Mike McGuire (politician)

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Mike McGuire
official portrait, 2017
52nd President pro tempore of the California State Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 5, 2024
Preceded byToni Atkins
Majority Leader of the California Senate
In office
January 19, 2022 – February 5, 2024
Preceded byRobert Hertzberg
Succeeded byLena Gonzalez
Member of the California Senate
from the 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 1, 2014
Preceded byNoreen Evans
Member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
from the 4th district
In office
2011–2014
Preceded byPaul Kelley
Succeeded byJames Gore
Personal details
Born (1979-07-21) July 21, 1979 (age 45)
Healdsburg, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseErika Fremault
EducationSonoma State University (BA)

Mike McGuire (born July 21, 1979) is an American politician currently serving as the 52nd President pro tempore of the California State Senate. He is a Democrat and represents the 2nd Senate district, which encompasses the North Coast region, from Marin County to Del Norte County.

From January 19, 2022 to February 5, 2024, he has served as Majority Leader of the Senate, replacing Robert Hertzberg; he previous served as Assistant Majority Leader from December 2018 to his appointment as majority leader.[1] Prior to being elected to the State Senate in 2014, he was a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and served as mayor of Healdsburg, California.[2] By August 2023, he began fundraising to run for Insurance Commissioner in 2026.[3]

Early life and education

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Mike McGuire comes from a family of farmers, specializing in grape and prune farming for over 50 years. In 1998, he became the youngest person ever elected to the Healdsburg School Board at age 19.[4] He attended Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 2002.[5]

Career

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McGuire first held elected office at 19 in 1998 when he was elected to the Healdsburg School Board.[citation needed] In 2004, he was elected to the Healdsburg City Council, where he spent six years, including time as the city's youngest mayor.[6] In 2010, he became a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.[7] In 2014, McGuire ran for the California State Senate to succeed Democratic Senator Noreen Evans, who decided not to seek reelection. McGuire easily defeated Republican candidate Lawrence Weisner for the District 2 State Senate seat that year, winning 70% of the vote.[8]

In April 2015, he introduced bill SB 643, with the purpose of legalizing and regulating the medical marijuana industry.[9] The regulation would cover cultivation to consumption.[10] McGuire criticized the state's lack of rules and regulations for medical marijuana,[11] and was opposed to the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64).[12] In September 2017, he was part of the state's legislative session that urged Congress to censure the president Donald Trump.[13]

In September 2018, the bill he introduced to establish a statewide protocol for emergency alerts for all 58 California counties was signed into a law.[14] In December 2018, he was selected to serve as assistant majority leader of the California Senate.[15][16] In early January 2019, Mike McGuire "applauded" Gavin Newsom's 2019 budget plan for California.[17] That same month, when president Donald Trump threatened to withhold government emergency fundings for the wildfires because of poor forest management by the state of California, Mike McGuire replied in a tweet that most California forests affected are managed by the federal government and not the state.[18]

In 2019, he co-authored California Senate Bill 27 (SB27) officially named Tax Transparency Bill which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on July 30, 2019.[19] He authored a bill that established the Great Redwood Trail as a proposed rail-to-trail project in Northern California.[20]

McGuire was announced as the incoming State Senate President Pro-Tempore on August 28, 2023.[21] He assumed the position on February 5, 2024.

Elections

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2004 Healdsburg City Council Election

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2004 Healdsburg City Council Election [22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mike McGuire 3,894 30.3
Nonpartisan Gary W Plass 2,821 22.0
Nonpartisan Lisa W Schaffner 2,746 21.4
Nonpartisan Mark T Gleason 2,462 19.2
Nonpartisan Tod Brilliant 928 7.2
Total votes 12,851 100.0

2008 Healdsburg City Council Election

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2008 Healdsburg City Council Election [23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mike McGuire 4,437 35.6
Nonpartisan Tom Chambers 3,031 24.3
Nonpartisan Gary W Plass 2,928 23.5
Nonpartisan Tony Pastene 2,053 16.5
Total votes 12,449 100.0

2010 Sonoma County Board of Supervisors 4th district election

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2010 Sonoma County Board of Supervisors 4th district election [24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Mike McGuire 15,043 61.8%
Nonpartisan Debora Fudge 9,210 37.8
Other Write in 103 0.4
Total votes 24,356 100.0

2014 State Senate Election

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California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGuire 104,670 57.9
Republican Lawrence R. Wiesner 48,401 26.8
Democratic Derek Knell 19,733 10.9
No party preference Harry V. Lehmann 8,060 4.5
Total votes 180,864 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike McGuire 188,142 70.0
Republican Lawrence R. Wiesner 80,778 30.0
Total votes 268,920 100.0
Democratic hold

2018 State Senate Election

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California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 163,723 76.2
Democratic Veronica "Roni" Jacobi 51,186 23.8
Total votes 214,909 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 233,688 67.2
Democratic Veronica "Roni" Jacobi 114,184 32.8
Total votes 347,872 100.0
Democratic hold

2022 State Senate Election

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California's 2nd State Senate district election, 2022[25][26]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike McGuire (politician) 197,999 75.1
Republican Gene Yoon 65,762 24.9
Total votes 263,761 100.0
General election
Democratic Mike McGuire (incumbent) 283,689 73.3
Republican Gene Yoon 103,333 26.7
Total votes 387,022 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Our State Senate Representative, Mike McGuire, Just Got Named Majority Leader". Lost Coast Outpost. January 19, 2022.
  2. ^ Schlanker, Beth (May 16, 2014). "PD Editorial: Mike McGuire is best choice in Senate election". The Press Democrat.
  3. ^ GRAHAM, ANDREW (August 8, 2023). "As term limits push McGuire from state Senate, is a run for insurance chief next?". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Kutchins, Herb (March 20, 2014). "Mike McGuire, his election assured, remains little known in Marin". The Point Reyes Light.
  5. ^ "McGuire Distinguished Alum". SSU News. December 21, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  6. ^ California State Senate Majority Caucus California Senator Mike McGuire Senate District 2 Biography
  7. ^ "Supervisor Mike McGuire Hosts Annual Windsor Town Hall Meeting on August 19th". sonomacounty.ca.gov. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  8. ^ "California State Senate elections, 2014 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  9. ^ "Bill Status". leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  10. ^ "California Sen. Mike McGuire proposes regulating medical marijuana industry". Ukiah Daily Journal. April 30, 2015.
  11. ^ Chabria, Anita (May 3, 2015). "California looks to bring law and order to decades-old medical marijuana market". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Guy Kovner (October 31, 2016). "Citing marijuana 'mess,' Sen. Mike McGuire opposes California's faulty Proposition 64". Sonomanews.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  13. ^ David Siders (September 17, 2017). "California tears into Trump". Politico.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  14. ^ Guy Kovner (September 21, 2018). "Gov. Brown signs into law California emergency alerts and wildfire liability bills". Pressdemocrat.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  15. ^ Julie Johnson (December 22, 2018). "Healdsburg Democrat Mike McGuire appointed to a top California Senate leadership post". Pressdemocrat.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  16. ^ Marissa Papanek (December 24, 2018). "Sen. Mike McGuire named assistant majority leader of CA State Senate". Krcrtv.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  17. ^ Thadeus Greenson (January 10, 2019). "Wood, McGuire Applaud Gov.'s Budget Plan". Northcoastjournal.com. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  18. ^ "Trump, California lawmakers spar over wildfire funding". Times-Standard. January 9, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  19. ^ "Governor Gavin Newsom Signs SB 27: Tax Transparency Bill". Press release of the office of the Governor of California. July 30, 2019.
  20. ^ Wear, Kimberly (February 3, 2022). "Moving Up". North Coast Journal. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  21. ^ Luna, Taryn (August 29, 2023). "California Senate taps new leader". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  22. ^ "Registrar of Voters | Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters | County of Sonoma" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Council Member; City of Healdsburg Election Information November 4, 2008 Election".
  24. ^ [1][dead link]
  25. ^ "Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 7, 2022" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  26. ^ "General Election - Statement of the Vote, November 8, 2022 - State Senate" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
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