- Sandré Swanson
Infobox State Representative
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name =Sandré Swanson
state_assembly =California
district =16th
term_start3 =December 4, 2006 [ [http://www.imakenews.com/priorityfocus/e_article000710229.cfm?x=b11,0,w League of California Cities. "2007 California State Legislature Convenes." "Priority Focus"] . Copyright © 2006 League of California Cities. Accessed on August 17. 2007.]
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preceded3 =Wilma Chan
succeeded3 =Incumbent
nationality =American
date of birth =1948
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party=DemocraticSandré Swanson (born 1948) was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2006. Mr. Swanson represents the 16th Assembly District. The district includes the cities of Alameda, Oakland, and Piedmont. Swanson is a Democrat. Swanson endorsed
Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential election. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/29/BAV7UNUFR.DTL CHIP JOHNSON Endorsements expose political generation gap] ]tated Priorities
Mr. Swanson has stated that education and the health and safety of California’s children are Assemblyman Swanson’s stated top priorities in the California State Assembly. Mr. Swanson believes in building strong communities and create sustainable jobs for the future.
Pre Assembly Career
Assemblyman Swanson started the Worker to Business Owner Project for former military base workers who lost their jobs due to base closures in
Alameda County . The project trained former base workers to become business owners and provided them technical assistance. Many of these businesses now employ hundreds of workers. He also is the founder and current Chairman of the East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission’s Small Business Revolving Loan Fund.Mr. Swanson lives in Alameda with his wife. He has four children and four grandchildren.
External links
* [http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a16/bio.aspx Official Assembly Biography]
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