Candidate · State Senate, District 16
Guillermo Asuncion Gonzalez
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 40-member California State Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, confirm many of the governor's appointments, and can place constitutional amendments on the ballot with the Assembly. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Small Business Owner (ballot designation); restaurant owner and congressional field representative
- Lives in
- Bakersfield
Background
- Born in Bakersfield, raised in Mexico, and returned to the U.S. as a teenager; graduated from Bakersfield High School. source: sjvsun.com
- Field representative for U.S. Rep. David Valadao (at campaign launch). source: sjvsun.com
- Helps run the family restaurant Idle Spur Cafe in McFarland and owns Guillermo's Steakhouse in Delano. source: sjvsun.com
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