Ted Gaines

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Ted Gaines (born April 25, 1958 in Roseville, CA) is a Californian politician, representing the 4th District in the California State Assembly. The 4th district is centered on the suburbs of Placer County which are located east of Sacramento. He succeeded longtime local politician Tim Leslie in the post.

Contents 1 Political Philosophy and Views 2 Private Sector 3 2008 Election 4 Private Life 5 References

[edit] Political Philosophy and Views

A Republican, Gaines is an opponent of what he describes as "big government social programs." ^[1] Gaines, a local businessman and homeschooling proponent, holds views on issues that can be generally classified as conservative, which puts him in line with the area's leanings (Placer County has not voted for a Democratic nominee for President since Hubert Humphrey).

According to the Sacramento Bee, Gaines opposes driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, believes in building more prisons before focusing on rehabilitation, and opposes campaign finance reform. ^[2] He took office in December of 2006.

[edit] Private Sector

Gaines is the owner of Point West Insurance which makes its headquarters in the Point West business park district of Sacramento.

[edit] 2008 Election

Mr. Gaines formed an exploratory committee in Fall of 2007 to run against longtime congressman John Doolittle, who many Republicans feared could not win reelection due to a number of scandals. However after Doolittle announced he was retiring, Gaines announced he had decided to instead run for a second term in the State Assembly due to the entrance of former State Senator Rico Oller into the race.

[edit] Private Life

Assemblyman Gaines and his wife Beth live in Roseville (where the Assemblyman's family has resided for five generations) with their 6 children -- 5 girls and 1 boy.

Preceded by Tim Leslie

Member of the California State Assembly, 4th District 2006 – 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] References