Dennis Hollingsworth

Dennis Hollingsworth
Member of the California Senate from the 36th district
In office December 4, 2002 – December 6, 2010
Preceded by	Ray Haynes
Succeeded by	Joel Anderson
Member of the California State Assembly from the 66th district
In office 2000–2002
Preceded by	Bruce Thompson
Succeeded by	Ray Haynes
Minority Leader of the California State Senate
In office February 18, 2008 – October 11, 2010
Preceded by	Dave Cogdill
Succeeded by	Bob Dutton
Personal details
Born	January 12, 1967 (1967-01-12) (age 44) Hemet, California
Political party	Republican
Website	http://cssrc.us/web/36/

Dennis Clark Hollingsworth (born January 12, 1967, in Hemet, California) is an American politician who represented California's 36th State Senate district, which includes portions of San Diego and Riverside County, from 2002 to 2010. In 2000, Hollingsworth was elected to the Legislature as a member of the Assembly, and in 2002, Hollingsworth was elected to the Senate. Hollingsworth served as the California State Senate Minority Leader from 2008 until he termed out of the Senate in 2010. Hollingsworth's political focus included advancing conservative principles and transparency.^[1]

Background

Hollingsworth attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Cornell University where he studied Dairy Science, Agricultural Management and International Relations. He was a business owner and Legislative Director for the Riverside County Farm Bureau prior to his election to the State Legislature. Hollingsworth is an avid hunter and past state chairman of Quail Unlimited.

Hollingsworth lives in Murrieta with his wife, Natalie, and two sons.

Political career

Hollingsworth was elected to the California State Assembly in 2000 and the State Senate in 2002.

In 2006, he authored a resolution to replace the statue of Thomas Starr King, a Unitarian minister who worked to keep California in the Union during the American Civil War, with one of Ronald Reagan in Statuary Hall. One of his reasons was that he had never heard of King, and felt that someone more widely known should represent California. Hollingsworth also believed that the King statue would serve a better educational purpose being placed in the state capital. The bill passed on August 31, 2006.

Shortly after midnight on the morning of February 18, 2009, after several days of late-night, contentious debates over closing a $42 billion gap in the state budget, Senate Republicans met in caucus where they voted to replace State Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill with Hollingsworth. It was believed by many within the caucus^{[citation needed]} that Cogdill had not led effectively when he presented a budget with $14 billion in tax increases to his caucus after every member had signed a pledge to vote against a budget with such increases.

References

1. ^ http://cssrc.us/web/36/biography.aspx

External links

• Campaign web site

Persondata
Name	Hollingsworth, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	January 12, 1967
Place of birth	Hemet, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death