JoinCalifornia: Election History for the State of California

Information Home Elected Offices Elections by Decade Longest Service Shortest Service Most & Fewest Votes Uncontested Races Closest Contests Redistricting Recalls
Elections 2024 State PREVIEW 2024 Fed PREVIEW 2024 General 2023 US Senate Appt 2022 General Prior 2020s Elections Elections by Decade
Other Stuff Advanced Search CA Constitution Line of Succession Highest Ranking SCOTUS Cases

[search tips] [advanced search]

Searching tips

  • Enter a candidate's name to find a candidate
  • Enter the name of a political party to find the party and all candidates
  • Enter a date to find an election
  • Enter a year to find all elections within that year

Roger Niello

Republican

Picture of Roger Niello
CA State Assembly
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-2004 Republican AD-05 104895 Win
11-07-2006 Republican AD-05 84334 Win
11-04-2008 Republican AD-05 101888 Win
11-08-2022 Republican SD-06 202569 Win
Website: niello.cssrc.us
 

Candidate Biography:

Roger William Niello
Born: June 2, 1948 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Mary Blair*
Children: Matthew, Eric, Kevin, Lisa, and Roger "Patrick"

1995-1998: Member, Sacramento Regional Water Forum Working Group
1995: President, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
1999-2004: Member, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
2010: Special Primary Candidate for SD-01 (Lost; 24.6%)
2011: Proponent, Initiative 1484 [Eliminate Authority to Set Public Employee Retirement Benefits by Contract or Collective Bargaining. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.] (Failed to Qualify)
2011-2012: Governance Fellow, University of California Center Sacramento
2011-2014: President & CEO, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
2016-2017: Director, El Dorado County Community Development Agency

  • Mary Niello is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Manuel Dominguez, Delegate to the 1849 Constitutional Convention.
  • NOTABLE NO VOTE (Legislative Staff Collective Bargaining): Niello was one of 3 State Senators (and 8 legislators overall) who voted against AB 1 (2023) by Tina McKinnor, which allowed California legislative staff for form unions for collective bargaining.
  • QUOTABLE: "I predict taxes that will be imposed on marijuana will rise to a level that will actually support the sustainability of the illegal market." (Twitter, 11/6/2017)
  • QUOTABLE: "When one begins to discriminate on the application of a tax based upon the virtue or efficacy of the targeted activity one enters into a never ending debate into what to include and exclude." (Twitter, 5/12/2019)

Source: California Legislature Handbook (2005-06)