Tom J. Bordonaro Jr. (born March 22, 1959

Fullerton, California Fullerton ( ) is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 143,617. Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa ...

) is a former Republican

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A ...

man who served from 1994 to 1998. He was the first wheelchair-user to be elected to the State Assembly. He left the role in 1998 after having made one unsuccessful run for Congress, in a special election against Lois Capps in early 1998 after the death of her husband

Walter Capps Walter Holden Capps (May 5, 1934 – October 28, 1997) was an American academic and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 22nd congressional district from January 1 ...

. Bordonaro lost to Capps again in November 1998. Bordonaro is currently the

San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo. Junípero Serra founded the Mission ...

(CA)

Assessor An assessor may be: * ''Assessor'' (fish), a genus of fishes * Assessor (law), the assistant to a judge or magistrate * Assessor (Oxford), a senior officer of the University of Oxford * Assessor (property), an expert who calculates the value of pr ...

. Born in

, Bordonaro graduated from

California Polytechnic State University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

with a degree in agricultural management.Tom Bordonaro, Jr.-JoinCalifornia.com
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# 1959 births Living people Republican Party members of the California State Assembly People from Fullerton, California People from San Luis Obispo County, California California Polytechnic State University alumni American politicians with disabilities {{California-CAAssembly-stub