Lois Wolk

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Lois Wolk (born 12 May 1946, Philadelphia, PA) is a Democratic politician from Davis, California. She is currently serving her third and final term in the California State Assembly. Wolk represents the 8th district, which includes the cities of Benicia, Davis, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland.

First elected to the Assembly in 2002, Wolk subsequently won elections in 2004 and 2006. She terms out in 2008 and is running for the California State Senate in the 5th district, the seat currently held by Michael Machado.

Wolk is the Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and she serves on Assembly Committees on Budget, Local Government, and Natural Resources, as well as the Budget Subcommittee on Transportation and Information Technology. In addition, Wolk serves on numerous Select Committees including Biotechnology; California Children’s School Readiness and Health; Domestic Violence; Growth and Infrastructure; Ports; Water, Infrastructure and the Economy; Rural Economic Development; and Wine.

Prior to serving in the State Assembly, Wolk won a seat on the Davis City Council in 1990, and served two terms as Mayor from 1992-94 and 1996-98. She then served as Yolo County Supervisor from 1998 to 2002, chairing the Board in 2000.

Wolk earned her B.A. from Antioch College in 1968, and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1971. She has taught History, Social Studies and French in grades 7 through 12 in both public and private schools. She has been married to Bruce Wolk, Professor of Law at UC Davis Law School since 1968. They have two sons: Adam and Dan.

Preceded by Helen M. Thomson

California State Assembly, 8th District 2003 – Present

Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Current members of the California State Assembly District 1: Berg (D) • District 2: LaMalfa (R) • District 3: Keene (R) • District 4: Gaines (R) • District 5: Niello (R) • District 6: Huffman (D) • District 7: Evans (D) • District 8: Wolk (R) • District 9: Jones (D) • District 10: Nakanishi (R) • District 11: DeSaulnier (D) • District 12: Ma (D) • District 13: Leno (D) • District 14: Hancock (D) • District 15: Houston (R) • District 16: Swanson (D) • District 17: Galgiani (D) • District 18: Hayashi (D) • District 19: Mullin (D) • District 20: Torrico (D) • District 21: Ruskin (D) • District 22: Lieber (D) • District 23: Coto (D) • District 24: Beall (D) • District 25: Berryhill (R) • District 26: Aghazarian (R) • District 27: Laird (D) • District 28: Caballero (D) • District 29: Villines (R) • District 30: Parra (D) • District 31: Arambula (D) • District 32: Fuller (R) • District 33: Blakeslee (R) • District 34: Maze (R) • District 35: Nava (D) • District 36: Runner (R) • District 37: Strickland (R) • District 38: Smyth (R) • District 39: Fuentes (D) • District 40: Levine (D) • District 41: Brownley (D) • District 42: Feuer (D) • District 43: Krekorian (D) • District 44: Portantino (D) • District 45: de León (D) • District 46: Núñez (D) • District 47: Bass (D) • District 48: Davis (D) • District 49: Eng (D) • District 50: De La Torre (D) • District 51: Price (D) • District 52: Dymally (D) • District 53: Lieu (D) • District 54: Karnette (D) • District 55: Furutani (D) • District 56: Mendoza (D) • District 57: Hernandez (D) • District 58: Calderon (D) • District 59: Adams (R) • District 60: Huff (R) • District 61: Soto (D) • District 62: Carter (D) • District 63: Emmerson (R) • District 64: Benoit (R) • District 65: Cook (R) • District 66: Jeffries (R) • District 67: Silva (R) • District 68: Tran (R) • District 69: Solorio (D) • District 70: DeVore (R) • District 71: Spitzer (R) • District 72: Duvall (R) • District 73: Walters (R) • District 74: Garrick (R) • District 75: Plescia (R) • District 76: Saldaña (D) • District 77: Anderson (R) • District 78: Horton (R) • District 79: Salas (D) • District 80: Garcia (R)

[edit] External links

State Assembly Website

• http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a08/

Page on Davis Wiki

• http://daviswiki.org/Lois_Wolk