Dean Florez

CA State Senate

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-03-1998	Democratic	AD-30	37058	Win
11-07-2000	Democratic	AD-30	56936	Win
11-05-2002	Democratic	SD-16	69503	Win
11-07-2006	Democratic	SD-16	78146	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: April 5, 1963 in Shafter, CA
Married: Elsa
Children: Faith and Sean
Family: Fran Florez

1987-1988: Senate Fellow, Senator Art Torres
Previous: Chief of Staff, State Senator Art Torres
2009-2010: Majority Leader, California State Senate
2010: Early Primary Candidate for Lieutenant Governor (Withdrew)
2012: Potential Primary Candidate for CD-21 (Declined to run)
2012-Present: President and CEO, Twenty Million Minds Foundation (whose goal is to "develop and create open source web 2.0 textbooks available for free or very low cost")
2016-Present: Member, California Air Resources Board

Source: California Blue Book (2000)