Ken William Cooley (born March 18, 1953) is an American
politician
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, who served in the
California State Assembly. He is a
Democrat
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and represented California's
8th Assembly District, which encompasses most of eastern
Sacramento County
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, including the cities of
Carmichael and
Citrus Heights.
Following the 2020 Census, Cooley ran for a sixth term in the
7th Assembly District during the 2022 November Elections but lost to Republican
Josh Hoover.
Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a
mayor
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and City Councilmember in
Rancho Cordova.
Biography
Born in
Berkeley
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and raised in
San Lorenzo,
Hayward, and
San Jose, Cooley graduated from the
University of California, Berkeley
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, in 1977 and the
McGeorge School of Law
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at the
University of the Pacific in 1984.
From 1977 to 1985, Cooley was
Chief of Staff to
state Assemblyman Lou Papan. From 1985 to 1988, Cooley was Legislative Counsel at the California Land Title Association. In 1988, Cooley returned to the
California State Assembly to be chief counsel to the Finance and Insurance Committee. Cooley was legal counsel to
State Farm Insurance from 1991 to 2008.
In 2002, Cooley was elected to the
Rancho Cordova City Council
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. In 2005, he became
Mayor
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.
2014 California State Assembly
2016 California State Assembly
2018 California State Assembly
2020 California State Assembly
References
External links
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Campaign websiteFormer and Current Mayors and City Council Members
Join California Ken Cooley*
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1955 births
Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly
Living people
Politicians from Berkeley, California
People from Hayward, California
People from Rancho Cordova, California
Politicians from San Jose, California
Mayors of places in California
California lawyers
McGeorge School of Law alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
People from San Lorenzo, California
21st-century American politicians