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District 9, Elk Grove

Time in office

Assembly: 2014—Present

Background

Sheriff's Captain/Councilmember

Campaign contributions

Assemblymember Jim Cooper has taken at least $1.1 million from the Labor sector since he was elected to the legislature. That represents 20% of his total campaign contributions.

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Capitol office

1021 O Street, Suite 5720
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0009; (916) 319-2009

District office(s)

9250 Laguna Springs Drive, Suite 220, Elk Grove, CA 95758; (916) 670-7888

Biographical information

Birth Place

US military base, Verdun, France

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Residence

Elk Grove, CA

Gender

Male

Born

January 5, 1964

Identifies as

Straight

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How this legislator voted in 2019-2020

Selected Legislator

Democratic

Republican

Independent

No longer in this office

Liberal

Conservative

This legislator was Moderate Left relative to colleagues in the state Assembly last year.

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Campaign contributions received by sector

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This is how much money Jim Cooper has taken from the various sectors since he was elected to the legislature.

Broad sector	Amount	Percent
Labor	$1,122,709 $1.1 M	20%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	$831,016 $831k	15%
General Business	$592,780 $592k	11%
Health	$574,184 $574k	10%
Energy & Natural Resources	$416,136 $416k	8%
Government Agencies/Education/Other	$325,864 $325k	6%
Agriculture	$311,517 $311k	6%
Communications & Electronics	$242,941 $242k	4%
Transportation	$170,450 $170k	3%
Construction	$134,081 $134k	2%
Ideology/Single Issue	$99,638 $99k	2%
Candidate Contributions	$44,303 $44k	<1%
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$31,329 $31k	<1%
Unitemized Contributions	$6,723 $6k	<1%
Defense	$4,000 $4k	<1%
Party	$529 $529	<1%
Note: The above percentages might not add up to exactly 100% because we are not displaying any contributions that have not yet been classified.

Committees this legislator serves on

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Budget

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Oversees Assembly consideration of the annual state budget including oversight of several budget subcommittees.

Governmental Organization

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Bills involving alcohol, Indian gaming, horseracing, gambling, tobacco, public records, open meetings laws, state holidays, outdoor advertising and emergency services/natural disasters.

Insurance

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Bills including insurance (excluding health insurance), workers compensation, and unemployment compensation.

Public Employment and Retirement (Chair)

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Bills involving state and local government employees, classified school employees, employer-employee relations, public employee retirement.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

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91%

2020

California Chamber of Commerce

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California Chamber of Commerce is an advocacy group for California employers. It claims more than 14,000 members representing a quarter of the state’s private sector workforce.

64%

2020

California Labor Federation

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The California Labor Federation is an umbrella organization that claims to represent more than 1,200 labor unions representing 2.1 million workers in manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector, health care, entertainment and other industries.

49%

2020

California Environmental Voters

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California Environmental Voters advocates for environmental protection and climate change mitigation. It was started in 1972.

93%

2020

California Teachers Association

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California Teachers Association is a labor organization representing K12 school teachers. With 310,000 members It is the largest affiliate of the National Education Assn.

2020

Courage California

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Courage California is a progressive advocacy organization seeking policy change on issues including equity, representative democracy and institutional corruption.

41%

2020

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

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Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association advocates for limited taxation and for the “economical, equitable and efficient use of taxpayer dollars.” It was founded by Howard and Estelle Jarvis, who championed Proposition 13 in 1978, California’s landmark property tax limit.

Assembly District 9 demographics

Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2022

How to read these charts

District

State

Voter registration

Dem

47%

46%

GOP

25%

24%

No party

23%

24%

Other

Race/ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

27%

39%

White

32%

37%

Asian

23%

14%

Black or African American

11%

Multi-race

Median household income

$69,236

$75,235

Median age

36.0

36.5

Poverty rate

14%

13%

Bachelor's degree or higher

27%

34%

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Most recent election

2020 General

Jim Cooper (Incumbent)

Democratic

65.8%

Eric M. Rigard

Republican

34.2%

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California Teachers Association

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Assembly District 9 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

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Glass House: California Legislator Tracker

Jim Cooper

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Background

Campaign contributions

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Capitol office

District office(s)

Biographical information

Birth Place

Race/Ethnicity

Residence

Gender

Born

Identifies as

How this legislator voted in 2019-2020

Campaign contributions received by sector

Committees this legislator serves on

Budget

Governmental Organization

Insurance

Public Employment and Retirement (Chair)

How special interest groups rate this legislator

California Chamber of Commerce

California Labor Federation

California Environmental Voters

California Teachers Association

Courage California

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Assembly District 9 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

Misfire: Behind the California concealed carry bill's big fail

The Diablo is in the details

California at odds over solving most intractable problems

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