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  Speier, Jacqueline "Jackie"
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2016-01-01  
 
NameJacqueline "Jackie" Speier
Address
Burlingame, California 94011, United States
Emailsenator.speier@sen.ca.gov
Website [Link]
Born May 14, 1950 (73 years)
ContributorSummer Intern
Last ModifedCaliforniaModerate
Nov 17, 2021 05:08pm
Tags Married - Catholic -
InfoFull name: Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier Sierra Dennis

Senator Jackie Speier’s legacy as a policy-maker and public servant in California for over 25 years is one of leadership, passion and courage. Her remarkable commitment to public service was forged in tragedy 25 years ago on a remote airstrip in Guyana and continues through today in her dual role as a State Senator and recently named Assistant President Pro-Tem of the California Senate.

Jackie’s story and her ferocious commitment to public service truly began that day in Guyana in 1978. As a young congressional staff person she nearly lost her life in an attempt to uncover facts regarding the Reverend Jim Jones and his People’s Temple followers. Over 900 people died that fateful day including Congressman Leo Ryan. Jackie was shot five times and left to die. As she has said many times, those 22 hours of waiting for help to arrive, alone on the tarmac molded her philosophy, her zest for work and life, and allowed her to see that no one is guaranteed a tomorrow. It is this extraordinary event that has shaped her legislative agenda and overcome special interest forces in order to steer a course of progress on behalf of all Californians.

Jackie knows it takes more than courage to be a great leader. It takes the knowledge and tenacity to create sound public policy. Over the past 25 years, Jackie has set an unprecedented record of over 300 pieces of legislation signed into law by both Democratic and Republican Governors. She has authored ground-breaking legislation in privacy and consumer protection, child welfare and healthcare, many of which have been used as templates for further national legislation.

Californian’s could not have a more courageous and tenacious champion.

* Jackie wrote the law that made California the first state in the nation to use its massive purchasing power to help Medicare eligible seniors and the disabled save an average of 20 percent on their prescription medication purchases with her groundbreaking Prescription Drug Discount bill.
* Jackie created the first Consumer Financial Privacy law in the nation protecting all of us with mandated privacy protections.
* Jackie wrote and passed accountability laws that increased the collection of delinquent child support payments by nearly $1 billion and slashed the number of uninsured motorists by nearly 40 percent.
* Jackie led the fight to cut wasteful spending and corruption in California’s $7 billion prison system.
* Jackie’s tenacious hearings into illegal Steroid use by high school students have become a national template into this terrifying practice.
* Jackie has implemented consumer laws to protect us from misleading internet transactions, travel fraud, telemarketing scams, unfair funeral and cremation practices, illegal stock transactions, faulty credit reports, and lemon vehicles.

A San Francisco native, Jackie earned a B.A. from the University of California at Davis and graduated from the University Of California Hastings College Of Law in 1976. Jackie has two children, Jackson (16) and Stephanie Sierra (10). She is married to Barry Dennis.

Jackie continues to dare to make a difference by using her courage, leadership and passion to fuel her relentless determination to create a better world for all Californians.

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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 16, 2021 10:00am News California's Speier becomes latest House Democrat to retire  Article LEAPForward 
Nov 10, 2018 12:00pm History Surviving Jonestown  Article IndyGeorgia 
Apr 10, 2008 05:00pm Event Speier becomes Congress' newest member, is booed by Republicans  Article RP 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 6.66670 Average

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RACES
  03/05/2024 San Mateo County Supervisor - District 1 Counting 0.00% (+0.00%)
  11/03/2020 CA District 14 Won 79.29% (+58.57%)
  03/03/2020 CA District 14 - Open Primary Won 77.33% (+61.46%)
  01/03/2019 US House Armed Services Committee Majority Members Won 5.16% (-1.08%)
  11/06/2018 CA District 14 Won 79.22% (+58.45%)
  06/05/2018 CA District 14 - Open Primary Won 79.45% (+58.89%)
  11/08/2016 CA District 14 Won 80.86% (+61.73%)
  06/07/2016 CA District 14 - Open Primary Won 99.04% (+98.08%)
  11/04/2014 CA - District 14 Won 76.70% (+53.39%)
  06/03/2014 CA - District 14 - Open Primary Won 77.42% (+54.84%)
  11/06/2012 CA - District 14 Won 78.92% (+57.83%)
  06/05/2012 CA - District 14 - Open Primary Won 74.34% (+52.92%)
  11/02/2010 CA - District 12 Won 75.58% (+53.47%)
  06/08/2010 CA District 12 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/2008 CA - District 12 Won 75.11% (+56.65%)
  06/03/2008 CA District 12- D Primary Won 89.52% (+83.85%)
  04/08/2008 CA District 12 - Special Election Won 77.72% (+68.35%)
  06/06/2006 CA Lt. Governor - D Primary Lost 39.70% (-2.83%)
  01/03/2005 Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/2002 CA State Senate 08 Won 78.16% (+59.05%)
  11/03/1998 CA State Senate 08 Won 79.19% (+58.38%)
  06/02/1998 CA State Senate 08 - Open Primary Won 66.20% (+48.34%)
  11/08/1994 CA State Assembly 19 Won 93.10% (+86.19%)
  11/03/1992 CA State Assembly 19 Won 75.06% (+50.13%)
  11/06/1990 CA State Assembly 19 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1988 CA State Assembly 19 Won 77.19% (+56.36%)
  11/04/1986 CA State Assembly 19 Won 73.95% (+47.90%)
  03/06/1979 CA District 11 - Special Election Lost 15.96% (-8.32%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  11/20/2019 US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Lost 0.00% (-60.73%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  01/20/2021 US Director of National Intelligence Lost 0.00% (-89.36%)
ENDORSEMENTS
CA State Assembly 19 - Open Primary - Mar 05, 2024 D Catherine Stefani
CA State Assembly 23 - Open Primary - Mar 05, 2024 D Marc Berman
CA District 16 - Open Primary - Mar 05, 2024 D S. Joseph "Joe" Simitian
VA State House 019 - D Primary - Jun 20, 2023 D Makya Little
CA District 15 - Nov 08, 2022 D Kevin Mullin
MI District 11 - D Primary - Aug 02, 2022 D Haley Stevens
CA District 15 - Open Primary - Jun 07, 2022 D Kevin Mullin
US Secretary of Defense - Jan 22, 2021 D Michèle A. Flournoy
San Francisco District Attorney - Nov 05, 2019 D Suzy Loftus
CA District 10 - Open Primary - Jun 05, 2018 D Virginia Madueño
CA - District 44 - Open Primary - Jun 05, 2012 D Janice K. Hahn
CA - District 15 - Open Primary - Jun 05, 2012 D Fortney "Pete" Stark
San Francisco District Attorney - Nov 08, 2011 D Sharmin Bock
CA State Assembly 21 - D Primary - Jun 08, 2010 D Richard S. Gordon
CA District 32 - Special Election - May 19, 2009 D Judy M. Chu
SF Board of Supervisors - District 4 - Nov 04, 2008 N Ron Dudum
SF Board of Supervisors - District 3 - Nov 04, 2008 D Joe Alioto, Jr.
CA State Assembly 19 - D Primary - Jun 03, 2008 D Jerry Hill
CA State Senate 03 - D Primary - Jun 03, 2008 D Mark Leno
CA US President - D Primary - Feb 05, 2008 D Hillary Clinton
US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 D Hillary Clinton
San Francisco Mayor - Dec 09, 2003 D Gavin Newsom
San Francisco District Attorney - Runoff - Dec 14, 1999 D Terence Hallinan
CA US President - D Primary - Jun 05, 1984 DFL Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale
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