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Summary

Senator Ben Hueso

Full Name: Ben Hueso
Office: State Senate (CA) - District 40, Democratic
First Elected: 03/12/2013
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Laura; 4 Children
Birth Place: San Diego
Home City: Logan Heights, CA

Recent Key Votes

SB 1476 - Authorizes Courts to Designate More than 2 Individuals as Parents of a Child
Legislation (Yea)

Aug. 27, 2012 - Authorizes the established formula for calculating child support to be invalidated in certain cases including, but not limited to, any of the following (Sec. ...

AB 2109 - Requires Parents to Obtain a Waiver for Unvaccinated Children
Legislation (Yea)

Aug. 27, 2012 - Requires parents who choose not to vaccinate their child because it is contrary to their beliefs to obtain a signed affidavit from a health ...

AB 101 - Allows Family Child Care Providers to Organize
Legislation (Yea)

Sept. 9, 2011 - -Defines a "certified provider organization" as an organization certified by the Public Employment Relations Board as the exclusive representative of family child care providers, authorized ...

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Recent Public Statements

Issue Position: Create Quality Jobs

Jan. 1, 2013 - Attract businesses to our area that provide good paying jobs & Draft legislation that creates local jobs within our communities

Issue Position: Reform Health Care System

Jan. 1, 2013 - Work to provide affordable high quality health care for our families with comprehensive reform that does not hurt your wallet nor our state budget

Issue Position: Fix State Budget Deficit

Jan. 1, 2013 - End State raids of our local revenues Eliminate unfunded mandates

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2011 Children's Advocacy Institute Positions 98%
2011 Capitol Resource Institute Positions 0%
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Campaign Finances

Top industry General Trade Unions ($90,300.00)
Source FollowTheMoney.org
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Ben Hueso refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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Contact Information

Capitol Webmail
http://sd40.senate.ca.gov/contact/email

Capitol Website
http://sd40.senate.ca.gov/

Capitol
State Capitol, Room 3082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-4040
Fax: 916-327-3522

District
303 H Street
Suite 2030
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: 619-409-7690
Fax: 619-409-7688

District
45-125 Smurr Street
Suite B
Indio, CA 92201
Phone: 760-398-6442
Fax: 760-398-6470

District
1224 State Street
Suite D
El Centro, CA 92243
Phone: 760-335-3442
Fax: 760-335-3444

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