State & Federal Representation

Roger W. Niello, Democrat

Sacramento: 916-651-4006

Roseville: 916-772-0571

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• Elected to the State Senate for the first time (November 2022). Graduated from Encina High School in Arden; undergraduate degree from University of California in Berkeley;  Master’s degree from the University of California (Los Angeles). Managed the family's automobile dealership business (Niello Auto Group)between 1974 and 1999 – acted as CFO, president, and general manager. Elected to Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in 1999; elected to California State Assembly in 2004; re-elected 2006, 2008; worked on the Transportation Committee, Banking and Finance Committee, Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee; Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee, Insurance Committee, Budget Committee, Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Joint Committee on Emergency Services and Homeland Security, and the Select Committee on Foster Care. Appointed President and CEO of Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce after third term in the assembly.Named University of California Center Sacramento Governance Fellow in 2011. Attached to many community and civic organizations and served as President of the Golden State Voter Participation, Chair of the Sacramento Valley Lincoln Club Board, Co-Chair of the California Civic Learning Partnership in Sacramento County, member of the University of California Center Sacramento Advisory Board, the Dignity Health Sacramento Service Area Hospital Community Board, the Greater Sacramento Economic Council Board, and Sacramento Rotary. Lives in Fair Oaks; married; five children; six grandchildren.

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Angelique Ashby, Democrat

Capitol: 916-651-4008

Sacramento: 916-651-1529

         916-262-2904

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• Elected to Sacramento City Council in November 2010; held post till December 2022. First term as State Senator (elected in 2022). Born in Ashland, Oregon; graduated from Sacramento High school; graduated from University of California (B.A. Sociology), Davis; Juris Doctorate from McGeorge School of Law. Comes from a struggling background; politics focused on economic development of Sacramento and Sacramentans- especially low earning families. Authored good governance reforms adopted by the Sacramento City Council. Lives in Natomas;  married; three sons.

Kevin McCarty, Democrat

Capitol: 916-319-2007

Sacramento: 916-324-46766

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• Born and raised in Sacramento; graduated from CSU Long Beach in Political Science; Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Administration from CSU Sacramento. First elected to California State Assembly in 2014; serves as Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance; expanded access to preschool for low and middle income families; political priorities include: addressing housing affordability, fighting climate change, championing criminal justice reform, curbing gun violence, tackling the opioid crisis and advocating for the middle class. Previously Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commissioner on the Sacramento City Council (2004 - 2014). Lives in Elmhurst neighborhood; married; twin daughters.

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Josh Hoover, Republican

Capitol: 916-319-2007

Rancho Cordova: 916-464-1910

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• Elected to assembly in 2022. Long-time Folsom resident; moved in 1999; graduated from UCLA (Pol. Science); Master’s degree in Public Administration from USC. served as Chief of Staff for California State Assemblyman Kevin kiley; school board member of Folsom Cordova Unified School District; named Folsom’s Young Professional of the Year in 2020.

Married; three children - one child on Autism Disorder spectrum

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Stephanie Nguyen, Democrat

Capitol: 916-319-2010

Elk Grove: 916-670-7888

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• Life-time resident of Sacramento. Daughter of Vietnamese refugees; grew up in Little Saigon Dist. of Sacramento; graduated from Sacramento State University. Elected to assembly in 2022; previously worked as the Executive Director of Asian Resources, Inc. elected to Elk Grove City Council in 2017 - first Asian American woman to do so.

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Heath Flora, Republican

Capitol: 916-319-2009

Ripon: 209-599-2112

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• Farmer; firefighter; business owner. Life-time farmer. Heath serves as a Director for International Sales at the Exact Corporation; owns Golden Valley Equipment; trained paramedic and worked for CAL FIRE; served as a volunteer firefighter for over fifteen years; promoted to Battalion Chief. As a regional director for Sons of the Flag. legislative focus on improved public safety in California and farmers' voices in political arenas. Established a state-wide firefighter apprenticeship program, provided greater access to individuals’ vital records, and set safety standards pertaining to electric motorized scooters. Serving as the Vice Chairman of the Committees on Natural Resources and Labor & Employment as well as sitting on the Agriculture, Rules and Business & Professions committees. Married; two girls.

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Lori D. Wilson, Democrat

Capitol: 916-319-2011

Fairfield: 707-399-3011

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• Elected in 2022. Raised on the westside of Fresno. Graduated from California State University, Sacramento (B.Sc. Business Administration)First black female mayor of Solano county; previously served as Vice Chair on the Suisun City Parks & Recreation Commission; elected to the Suisun City Council in 2012; served as Vice-Mayor for six years; elected Mayor in 2018. Bright free COVID-19 testing to Suisun City and provided homes to the homeless during the pandemic. Founding president of the Suisun City Community Services Foundation; worked as Director of Finance for national homebuilders for over 10 years; worked as Chief Accountant at Fair Housing Napa Valley. Founding member of WIP Solano. Lives in Suisun city; Married; two sons

Kevin Kiley, Republican

Washington: 202-225-2523

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• Elected in 2022. Born in Sacramento. Son of a Special educator. Graduated from Harvard; law degree from Yale; Master’s degree in secondary education from Loyola Marymount. Started career as a high school teacher in Los Angeles; led a civil suit against Huawei Technologies for IP theft; became public prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General; won a trial against Governor Newsom for violating the separation of powers in 2020. Elected to California State Assembly in 2016; re-elected 2018 and 2020. Authored laws on freedom of speech, artificial intelligence, privacy, criminal justice reform, and protections for sexual assault victims. Named the national Legislator of the Year by the Association of Independent Workers. Introduced legislation to end special perks like private DMV offices for the state lawmakers.

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Amerish Babulal Bera, Democrat

Washington: 202-225-5716

Sacramento: 916-635-0505

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• First-generation Indo-American. Born and raised in California. BSc. from University of California, Irvine; M.D. from University of California, Irvine. Elected to Congress in 2013; most recent election in 2020; recent re-election in 2022; member of  the House  Foreign Affairs Committee- chairman of the subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation; senior member on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology;  Vice Chair for Outreach for the New Democrat Coalition. Served as medical director of care management for Mercy Healthcare. Served as Chief Medical Officer for Sacramento County; worked at University of California as clinical professor of medicine and associate dean for admissions. Longest-serving Indian American in Congress. Married; one daughter.

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Doris Matsui, Democrat

Washington: 202-225-7163

Sacramento: 916-498-5600

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• Grew up on a farm in California’s Central Valley, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. Served as one of eight members of President Clinton’s transition board; served as Deputy Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Public Liaison. succeeded her late husband Robert Matsui (who served in Congress from 1979-2005) in a special election in March 2005. Senior member of House Energy and Commerce Committee; serves on Health and Energy subcommittee; a big focus on flood protection and levee improvements; worked to secure $ 1 billion for Folsom Dam project; worked to federally authorize the Natomas Levee Project. Working to reduce traffic pressures in Sacramento by increasing public transportation options and improving current systems. Author of the bipartisan Excellence in Mental Health Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in 2014. co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Aging and Families; serves on the bipartisan Telehealth Working Group; leader in Congress on promoting policies that address the climate crisis. Under her leadership as a co-chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), the Caucus has spearheaded numerous initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable infrastructure and tax incentives for clean energy; also authored a number of legislative proposals aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions including H.R. 978; sponsored legislation that allows her constituents to participate in the clean energy economy through specifically designated treasury bonds that fund renewable energy and energy efficiency programs at the Department of Energy.  Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Spectrum Caucus; co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional High Tech Caucus; an ardent supporter of advancing STEM education, especially for women and girls. Involved with many civic and community organizations; serves as a Member of the Board of Regents for the Smithsonian; on the Council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Council of the National Museum of American History; previously served on the National Symphony Board and the Arena Stage Board; served as Chairwoman on the Board for the KVIE public television station in Sacramento. Has a son and two grandchildren. Re-married in 2020, adding four children, their spouses, and six grandchildren to her family.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat

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Contact:

Washington office (202) 224-3841

San Francisco office (415) 393-0707

Los Angeles office (310) 914-7300

San Diego office (619) 231-9712

Fresno office (559) 485-7430

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• First elected to the senate in 1992; Led bipartisan group to pass legislation to increase fuel efficiency of cars; Focused on preservation of Lake Tahoe, California’s forests, and Mojave desert as well as preventing wildfires and improving California’s water infrastructure; Helped in creation of the AMBER Alert network; Advocate of common sense gun laws; The first woman to become the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017

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Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat

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Contact:

Washington office (202) 224-3553

San Francisco (415) 981-9369

Los Angeles (310) 231-4494

San Diego (619) 239-3884

Sacramento (916) 448-2787

Fresno (559) 497-5109

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• Son of Mexican immigrants; Born and raised in the San Francisco Valley; Graduated as a mechanical engineer from MIT; Entered into politics to counter the rising anti-immigrant surge in California politics; Joined protests against California’s Proposition 187 in 1994; Served as a field representative for Sen. Dianne Feinstein; Elected as the youngest president of the city council in 2001; Elected to California State Senate in 2006 for two terms; Became the first latino to be elected as the California Secretary of State in 2014; Appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy of Vice President Kamala Harris; Helped in expanding and modernizing renewable energy and climate policies, and expanding the electrical grid; Member of Senate Committees on Budget; Environment and Public Works; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; and Rules