48th Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1967)
Abel Maldonado
Official portrait, 2010
48th Lieutenant Governor of California
In office April 27, 2010 – January 3, 2011
Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Preceded by
Mona Pasquil (acting)
Succeeded by
Gavin Newsom
Member of the California State Senate from the 15th district
In office December 6, 2004 – April 27, 2010
Preceded by
Bruce McPherson
Succeeded by
Sam Blakeslee
Member of the California State Assembly from the 33rd district
In office December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Preceded by
Tom J. Bordonaro Jr.
Succeeded by
Sam Blakeslee
Mayor of Santa Maria
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by
Robert Bunch
Succeeded by
Joe Centeno
Personal details
Born
(1967-08-21) August 21, 1967 (age 56) Santa Maria, California, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Laura Maldonado
Education
California Polytechnic State University
Signature
Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2024, he is the very last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of California to date.
Elected to the Santa Maria City Council in 1994, Maldonado then served as mayor of Santa Maria from 1996 to 1998, when he was elected to the California State Assembly. He served in that body from 1998 to 2004 and then in the California State Senate from 2004 to 2010, running unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for California State Controller in 2006. Maldonado was the first Republican in the State Senate to vote for the budget during the budget deadlock in 2007. He represented a swing district in the Senate and is considered a moderate.[1]
On November 23, 2009, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Maldonado as his nominee for lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy created by Democrat John Garamendi's election to the United States House of Representatives. Maldonado was sworn into office on April 27, 2010 and was defeated in the 2010 lieutenant gubernatorial election by Democratic San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Maldonado ran for California's 24th congressional district in the 2012 elections, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Lois Capps. In May 2013, he announced that he was running for governor in the 2014 election, but dropped out in January 2014 after unsuccessful fundraising efforts and campaign missteps. In 2017, Maldonado was considered for the role of United States secretary of agriculture by Donald Trump, but was ultimately not nominated.[2]
^"Representing His District: Abel Maldonado—The Only Republican Senator So Far to Vote for the California State Budget". Archived from the original on May 19, 2007.
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