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District 7, Walnut Creek

Time in office

Senate: 2015—Present

Background

Mayor/University Trustee

Campaign contributions

Senator Steve Glazer has taken at least $1.6 million from the Finance, Insurance & Real Estate sector since he was elected to the legislature. That represents 21% of his total campaign contributions.

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Capitol office

1021 O Street, Suite 7520, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900; (916) 651-4007

District office(s)

51 Moraga Way, Suite 2, Orinda, CA 94563; (925) 258-1176

420 W. 3rd Street, Antioch, CA 94509; (925) 754-1461

Biographical information

Birth Place

Sacramento, CA

Race/Ethnicity

White

Residence

Orinda, CA

Gender

Male

Born

August 10, 1957

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 Senate last year.

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Campaign contributions received by sector

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

Broad sector	Amount	Percent
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	$1,576,139 $1.6 M	21%
General Business	$913,645 $913k	12%
Health	$668,154 $668k	9%
Agriculture	$423,319 $423k	6%
Energy & Natural Resources	$347,534 $347k	5%
Communications & Electronics	$337,450 $337k	4%
Labor	$326,400 $326k	4%
Government Agencies/Education/Other	$315,470 $315k	4%
Ideology/Single Issue	$233,925 $233k	3%
Construction	$212,501 $212k	3%
Transportation	$169,400 $169k	2%
Lawyers & Lobbyists	$99,946 $99k	1%
Unitemized Contributions	$49,974 $49k	<1%
Candidate Contributions	$28,370 $28k	<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

Being on a policy committee means the legislator works on these issues by considering bills relevant to the policy topic. The committee “chair” , chosen by the chamber leader, oversees the discussions of these bills. Members also serve on additional special, select, joint and sub committees, which can be found here.

Agriculture

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Bills relating to agriculture.

Education

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Bills relating to K12 education and higher education.

Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Chair)

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Bills relating to Elections, Reapportionment and proposals to amend the California Constitution.

Governmental Organization

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Bills relating to state government organization, horseracing, public gaming, the National Guard, alcoholic beverages, and management of public safety emergencies and disaster response, and legislation permitting the use of state-controlled lands.

Insurance

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Bills related to life, disability, automobile, residential, commercial, and other types of insurance. Also, the State Compensation Insurance Fund and the Department of Insurance.

How special interest groups rate this legislator

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90%

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.

47%

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.

76%

2020

California Environmental Voters

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

83%

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.

18%

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.

34%

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.

Senate District 7 demographics

Safe Democratic district

Next election: 2024

How to read these charts

District

State

Voter registration

Dem

48%

46%

GOP

23%

24%

No party

24%

Other

Race/ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

21%

39%

White

49%

37%

Asian

19%

14%

Black or African American

Multi-race

Median household income

$114,037

$75,235

Median age

40.0

36.5

Poverty rate

13%

Bachelor's degree or higher

48%

34%

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Most recent election

2020 General

Steve Glazer (Incumbent)

Democratic

66%

Julie Mobley

Republican

34%

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Steve Glazer

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Agriculture

Education

Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Chair)

Governmental Organization

Insurance

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

Senate District 7 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

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Glass House: California Legislator Tracker

Steve Glazer

Time in office

Background

Campaign contributions

Contact or follow this legislator

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

Agriculture

Education

Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Chair)

Governmental Organization

Insurance

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

Senate District 7 demographics

Most recent election

2020 General

CalMatters coverage about this legislator

‘Forcing the hand’: Gavin Newsom leans into legislative agenda as first term nears end

California lawmakers reject ballot proposal that aimed to end forced prison labor

Deal pulls California plastic trash measure from ballot

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