Mark Wyland
Mark Wyland District 5 representative on the San Diego County Office of Education in California. Wyland was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Mark Wyland is a former Republican member of the California State Senate, representing District 38 from 2006 to 2014. Wyland did not seek re-election in 2014.
Prior to his election to the state senate, Wyland was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000-2006 and served on the Board of Education of the Escondido Union School Board.
Biography
Wyland (b. October 27, 1946) has a B.A. in international relations from Pomona College and an M.A. in political science from Columbia University. He is a co-owner of the Pine Tree Lumber Company.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Wyland served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Budget and Fiscal Review |
| • Business, Professions, and Economic Development |
| • Education, Vice chair |
| • Labor and Industrial Relations, Vice chair |
| • Transportation and Housing |
| • Emergency Management |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Wyland served on these committees:
| California committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Business, Professions, and Economic Development |
| • Governmental Organization |
| • Insurance |
| • Labor and Industrial Relations |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Wyland served on these committees:
| California committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Appropriations |
| • Budget and Fiscal Review |
| • Business, Professions and Economic Development |
| • Education |
| • Governmental Organization |
| • Labor and Industrial Relations |
| • Veterans Affairs |
Issues
Policy Positions
Redistricting
In August 2011, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission completed the new Congressional and state legislative maps for the 2012-2020 elections. A referendum began in August 2011 to repeal the Senate map. Supporters have until November 13, 2011 to collect the 504,760 signatures that are required to qualify the measure for the ballot. Among the drive supporters are former Governor Pete Wilson and State Senate Minority Leader Bob Dutton.[1] Five other GOP senators immediately contributed more than $5,000 to the referendum group FAIR:[2]
- Mark Wyland: $25,000[3]
- Tony Strickland: $25,000
- Mimi Walters: $25,000
- Joel Anderson: $10,000
- Doug La Malfa: $5,000
Split legislative sessions
Wyland was the sponsor of SCA 2, a proposal to split the legislative sessions of the California State Legislature so that one year of the two-year legislative session is devoted to the state's budget and the other year is devoted to considering new legislation. In support of it, he said, "The dirty little secret is we can't really examine the legislation we get."[4]
Legislative scorecards
Capitol Weekly
Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.[5][6]
On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Wyland ranked as a 17.[7]
Elections
2016
San Diego County held elections for the county board of supervisors, the San Diego County Office of Education, San Diego Community College District, South Bay Irrigation District, and Southwestern Community College District in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on July 7, 2016. The candidate filing deadline for this election was on March 11, 2016.[8] Incumbent Rick Shea defeated Mark Wyland in the San Diego County Office of Education District 5 general election.[9]
| San Diego County Office of Education, District 5 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rick Shea Incumbent |
50.16% | 113,536 |
| Mark Wyland | 49.84% | 112,810 |
| Total Votes | 226,346 | |
| Source: San Diego Registrar of Voters, "County of San Diego Presidential General Election," December 8, 2016 | ||
Incumbent Rick Shea and Mark Wyland defeated Richard Smith in the San Diego County Office of Education District 5 primary election.[10]
| San Diego County Office of Education, District 5 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Rick Shea Incumbent |
44.89% | 56,638 |
| Mark Wyland |
41.26% | 52,061 |
| Richard Smith | 13.85% | 17,469 |
| Total Votes | 126,168 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "2016 Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016 | ||
2010
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2010
Wyland won re-election to the 38th District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Democrat Gila Jones and Libertarian Kristi Stone in the November 2 general election.[11]
| California State Senate, District 38 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Mark Wyland (R)
|
169,769 | |||
| Gila Jones (D) | 96,884 | |||
| Kristi Stone (D) | 15,185 | |||
2006
In 2006 Wyland was elected to the California State Senate, District 38. He finished with 162,046 votes while his opponent Brian Klea finished with 55,964 votes.[12] Wyland raised $618,932 for his campaign fund.
| California State Senate, District 38 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Mark Wyland (R)
|
162,046 | |||
| Brian Klea (D) | 55,964 | |||
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of California scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2014
In 2014, the California State Legislature was in session from January 6 to August 30.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the chamber.
- Legislators are scored by the California Civil Liberties Council on their votes on "bills related to due process, privacy rights, equal protection, and criminal justice."
- Legislators are scored by California Clean Money Action on their votes on bills "to limit the undue influence of Big Money in politics in California."
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on issues related to labor.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to water policy.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that relate to senior issues
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to consumers.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported by the organization.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on taxpayer-related issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Legislators are scored on their stances on secular policy.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2013
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2013, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2013, the California State Legislature was in session from December 3, 2012, to September 13, 2013
|
2012
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2012, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2012, the California State Legislature was in session from January 4 to August 31.
|
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Mark Wyland San Diego Education. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
- California State Legislature
- California State Senate
- California Senate Committees
- California State Senate District 38
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative profile of Mark Wyland on Project Vote Smart
- Biographical profile of Mark Wyland on Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000
- Mark Wyland on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Former Gov. Pete Wilson joins effort to upset redistricting plan," August 24, 2011
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Drive to repeal Senate maps gets boost from four GOP senators," August 26, 2011
- ↑ San Diego Reader, "Joel Anderson gives $10,000 to anti-redistricting effort," August 30, 2011
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Lawmaker wants to split legislative sessions," December 25, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "Capitol Weekly's Legislative Scorecard," December 17, 2009
- ↑ Fox and Hounds Daily, "Random Thoughts on the Political Scene," December 18, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "2009 Capitol Weekly State Legislative Scorecard (Archived)," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filing Calendar," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Primary Election Candidate List," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Primary Election Candidate List," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
California State Senate District 38 2006–2014 |
Succeeded by Joel Anderson (R) |
 |
State of California Sacramento (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
