost the 2010 election by 3,660 votes, or 0.72%.
• LEGISLATION: Author of AB 2497 (2018) which would impose a "tax upon retailers for the privilege of selling firearms and ammunition" as well as "a comparable excise tax on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of firearms and ammunition..." The funds collected from the sale of firearms would be used to provide grants to schools to fund the placement of police officers on high school campuses while the funds collected from the sale of ammunition would be used to fund the placement of counselors on middle school and junior high school campuses.(Died in Assembly Public Safety)
• Legal Troubles: In March 2022, Cooper had a firearm temporarily confiscated after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents discovered a loaded pistol in Cooper's carry-on bag as he passed through the TSA checkpoint at Sacramento International Airport. ("California lawmaker stopped at airport security after loaded gun found in bag" by Jeremy B. White, Politico, 3/7/2022)