Monique Limón
Monique Limón (born October 30, 1979) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat representing the 37th Assembly District, encompassing over half of Santa Barbara County, as well as nearly a quarter of Ventura County.
Monique Limón | |
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Member of the California State Assembly from the 37th district | |
Assumed office December 5, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Das Williams |
Personal details | |
Born | Santa Barbara, California | October 30, 1979
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Michael Medel |
Residence | Santa Barbara, California |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Profession | University administrator |
Website | www.asmdc.org/limon |
Monique earned a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and a master's degree from Columbia University. She served six years on the Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education. Additionally, she served in the capacity of Assistant Director for the McNair Scholars Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara prior to serving in the Assembly.
She is a former Commissioner on the Santa Barbara County Commission for Women.
Limon is the 2020 Democratic nominee for the California State Senate's 19th district to succeed Hannah-Beth Jackson, who is ineligible to run due to term limits.[1]
Political career
- 2010–2016: Santa Barbara Unified School Board Trustee
- 2017–2018: Elected to the Assembly; Named Assistant Majority Whip by Speaker Anthony Rendon
- 2018–2019: Named Chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee
- 2019-Natural Disaster Response, Recovery, and Rebuilding- Chair
- 2019-Nonprofit Sector- Chair
- 2019–present: Re-Elected to the Assembly; Named Chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee & Vice Chair of the California Legislative Women's Caucus.
2018 California State Assembly
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Monique Limón (incumbent) | 69,382 | 84.3 | |
Democratic | David L. Norrdin | 7,487 | 9.1 | |
Democratic | Sofia Collin | 5,409 | 6.6 | |
Total votes | 82,278 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Monique Limón (incumbent) | 129,535 | 80.4 | |
Democratic | David L. Norrdin | 31,522 | 19.6 | |
Total votes | 161,057 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016 California State Assembly
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Monique Limón | 83,862 | 65.9 | |
No party preference | Edward Fuller | 43,420 | 34.1 | |
Total votes | 127,282 | 100.0 | ||
General election | ||||
Democratic | Monique Limón | 128,344 | 64.1 | |
No party preference | Edward Fuller | 71,944 | 35.9 | |
Total votes | 200,288 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |