Denise Moreno Ducheny
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Denise Moreno Ducheny (b. March 21, 1952) is a Democratic member of the California State Senate. She represents California's 40th Senate District. Ducheny was first elected to the state senate in November 2002 and then re-elected in 2006. Her current four-year term ends in 2010 and she will not be able to run again for the California Senate because of the state's term limits.
Ducheny's previous political experience includes serving three two-year terms on the California State Assembly from 1994-2000.
Ducheny has a B.A. in History from Pomona College and a Juris Doctor degree, earned in 1979, from the Southwestern University School of Law, 1979. She also attended the University of Lund in Sweden. She has worked as an attorney in private practice and as a university lecturer.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Ducheny now resides in Chula Vista with her husband, Al.
Proposition 49
In 2009, Ducheny told a reporter for National Public Radio that she partly blames California Proposition 49 (2002) for what has been described as "California's ongoing budget nightmare". Ducheny told the reporter, "Last year, when we tried to suggest that ... it ought to be flexible in these very difficult years, the governor vetoed that legislation. So the irony is this year we are cutting schools, but his initiative for after-school programs is fully funded."[1]
Committee assignments
Senator Ducheny serves on these standing committees:
- Budget and Fiscal Review (Chair)[2]
- Labor and Industrial Relations[3]
- Public Employees and Retirement[4]
- Subcommittee on Revenues and the Economy[5]
40th district profile
California Senate District 40 includes parts of Riverside County and San Diego County and all of Imperial County.
In Riverside County, District 40 includes the communities of Blythe, Cathedral City, Coachella, East Blythe, Indio, Mecca, Thousand Palms.
In San Diego County, the district includes the communities of Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, National City, 2% of Bonita and 19% of the City of San Diego.[6]
See also
External links
- Official website of State Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny
- Biographical profile of Denise Moreno Ducheny on Project Vote Smart
- Biography of Ducheny from the Council of State Governments
- Campaign contributions: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
References
- ↑ National Public Radio, "Californians Hold The Power Of The Proposition", July 2009
- ↑ California Budget and Fiscal Review committee membership
- ↑ Senate Labor committee membership
- ↑ Senate Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement
- ↑ Subcommittee on Revenues and the Economy
- ↑ Overview of Senate District 40
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