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CalChamber Vote Record: Major Bills 2013This report for the first year of the20132014 legislative session focuses onCalifornia legislators floor votes onCalifornia Chamber of Commercepriority bills.

This is the 39th vote record theCalChamber has compiled. The Cal-Chamber publishes this report in responseto numerous requests by member firmsand local chambers of commerce thatwould like a gauge by which tomeasure the performance oftheir legislators.

To help readers assess

legislators vote records, thecharts group bills into fiveareas: civil litigation, economicdevelopment, environmentalregulation, health insurancecosts, and labor and employ-ment mandates.

Partial Picture

No vote record can tell theentire story of a legislatorsattitude and actions on issuesof importance to business. Each year,legislators cast thousands of votes onthousands of proposed laws. To fully

evaluate your legislative representative,consult the legislative journals andexamine your legislators votes incommittee and on floor issues.

You can view these via links at www.calchambervotes.com.

Many anti-business bills were rejectedby legislators in policy or fiscal commit-tees, thus stopping proposals before theyreached the floor for a vote. The voterecord does not capture these votes.

Most bills in this report cover majorbusiness bills that are of concern to bothsmall and large companies.

The CalChamber recognizes thatthere are many bills supported oropposed by business that are notincluded in this vote record andanalysis.

Factors Considered

The CalChamber considers the follow-ing factors in selecting vote record bills:

The bills and votes reflect legisla-tors attitudes toward private enterprise,fiscal responsibility and the businessclimate.

Each bill was a priority for theCalChamber in a particular field. Priority

bills have appeared in the Status Reportsections ofAlert.

The bills were voted upon by eitherthe full Senate or Assembly. This year thevote record covers 14 votes in the Senateand 14 votes in the Assembly.

Unless otherwise noted, final floorvotes are shown. Concurrence votes andconference report votes are consideredfinal votes.

When Not Voting Helps

Sometimes a legislator is unwilling tovote against a colleague, but is willing tosupport the CalChambers opposition to abill. In such cases, a legislator mayabstain from voting, which will hinderpassage of a bill, just as a no vote does.

To recognize that not voting can aidthe CalChambers opposition to a bill, thevote record includes the number of timeslegislators did not vote aye on aCalChamber-opposed bill in the total forthe column listing actions in accordwith the CalChambers position, if thelegislator was not absent for the day.

Priority Bills

Civil LitigationAB 227 (Gatto; D-Los Angeles)Stops Drive-by Lawsuits. Protects smallbusinesses from drive-by lawsuits byproviding a 14-day right to cure forallegations of a failure to post a Proposi-tion 65 warning related to chemicalsproduced during the cooking process,alcohol, second-hand smoke, and carexhaust. Passed Senate, September 10,37-0. Assembly concurred in Senateamendments, September 11, 78-0. Signedby GovernorChapter 581 (urgency).CalChamber Supported/Job Creator.

AB 566 (Wieckowski; D-Fremont)

Unnecessary Restrictions on TrialCourts. Unfairly limits the trial courtsability to minimize costs in light of thebudget reductions they have faced byplacing severe restrictions on their abilityto contract for services. Passed Senate,September 12, 22-12. Assembly con-curred in Senate amendments, September12, 45-26. Vetoed. CalChamber Opposed.

AB 729 (R. Hernndez; D-WestCovina)Employee-UnionAgent Evidentiary Privilege.Creates a new evidentiaryprivilege that is one-sided and

will provide a union represen-tative with an unfair opportu-nity to preclude relevantevidence during litigationregarding labor disputes orcollective bargaining, that mayultimately result in the miscar-riage of justice. Passed Senate,September 3, 23-10. Assemblyconcurred in Senate amend-ments, September 6, 51-27.Vetoed. CalChamber Opposed.

Economic Development

AB 1173 (Bocanegra; D-Pacoima)Tax Reduction. Reduces the state taxpenalty imposed on employees fornonqualified deferred compensation from20% to 5%, as well as provides the abilityto utilize the film tax credit to offsetincome. Passed Senate, September 12,35-0. Assembly concurred in Senateamendments, September 12, 78-0. Signedby GovernorChamber 536. CalCham-ber Supported.

AB 1400 (Committee on Jobs,Economic Development and theEconomy)Facilitate ExpeditiousExporting. Improves the businessclimate in California by reducing delaysin processing necessary documents forCalifornia exporters. Passed Senate,September 9, 39-0. Assembly concurredin Senate amendments, September 10,77-1. Signed by GovernorChapter 539.CalChamber Supported.

SB 209 (Lieu; D-Torrance)StopsRetroactive Tax. Repeals the decision bythe Franchise Tax Board to retroactivelytax small business investors who relied ingood faith on the law when they made thedecision to invest in California and usethe Qualified Small Business tax incen-
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tive which was recently found unconstitu-tional. Passed Assembly, September 12,73-0. Senate concurred in Assemblyamendments, September 12, 36-2. Signedby GovernorChapter 543. CalChamberSupported.

Environmental Regulation

AB 976 (Atkins; D-South Park/Golden Hill)Coastal CommissionEnforcement. Inappropriately expandsthe Coastal Commissions enforcementauthority by allowing the commission toimpose administrative civil penalties andincentivizes the imposition of fines andpenalties at the expense of due processthat occurs in the judicial system. PassedSenate, September 6, 21-17. Assemblyrefused to concur in Senate amendments,September 10, 34-30. CalChamberOpposed.

AB 1323 (Mitchell; D-Los Angeles)Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing.Substantially hinders oil and gas produc-tion in the state, driving up fuel and energyprices and harming the job market in thesesectors, by prohibiting hydraulic fracturingand the use of fresh water in hydraulic

fracturing until Cal/EPA re-authorizes thepractice under a new regulatory scheme, ifat all, in 2019. Failed passage in Assem-bly, May 30, 24-37. CalChamberOpposed/Job Killer.

SB 691 (Hancock; D-Oakland)Dramatically Increases PollutionPenalties. Dramatically increasesexisting strict-liability penalties fornuisance-based, nonvehicular air-qualityviolations without adequately definingwhat types and levels of pollution wouldtrigger those penalties. Passed Senate,May 29, 22-15. Placed on AssemblyInactive File, September 12. CalChamberOpposed/Job Killer.

Health Insurance Costs

AB 880 (Gomez; D-Los Angeles)Expansion of Discrimination Litigationand New Health Care CoveragePenalties. Discourages hiring of entry orre-entry workers, increases discriminationlitigation and increases costs by taxinglarge employers with a penalty if any oftheir employees who work as little as 8hours per week enroll in CaliforniasMedi-Cal program and expands the Labor

Code to include a protected classificationfor any person who is enrolled inCalifornias Medi-Cal program or in theCalifornia Health Benefit Exchange.Failed passage in Assembly, June 27,46-27. CalChamber Opposed/Job Killer.

AB 912 (Quirk-Silva; D-Fullerton)Increased Health Insurance Premiums.Increases medical costs, which will bepassed on to medium and large employersin the form of higher premiums, bymandating coverage of fertility preserva-tion services in certain medical treat-ments. Passed Senate, September 6,24-12. Assembly concurred in Senateamendments, September 10, 51-26.Vetoed. CalChamber Opposed.

SB 353 (Lieu; D-Torrance)Increased Health Insurance Premiums.Increases costs for health plans, whichwill be passed on to employers in theform of higher premiums, by imposingsignificant new translation requirementon plans that advertise or market to newcommunities that speak languages otherthan English. Passed Assembly, Septem-ber 9, 51-25. Senate concurred inAssembly amendments, September 10,25-11. Signed by GovernorChapter

447. CalChamber Opposed.

Labor and Employment Mandates

AB 10 (Alejo; D-Salinas)Auto-matic Minimum Wage Increase.Unfairly imposes an automatic $2.00increase in minimum wage over the nextthree years, that will continue to increasecosts on employers of all sizes, regardlessof other economic factors or costs thatCalifornia employers are struggling withto sustain their business. Passed Senate,September 12, 26-11. Assembly con-curred in Senate amendments, September12, 52-25. Signed by GovernorChapter351. CalChamber Opposed/Job Killer.

AB 1165 (Skinner; D-Berkeley)Increased Costs for Citation AppealProcess. Proposes a costly double-appealprocess for workplace safety citationsthat presumes guilt for employers,undermines due process with regards tocitations for workplace safety violationsand is unnecessary in light of recentlyadopted regulations for an expeditedappeals process for these situations.Passed Senate, September 11, 23-13.Assembly concurred in Senate amend-

ments September 11, 47-27. Vetoed.CalChamber Opposed.

SB 54 (Hancock; D-Berkeley)Prevailing Wages on Private Projects.Increases refinery costs and inappropri-ately applies the payment of prevailingwage to privately financed projects bymandating the payment of prevailingwages in the construction of refineries.Passed Assembly, September 9, 51-24.Senate concurred in Assembly amend-ments, September 11, 27-11. Signed byGovernorChapter 795. CalChamberOpposed.

SB 404 (Jackson; D-SantaBarbara)Expansion of DiscriminationLitigation. Makes it virtually impossiblefor employers to manage their employeesand exposes them to a higher risk oflitigation by expanding the Fair Employ-ment and Housing Act to include aprotected classification for any personwho is, perceived to be, or associatedwith an individual who provides medicalor supervisory care to a listed familymember. Passed Senate, May 29, 26-13.Held on Assembly AppropriationsCommittee Suspense File, August 30.CalChamber Opposed/Job Killer.

Key to UsingThis Section Y means voted for bill. N means voted against bill. means not voting aye on a

CalChamber-opposed bill.NVmeans not voting means absent.

Boldface type indicates votes inaccord with CalChamber position.

Red column headings areJob Killer bills.

Green column headings areJob Creator bills.

The last three columns are atabulation of votes in accord withthe CalChamber position, not inaccord with the CalChamber andnot voting or absent.

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*Elected to Los Angeles City Council; took office on July 1.**Sworn into office on August 10.

CivilLitigation

AB227Drive-byLawsuits

AB566TrialCourts

AB729EvidentiaryPrivilege

EconomicDevelopment

AB1173TaxReduction

AB1400FacilitateExporting

SB209StopsRetroactiveTax

EnvironmentalRegulation

AB976CoastalCommission

AB1323HydraulicFracturing

SB691PollutionPenalties

HealthInsuranceCosts

AB880CoveragePenalties

AB912MandatedServices

SB353TranslationMandate

Labor/EmploymentMandates

AB10MinimumW

ageIncrea

se

AB1165CitationAppeals

SB54PrevailingWages

SB404DiscriminationLitigation

InAccordwithCalChamber

NotinAccordwithCalCham

ber

N o t V o t i n g o r A b s e n t

Anderson, Joel (R) Y N N Y Y Y N

Failedpassagein

Assembly. N

Failedpassagein

Assembly. N N N N N N 14 0 0

Beall, Jim (D) Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 10 1Berryhill, Tom (R) Y N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Block, Marty (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0Calderon, Ron (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Cannella, Anthony (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N Y N 13 1 0Corbett, Ellen (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Correa, Lou (D) Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y N 10 4 0de Len, Kevin (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0DeSaulnier, Mark (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Emmerson, Bill (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Evans, Noreen (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Fuller, Jean (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Gaines, Ted (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Galgiani, Cathleen (D) Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y 8 6 0

Hancock, Loni (D) Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 8 1

Hernandez, Ed (D) NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 9 1Hill, Jerry (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Hueso, Ben (D) Y Y Y NV Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 9 1Huff, Bob (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Jackson, Hannah-Beth (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0Knight, Steve (R) Y N N Y Y N N N N N N N N N 13 1 0Lara, Ricardo (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Leno, Mark (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0Lieu, Ted (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Liu, Carol (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0Monning, Bill (D) Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 8 1

Nielsen, Jim (R) Y N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Padilla, Alex (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Pavley, Fran (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 7 7 0Price, Curren (D) * * * * * * * * * * * * * Y *1 *1 0Roth, Richard (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N 9 5 0

Steinberg, Darrell (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0Torres, Norma (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Vidak, Andy (R) ** Y N N Y Y Y N ** N N N N N ** **12 0 0

Walters, Mimi (R) NV N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N 13 0 1Wolk, Lois (D) Y Y Y NV Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 10 1Wright, Roderick D. (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y 7 7 0

Wyland, Mark (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Yee, Leland (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0
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CivilLitigation

AB227Drive-byLawsuits

AB566TrialCourts

AB729EvidentiaryPrivilege

EconomicDevelopment

AB1173TaxReduction

AB1400FacilitateExporting

SB209StopsRetroactiveTax

EnvironmentalRegulation

AB976CoastalCommission

AB1323HydraulicFracturing

SB691PollutionPenalties

HealthInsuranceCosts

AB880CoveragePenalties

AB912MandatedServices

SB353TranslationMandate

Labor/EmploymentMandates

AB10MinimumW

ageIncrease

AB1165CitationAppeals

SB54PrevailingWages

SB404DiscriminationLitigation

InAccordwithCalChamber

NotinAccordwithCalChamber

NotVotingorAbsent

Hall, Isadore (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

PlacedonAssemblyInactive

File. Y Y Y Y Y

H

eldonAssemblyAppropriationsSuspense

File

. 6 8 0Harkey, Diane (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Hernndez, Roger (D) Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 8 1Holden, Chris (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 9 1Jones, Brian (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Jones-Sawyer, Reggie (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0Levine, Marc (D) Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 6 8 0Linder, Eric (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Logue, Dan (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N Y N N N 13 1 0Lowenthal, Bonnie (D) Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 10 1

Maienschein, Brian (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Mansoor, Allan (R) Y N N Y Y NV N N N N N N N N 13 0 1Medina, Jose (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Melendez, Melissa (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N 14 0 0Mitchell, Holly (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Morrell, Mike (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Mullin, Kevin (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Muratsuchi, Al (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y 6 8 0Nazarian, Adrin (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0Nestande, Brian (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Olsen, Kristin (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Pan, Richard (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Patterson, Jim (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Perea, Henry T. (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y 8 6 0Prez, John A. (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Prez, V. Manuel (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y 7 7 0Quirk, Bill (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Quirk-Silva, Sharon (D) Y

Y Y Y Y N

Y Y Y Y Y Y 7 7 0Rendon, Anthony (D) Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 11 0Salas, Rudy (D) Y Y N Y Y Y N N Y Y Y N Y 9 5 0

Skinner, Nancy (D) Y Y Y Y Y NV Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 10 1Stone, Mark (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0Ting, Philip Y. (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 10 0

Wagner, Donald P. (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Waldron, Marie (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0

Weber, Shirley (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0Wieckowski, Bob (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0

Wilk, Scott (R) Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N 14 0 0Williams, Das (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0Yamada, Mariko (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 9 0


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CalChamber Best Business Votes

AssemblyAchadjian, Katcho (R) 14-0Allen, Travis (R) 14-0Bigelow, Frank (R) 14-0Chvez, Rocky (R) 14-0Conway, Connie (R) 14-0Dahle, Brian (R) 14-0Donnelly, Tim (R) 14-0

Gaines, Beth (R) 14-0Gorell, Jeff (R) 14-0Grove, Shannon (R) 14-0Hagman, Curt (R) 14-0Harkey, Diane (R) 14-0Jones, Brian (R) 14-0Linder, Eric (R) 14-0Maienschein, Brian (R) 14-0Melendez, Melissa (R) 14-0Morrell, Mike (R) 14-0Nestande, Brian (R) 14-0Olsen, Kristin (R) 14-0Patterson, Jim (R) 14-0Wagner, Donald P. (R) 14-0Waldron, Marie (R) 14-0Wilk, Scott (R) 14-0

Mansoor, Allan (R) 13-0

Logue, Dan (R) 13-1

Daly, Tom (D) 10-4Fox, Steve (D) 10-4

Salas, Rudy (D) 9-5

Brown, Cheryl (D) 8-6Gray, Adam (D) 8-6Perea, Henry T. (D) 8-6

Bocanegra, Raul (D) 7-7Buchanan, Joan (D) 7-7Cooley, Ken (D) 7-7

Eggman, Susan Talamantes (D) 7-7Frazier, Jim (D) 7-7Prez, V. Manuel (D) 7-7Quirk-Silva, Sharon (D) 7-7

Alejo, Luis (D) 6-8Bonilla, Susan (D) 6-8Garcia, Cristina (D) 6-8Hall, Isadore (D) 6-8Levine, Marc (D) 6-8Muratsuchi, Al (D) 6-8

Legislators are listed in descending order according to how often they voted in accord with the California Chamber of Commerceposition (first number) versus how often their votes were not in accord with the CalChambers position (second number) in 2013. Totalvotes may not match the vote record because the tally for not voting or absent is not included in this list.

* Senator Curren Price and Assemblyman Bob

Blumeneld elected to Los Angeles City Council;

took ofce on July 1.

** Senator Andy Vidak sworn into ofce August 10.

Senate

Anderson, Joel (R) 14-0Berryhill,Tom (R) 14-0Emmerson, Bill (R) 14-0Fuller, Jean (R) 14-0Gaines, Ted (R) 14-0Huff, Bob (R) 14-0Nielsen, Jim (R) 14-0

Wyland, Mark (R) 14-0

Walters, Mimi (R) 13-0

Cannella, Anthony (R) 13-1Knight, Steve (R) 13-1

Vidak, Andy (R)** 12-0

Correa, Lou (D) 10-4

Roth, Richard (D) 9-5

Galgiani, Cathleen (D) 8-6

Pavley, Fran (D) 7-7Wright, Roderick D. (D) 7-7

Hancock, Loni (D) 5-8Monning, Bill (D) 5-8

Calderon, Ron (D) 5-9Leno, Mark (D) 5-9Liu, Carol (D) 5-9Torres, Norma (D) 5-9Yee, Leland (D) 5-9

Hernandez, Ed (D) 4-9Hueso, Ben (D) 4-9

Block, Marty (D) 4-10Corbett, Ellen (D) 4-10de Len, Kevin (D) 4-10

DeSaulnier, Mark (D) 4-10Evans, Noreen (D) 4-10Hill, Jerry (D) 4-10Jackson, Hannah-Beth (D) 4-10Lara, Ricardo (D) 4-10Lieu, Ted (D) 4-10Padilla, Alex (D) 4-10Steinberg, Darrell (D) 4-10

Beall, Jim (D) 3-10Wolk, Lois (D) 3-10

Price, Curren (D)* 1-1

Gordon, Rich (D) 5-8Hernndez, Roger (D) 5-8

Bonta, Rob (D) 5-9Bradford, Steve (D) 5-9Calderon, Ian (D) 5-9Gatto, Mike (D) 5-9

Gonzalez, Lorena (D) 5-9Jones-Sawyer, Reggie (D) 5-9Medina, Jose (D) 5-9Mullin, Kevin (D) 5-9Pan, Richard (D) 5-9Quirk, Bill (D) 5-9Weber, Shirley (D) 5-9Wieckowski, Bob (D) 5-9Williams, Das (D) 5-9Yamada, Mariko (D) 5-9

Chesbro, Wesley (D) 4-9Holden, Chris (D) 4-9

Ammiano, Tom (D) 4-10Atkins, Toni (D) 4-10Bloom, Richard (D) 4-10Campos, Nora (D) 4-10Chau, Ed (D) 4-10Dickinson, Roger (D) 4-10Fong, Paul (D) 4-10Gomez, Jimmy (D) 4-10Mitchell, Holly (D) 4-10Nazarian, Adrin (D) 4-10Prez, John A. (D) 4-10Stone, Mark (D) 4-10Ting, Philip Y. (D) 4-10

Lowenthal, Bonnie (D) 3-10Skinner, Nancy (D) 3-10

Rendon, Anthony (D) 3-11

Blumenfield, Bob (D)* 0-2

80% or more with CalChamber 60%-79% with CalChamber 40%-59% with CalChamber Less than 40% with CalChamber

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