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Damon Connolly
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 5, 2022
Preceded byMarc Levine
Member of the
Marin County Board of Supervisors
from the 1st district
In office
2015–2022
Preceded bySusan L. Adams
Succeeded byMary Sackett
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDawn Chipman[1]
Children2
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)

Damon Matthew Connolly (born June 19, 1963)[2] is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly for the 12th district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on December 5, 2022.

Early life and education

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Connolly was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from University of California, Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law.[3]

Career

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From 1989 to 1993, Connolly worked as an associate at Thelen LLP in San Francisco. He then joined the California Department of Justice, serving as a deputy attorney general from 1993 to 1998 and as an supervising deputy attorney general from 1998 to 2007. In 2007 and 2008, he was a partner at Girard Gibbs LLP. Connolly served as a member of the San Rafael City Council from 2007 to 2014 and the Marin County Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2022.[4][5]

In October 2021, Connolly announced he would run for California State Assembly in the 12th district. Incumbent Marc Levine chose to run for California Insurance Commissioner.[6] In June 2022, Connolly finished first in a field of five candidates in the jungle primary. He won the general election with 51.8% of the vote.[4]

Connolly is a member of the California Legislative Progressive Caucus.[7]

Election history

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2022 California's 12th State Assembly district election[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Damon Connolly 42,950 37.1
Democratic Sara Aminzadeh 41,934 36.2
Democratic Steve Schwartz 16,612 14.3
Democratic Ida Times-Green 13,164 11.4
Republican Andrew Alan Podshadley (write-in) 1,181 1.0
Total votes 115,841 100%
General election
Democratic Damon Connolly 92,287 51.8
Democratic Sara Aminzadeh 85,900 48.2
Total votes 178,187 100%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Damon Connolly for Assembly". Damon Connolly for Assembly.
  2. ^ "Damon Mathew Connolly # 139779 - Attorney Licensee Search".
  3. ^ "Full Biography for Damon Matthew Connolly". smartvoter.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  4. ^ a b "'We put a lot of work in Sonoma County': Connolly recaps win in Assembly race". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  5. ^ "Board to Bid Farewell to Two Longtime Members". www.marincounty.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  6. ^ Rubin, Gideon (October 5, 2021). "Marin Supe Launches State Assembly Bid". Patch. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "Legislative Progressive Caucus". assembly.ca.gov. California State Assembly. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Primary Election - Statement of the Vote, June 7, 2022" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "General Election - Statement of the Vote, November 8, 2022 - State Assembly" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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