Mark DeSaulnier

CA State Senate

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-07-2006	Democratic	AD-11	69054	Win
11-04-2008	Democratic	SD-07	256311	Win
11-06-2012	Democratic	SD-07	229105	Win
11-04-2014	Democratic	CD-11	117502	Win
11-08-2016	Democratic	CD-11	214868	Win
11-06-2018	Democratic	CD-11	204369	Win

Candidate Biography:

Mark James DeSaulnier
Born: March 31, 1952 in Lowell, Massachusetts
Children: Tristan and Tucker

1991-1993: Member, Concord City Council
1994: Mayor, City of Concord
1994-2006: Member, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
1997-2006: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
1998-2006: Member, California Air Resources Board
2009: Special Election Primary Candidate for CD-10 (Lost; 20%)
2015: Resigned from the State Senate on January 2.
2016: Delegate, Democratic National Convention

• Silver Screen: As a member of the California Air Resources Board, DeSaulnier voted against the amendments to the "California Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation" which the movie Who Killed the Electric Car? described as the death of the electric car.
• DeSaulnier is one of ten legislators who served in both houses of the California State Legislature since 1990 but never termed out of either.

Source: California Legislature Handbook (2007-08)

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