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Thomas Miller McClintock (born July 10, 1956) is a Republican California State Senator. He ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election of Gray Davis and came in third out of 135 candidates.
Early life and career
McClintock graduated from UCLA in 1978. He was the Ventura County, California Republican Party chairman from 1979 to 1981. He was chief of staff to Sen. Ed Davis from 1980 to 1982. From 1992 to 1994 he served as director of the Center for the California Taxpayer. He was director of the Claremont Institute's Golden State Center for Policy Studies from 1994 to 1996.
McClintock was elected to the California State Assembly in 1982 at the age of 26. He was reelected in 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1990.
In 1992, McClintock lost his bid to incumbent Anthony Beilenson for a seat in the United States House of Representatives representing California's 24th District.
In 1994, McClintock ran for California State Controller and lost by 187,734 votes to the better-financed Kathleen Connell. McClintock won the support of 3,792,997 (46.0%) Californians while Connell had the votes of 3,980,731 (48.3%) people. Three other candidates split the other 463,152 (5.7%) votes. Connell outspent McClintock by a 3-to-1 margin.
Voters in the 38th State Assembly District returned McClintock to the Assembly in 1996 by a 15.8% electoral margin. McClintock was supported by 71,597 (55.6%) voters. Democrat Jon Lauritzen obtained 51,274 (39.8%) votes. Natural Law Party candidate Virginia Neuman garnered the remaining 6,021 (4.6%) people. In 1998, McClintock ran unopposed for reelection to the Assembly.
McClintock won a four-year term in the California's Senate by a 15.2% margin in 2000. McClintock won the support of 165,422 (57.6%) people in the 19th State Senate District while Daniel Gonzalez won only 121,893 (42.4%) votes.
McClintock ran for State Controller again in 2002 and finished 22,730 votes behind eBay executive Steve Westly out of 7,258,758 votes cast. He logged 3,273,028 (45.1%) votes to Westly's 3,289,839 (45.4%). Three other candidates won 695,891 (9.5%) votes. Westly outspent McClintock by a 5-to-1 margin. McClintock's campaigns for State Controller have focused on cutting Taxes and accountability for the State Budget.
Tom McClintock has a long history of opposing taxes. While he was in the Assembly he was the driving force and was successful in reducing the Vehicle Liscense Fee dramatically. In 2003 when it was raised again by then Former Gover Grey Davis. Tom McClintock was again instramental in getting that Tax rolled back.
In the 2003 Gubernatorial recall election, McClintock won the support of 1,160,182 (13.5%) Californians. Fellow Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger won the election with support from 4,203,596 (48.6%) people while Democratic Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante won 2,723,768 votes (31.5%). Together Republicans Schwarzenegger and McClintock were supported by 5,363,778 Californians (62.1%). 132 other candidates won the remaining 6.4% of the vote.
McClintock was re-elected to the California Senate in 2004, winning 61% of the vote. McClintock is the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the 2006 elections. He ran for the Republican nomination virtually unopposed (Fresno realtor Tony Farmer gleaned 6.3% of the vote) and will run against insurance commissioner Democrat John Garamendi and several candidates from smaller political parties in the November general election.
McClintock is married and has two children. Tom Grew up and has a long history in his Ventura County senate district. His primary campaign issues are cutting government spending, balancing the state budget, reducing taxes, making California more friendly for business, and improving road transportation by building more freeways. Tom is a Supporter of Business and Conservative Families Values.
Electoral history
- 2003 Recall Election for Governor
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), 48.6%
- Cruz Bustamante (D), 31.5%
- Tom McClintock (R), 13.5%
External links
- Official Senate Web Site
- Official Campaign Web Site
- 2006 Candidates for Lt. Governor
- http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=59720
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