Glass House: California Legislator Tracker

Marc Berman
Assembly Democrat
District 23, Palo Alto
Time in office
Assembly: 2016—Present
Background
Councilmember / Education Advocate
Campaign contributions
Assemblymember Marc Berman has taken at least $810,000 from the Labor sector since he was elected to the legislature. That represents 23% of his total campaign contributions.
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Capitol office
Capitol Office, 1021 O Street, Suite 6130
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0023; (916) 319-2023
District office(s)
721 Colorado Ave, Suite 101, Palo Alto, CA 94303; (650) 324-0224
Biographical information
Birth Place
Dallas, TX
Race/Ethnicity
White
Residence
Menlo Park, CA
Gender
Male
Born
October 31, 1980
Identifies as
Straight
How this legislator voted in 2021-2022
Campaign contributions received by sector
OpenSecrets and CalMatters have categorized campaign contributions to legislators based on the economic sector that the donor represents. Methodology →
This is how much money Marc Berman has taken from the various sectors since he was elected to the legislature.
Broad sector | Amount | Percent |
---|---|---|
$810,463 $810k | 23% | |
$587,762 $587k | 17% | |
$250,350 $250k | 7% | |
$248,216 $248k | 7% | |
$221,031 $221k | 6% | |
$167,622 $167k | 5% | |
$137,198 $137k | 4% | |
$97,000 $97k | 3% | |
$90,266 $90k | 3% | |
$78,250 $78k | 2% | |
$50,020 $50k | 1% | |
$35,440 $35k | 1% | |
$17,800 $17k | <1% | |
$8,038 $8k | <1% | |
$3,500 $3k | <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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Assembly District 23 demographics

Safe Democratic district
Next election: 2024
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Voter registration
Census data on race/ethnicity, household income, age, poverty rate, and education level will be provided when available.
Most recent election
2022 General
D
|
Marc Berman (Incumbent)
Democratic
|
73.4% | |
R
|
Tim Dec
Republican
|
26.6% |
CalMatters coverage about this legislator
How California could count every vote faster
By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal, November 17, 2022
For student parents, graduating in the midst of a pandemic means beating the odds
By Emily Margaretten, Matthew Reagan, and Oden Taylor, June 22, 2022
A do-or-die election for California GOP
By Emily Hoeven, April 25, 2022
Other legislators
Here are any other legislators from Assembly District 23 we have profiles for since CalMatters launched the Legislator Tracker in 2021.

Jim Patterson (currently in office)