Dennis Hollingsworth
Dennis Hollingsworth | |
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36th district | |
In office December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Ray Haynes |
Succeeded by | Joel Anderson |
Member of the California State Assembly from the 66th district | |
In office December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Thompson |
Succeeded by | Ray Haynes |
Minority Leader of the California Senate | |
In office February 18, 2008 – October 11, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Dave Cogdill |
Succeeded by | Bob Dutton |
Personal details | |
Born | California Polytechnic State University Cornell University | January 12, 1967
Dennis Clark Hollingsworth (born January 12, 1967) is an American politician who represented
Hollingsworth was affiliated with the conservative group
Background
Hollingsworth attended the
Hollingsworth lives in Murrieta with his wife, Natalie, and two sons and one daughter.
Political career
Hollingsworth was elected to the California State Assembly in 2000 and the State Senate in 2002.
In 2006, he authored a resolution to replace the statue of
Shortly after midnight on the morning of February 18, 2009, after several days of late-night, contentious debates over closing a $42 billion gap in the state budget, Senate Republicans met in caucus where they voted to replace State Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill with Hollingsworth as minority leader. Hollingsworth immediately repudiated a budget deal negotiated by Cogsdill because it included increases in the sales, income and gasoline taxes, saying "We should reopen negotiations and we should pass a no-tax budget."[3] The Cogdill-negotiated budget eventually passed regardless.
In 2010, Hollingsworth retired from the Senate due to term limits.[4]
References
- ^ Blum, Bill (March 15, 2013). "The Supreme Court Will Uphold Gay Marriage … Here's Why". Los Angeles CityWatch. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Senate Joint Resolution 3 (Hollingsworth, 2006)". California State Legislature. 2006.
- ^ "Schwarzenegger says lawmakers resisting budget plan 'have math problem'". Los Angeles Times. February 19, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ Gardner, Michael (November 13, 2010). "GOP leader reflects on his tenure". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
External links
- Join California Dennis Hollingsworth Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine