ChamberPAC-Endorsed Candidates Win in November 2006 Election

Following up on its success in the primaries, the California Chamber of Commerce again led a broad-based business effort to support pro-jobs candidates in the November 2006 general election. All CalChamber-supported candidates won their campaigns.

Following is the background on each of the winning candidates endorsed by ChamberPAC:

Senate Winners

Jeff Denham (R) won re-election in Senate District 12 (Merced and San Benito counties, part of Madera, Monterey and Stanislaus counties) with 59.5 percent of the vote. Visit Senator Denham's website



Alex Padilla (D), a member of the Los Angeles City Council, won in Senate District 20 (part of Los Angeles County) with 75 percent of the vote. Visit Senator Padilla's website





Ron Calderon (D), a member of the state Assembly for the last four years, won in Senate District 30 (part of Los Angeles County) with 71.1 percent of the vote. Visit Senator Calderon's website

Assembly Winners

Fiona Ma (D) in Assembly District 12 (part of San Francisco and San Mateo counties) won with 70.6 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Ma's website





Guy Houston (R) won re-election in Assembly District 15 (part of Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento and San Joaquin counties) with 54.5 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblyman Houston's website




Cathleen Galgiani (D), a staff member to the current district representative, Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews (D) won in Assembly District 17 (Merced County, part of San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties) with 59.7 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Galgiani's website



Anna Caballero (D), mayor of Salinas, won in Assembly District 28 (San Benito County, part of Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties) with 57.7 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Caballero's website




Nicole Parra (D) won re-election in Assembly District 30 (Kings County, part of Fresno, Kern and Tulare counties) with 51.6 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Parra's website




Laura Richardson (D), a member of the Long Beach City Council since 2000, won in Assembly District 55 (part of Lost Angeles County) with 68.3 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Richardson's website




Chuck Calderon (D), a former member of the Assembly and the Senate, won in Assembly District 58 (part of Los Angeles County) with 69.6 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblyman Calderon's website




Jose Solorio (D), a member of the Santa Ana City Council, won in Assembly District 69 (part of Orange County) with 64.7 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblyman Solorio's website





Shirley Horton (R) won re-election in Assembly District 78 (part of San Diego County) with 51.7 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Horton's website





Bonnie Garcia (R) won re-election in Assembly District 80 (Imperial County, part of Riverside County) with 51.1 percent of the vote. Visit Assemblywoman Garcia's website 

Read about ChamberPAC-endorsed winning candidates in November 2004 election