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SD-19: Hannah-Beth Jackson - A Tireless Advocate
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Bettina Duval, writing at the Huffington Post cheers Debra Bowen
in BlogHer

Debra Bowen’s Profile In Courage Award
in The Huffington Post

Reverse The Decline!
in The California Majority Report

Reverse The Decline!
in The Bayne of Blog

A Lesson From California
in The Huffington Post

Clinton’s Victory
in SacBee.com

Hillary’s Victory
in The Bayne of Blog

Hillary’s Victory
in Seeing The Forest

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CALIFORNIA LIST provides information on pro-choice Democratic candidates running in California state elections as well as those currently elected to office. It also offers members an opportunity to support The CALIFORNIA LIST endorsed candidates.

To be endorsed by CALIFORNIA LIST, candidates must be a pro-choice Democratic woman running for state-level office in California. In addition, they must have strong name recognition in their community, the ability to fundraise, and campaign experience. Candidates must also agree to various criteria including mentoring and preparing pro-choice Democratic women if elected.

Women make up more than half of California’s population but in our state legislature, men outnumber them by nearly three to one. Because of term limits, the number of elected women could decrease dramatically. CALIFORNIA LIST strives to elect and keep Democratic women in state politics so that women’s voices are equally represented in California state government. It is a fact that women legislators tend to support issues beneficial to women and children.

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Betty Karnette

Betty Karnette
Assembly District 54
(Long Beach, Rolling Hills)

Assemblymember Betty Karnette was re-elected to the California State Assembly in November, 2004. Possessing a wealth of legislative experience; she has the fifth-highest seniority in the Assembly. Currently Assemblymember Karnette serves as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media and she also chairs the Select Committee on Ports and serves on the Advisory Commission on Special Education.

A former school teacher, Assemblymember Karnette has authored significant education reform. Her legislative accomplishments include enacting the first law requiring annual studies and recommendations on improving California’s port security system, she expanded Laura’s Law to keep families safe from harm by allowing required inpatient treatment for potentially violent people with severe psychological disorders, and helped to enact the Amber Alert to rescue abducted children.

Assemblymember Karnette is also an active member of her local community. She taught math and science in nearby schools for 30 years. She serves as a board member for Young Horizons, a Long Beach non-profit that helps at-risk youth, and for the Long Beach Memorial Hospital Children’s Clinic.