Endorsements

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George Deukmejian, Former Governor of California

Shawn Steel, Former California Republican Party Chairman

Michelle Steel, State Board of Equalization

CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS

John Tavaglione, Chairman, Riverside County Board of Supervisors

Roy Wilson, Riverside County Board of Supervisors

STATE LEGISLATORS

Senate Republican Caucus Chair George Runner

Senate Republican Leader Jim Nielsen (Ret.)

Senator Roy Ashburn

Senator Jeff Denham

Senator Bob Presley (Ret.)

Senator Bob Margett

Assembly Republican Leader Mike Villines

Republican Caucus Chair Bob Huff

Assembly Republican Women?s Caucus Chair Sharon Runner

Assembly Budget Committee Vice-Chair, Roger Niello

Assemblyman Anthony Adams

Assemblyman Joel Anderson

Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee

Assemblyman Mike Duvall

Assemblywoman Jean Fuller

Assemblyman Guy Houston

Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries

Assemblyman Alan Nakanishi

Assemblyman Jim Silva

Assemblyman Cameron Smyth

ORGANIZATIONS

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

California Police Chiefs Association

California Narcotics Officers Association

            National Tax-Limitation Committee founder Lewis Uhler

Riverside County Young Republicans

Young Republican Federation of California

College Republicans at University of California Riverside

RIVERSIDE COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS

John Tavaglione, Chairman, Riverside County Board of Supervisors

Roy Wilson, Riverside County Supervisor

Corky Larson, Riverside County Supervisor (Ret.)

Paul McDonnell, Riverside County Treasurer

Larry Ward, Riverside County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder

LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS

City of Canyon Lake

Carl Armbrust, Mayor

Mary Craton, Councilmember

John Zaitz, Councilmember

Martin Gibson, Councilmember

City of Desert Hot Springs

Yvonne Parks, Mayor

Scott Matas, Mayor Pro Tem

Russell Betts, Councilmember

Al Schmitt, Councilmember

City of Indian Wells

Mary Roche, Mayor

Larry Spicer, Mayor Pro Tem

Rob Bernheimer, Councilmember

Ed Monarch, Councilmember

Patrick Mullany, Councilmember

Conrad Negron Sr., Indian Wells Mayor (Ret.)

City of Lake Elsinore

Daryl Hickman, Mayor

Genie Kelley, Mayor Pro Tem

Bob Magee, Councilmember

Robert Schiffner, Councilmember

City of La Quinta

Don Adolph,             Mayor

Lee Osborne, Mayor Pro Tem

Stan Sniff, Councilmember

Tom Kirk, Councilmember

Terry Henderson, Councilmember

City of Palm Desert

Jean Benson, Mayor

Bob Spiegel, Mayor

Jim Ferguson, Councilmember

Cindy Finerty, Councilmember

Richard Kelly, Councilmember

City of Palm Springs

Chris Mills, Councilmember

Lee Weigel, Councilmember

City of Perris

Al Landers, Mayor Pro Tem

John Motte, Councilmember

Rita Rogers, Councilmember

Mark Yarbrough, Councilmember           

City of Rancho Mirage

Dana Hobart, Mayor

Ron Meepos, Rancho Mirage Mayor Pro Tem

            Richard Kite, Councilmember

Gordon Moller, Councilmember

Alan Seman, Councilmember

City of San Jacinto

Jim Ayres, Mayor

Robert Ritchie, Councilmember

John Mansperger, Councilmember

PUBLIC SAFETY

Pat Smith, Beaumont Police Chief (Ret.)          

Richard Dana, Hemet Police Chief

Bob Doyle, Riverside County Sheriff (Ret.)

Cois Byrd, Riverside County Sheriff (Ret.)

Bob Presley, Riverside County Undersheriff (Ret.)

Larry D. Smith, Riverside County Sheriff (Ret.)

 Richard Gonzales, Corona Police Chief

John Cleghorn, Corona Police Chief (Ret.)

Russ Leach, Riverside Police Chief

John De La Rosa, Riverside Police Deputy Chief

Henry "Hank" Rosenfeld, UCR Police Chief (Ret.)      

Peter Hewitt, Hemet Police Chief (Ret.)

Brad Ramos, Indio Police Chief

Jerry Graves, Indio Police Chief (Ret.)

David Maggard, Irvine Police Chief

Robert Whitney, Blythe Police Chief

Mike Wills, Captain, Palm Springs Fire Department

Don Burnett, Palm Springs Police Chief (Ret.)

Mark Wright, Murrieta Police Chief

Leonard Degroff, CHP Asst. Commissioner (Ret.)

Bill Oliver, CHP Asst. Commissioner (Ret.)

Chris Madigan, Indio CHP Commander (Ret.) 

Scott Kirkland, El Cerrito Police Chief

John Anderson, Madera County Sheriff

Duane T. Preimsberger, Los Angeles County Assistant Sheriff (Ret.)

Ed Prieto, Yolo County Sheriff

Sgt. Ray Pierce, CHP Indio

Lt. Mike Mass, CHP Border Division

Lt. Dennis Hacker, CHP Commander, Buellton Area (Ret.)

WATER DISTRICTS

Ben Wicke, Elsinore Valley MWD Board Member

Ronald Sullivan, Vice President Eastern MWD

Phil Paule, Eastern MWD Division Director

Donald Galleano, Western MWD President

Al Lopez, Western MWD Vice-President

Tom Evans, Western MWD Secretary-Treasurer

EDUCATION LEADERS

Doris Wilson, Superintendent of Desert Sands Unified School District (Ret.)

Neil Lingle, Desert Sands Unified School District Board Member

Gary Tomak, Desert Sands Unified School District Board Member

Dr. Frank Passarella, Superintendent of Lake Elsinore Unified School District

Tom Thomas, President of Lake Elsinore Unified School District

Kim Cousins, Lake Elsinore Unified School District Board Member

Jeanie Corral, Lake Elsinore Unified School District Board Member

John Gray, Lake Elsinore Unified School District Board Member

Sonja Wilson, Lake Elsinore Unified School District Board Member

Nancy Ayres, San Jacinto Unified School District Board Member

Dr. Fred Workman, Superintendent of Val Verde Unified School District

Shelly Yarbrough, Val Verde Unified School District Board Member

Wraymond Sawyerr, Val Verde USD Board Member

Ann Motte, Mt. San Jacinto College Trustee

Joan Sparkman, Mt. San Jacinto College Trustee

Virginia Blumenthal, Vice President, Riverside Community College Trustee

Janet Green, Riverside Community College Trustee

Caryl Miller, Assistant Superintendent, Hemet

Dr. Maria Sheehan, College of the Desert President (Ret.)

John Marman, College of the Desert Board Member

Jacqueline Ashe, Moreno Valley USD Board Member

Paul Diffley,  Murrieta Valley USD Board Member

COMMUNITY LEADERS

Bill Jenkins, Banning

Vick Knight, Canyon Lake

Dick Oliphant, Founding President, Lincoln Club Coachella Valley

Janice Oliphant, Indian Wells

Col. Thomas Freeman, President Emeritus, Lincoln Club Coachella Valley

Aaron Knox, Corona

Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes, Corona

Charlene Stover, Hemet

Rod Tolliver, Hemet

John Lewis, Loma Linda University Hospital

Carl Rowe, Moreno Valley

Nancy DeLuna, Palm Desert

Ted Rutherford, Palm Desert

Dr. Peter Scheer, Palm Desert

Joe Stein, Palm Desert

Herb Temple, Palm Desert

Michael Landes, Rancho Mirage

Doug Jacobs, President, Lincoln Club Riverside

Bob Krieger, Riverside

Joan Sparkman, Temecula

Phil & Julie Paule, Winchester

Thomas Barrett, Riverside             

Col. Donald and Anne Blodgett, Palm Desert

Robert C. Gibbs, Palm Desert

Raymond E.  Martin, Palm Desert

Arthur S. Block, Palm Springs

Milt Levinson, Palm Springs

Robert Murray, Palm Desert

Greg  Shannon, Palm Desert

Blaine            Womer, Hemet

Rick Daniels, Desert Hot Springs

V. Prabhu Dhalia, Riverside

Tom Martin, Moreno Valley

James            Earhart, Banning

Sandra Goldbeck, Palm Desert