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Bill Dodd

Democratic

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Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-2014 Democratic AD-04 70598 Win
11-08-2016 Democratic SD-03 207927 Win
11-03-2020 Democratic SD-03 323317 Win
Website: sd03.senate.ca.gov
 

Candidate Biography:

William H. Dodd
Born: June 10, 1956 in Napa, CA
Married: Mary
Children: Jeff, Brian, Bridget, Georgia, and Bobby

1998-2003: General Manager, U.S. Filter
2000-2014: Member, Napa County Board of Supervisors
2000-2014: Member, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Chair in 2006-07)

  • LEGISLATION: Author of SB 1121 (Chapt. 735, Stats of 2018), the California Consumer Privacy Act, which gives consumers more control over the personal information that businesses collect about them.
  • Dodd changed his registration from Republican to Democratic in 2012.
  • In the 2016 General Election, Dodd and Scott T. Wilk, switching from the Assembly to the Senate, were the first Term Limits 2 legislators to trade houses.
  • Dodd's son Jeff is a member of the Napa Valley College Board of Trustees (2018-Present)