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Encyclopedia > Bruce McPherson
Bruce McPherson
Bruce McPherson
California Secretary of State
Political Party Republican
Term of Office 2005-2007
Preceded by Kevin Shelley
Succeeded by Debra Bowen

Bruce A. McPherson (born January 7, 1944) is a California politician, currently serving as the 30th California Secretary of State. McPherson was sworn in March 30, 2005, to replace former Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, who resigned on March 4. McPherson, a Republican from Santa Cruz County, will serve his term as Secretary until January 2007. He was confirmed unanimously by both Democratic-controlled houses of the California State Legislature after being nominated to replace Democrat Shelley by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He lost his bid for a first full term to Democrat Debra Bowen in November 2006. Image File history File links California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson See http://www. ... This article is becoming very long. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... Kevin Francis Shelley (born November 16, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is a California politician, who was the 28th California Secretary of State from January 6, 2003, until his resignation on March 4, 2005. ... Debra Bowen has been a California State Senator of the 28th State Senate district since 1998, and is a candidate for California Secretary of State in 2006. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Secretary of State of California is the states chief elections officer. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kevin Francis Shelley (born November 16, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is a California politician, who was the 28th California Secretary of State from January 6, 2003, until his resignation on March 4, 2005. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... GOP redirects here. ... Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area, it forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Unanimity is a complete agreement by everyone. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Californias Capitol, where the State Legislature meets California State Assembly chamber California state Senate chamber The California Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of California. ... Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis with President George W. Bush (2003) Seal of the Governor of California (without the Roman numerals designating the governors sequence) See also: List of pre-statehood governors of California, List of Governors of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): ) (born on July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and Republican politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ... Debra Bowen has been a California State Senator of the 28th State Senate district since 1998, and is a candidate for California Secretary of State in 2006. ...


Previously, McPherson was a State Assemblyman from 1993 to 1996 and a State Senator from 1996 to 2004, when he retired due to term limits. McPherson was defeated in the 2002 election for Lieutenant Governor of California by incumbent Cruz Bustamante. Prior to his political career, he worked as the editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, a newspaper owned by his family. He is married, and him and his wife have a daughter, Tori Kistler. Their son, Hunter, was tragically murdered in a 2001 San Francisco street robbery. The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... California state Senate chamber California State Senate Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... This a List of Lieutenant Governors of the State of California, 1850-present. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. ... The Santa Cruz Sentinel is an American local newspaper in Santa Cruz, California county. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...


Electoral History

  • 2006 Race for California Secretary of State
    • Debra Bowen (D), 48.4%
    • Bruce McPherson (R), (inc.) 44.8%

Debra Bowen has been a California State Senator of the 28th State Senate district since 1998, and is a candidate for California Secretary of State in 2006. ...

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Preceded by:
Kevin Shelley
California Secretary of State
2005—present
Succeeded by:
Preceded by:
Henry J. Mello
California State Senator
15th district
19962004
Succeeded by:
Abel Maldonado
Preceded by:
Sam Farr
California State Assemblyman
27th district
19931996
Succeeded by:
Fred Keeley
State Secretaries of State in the United States

AL: Nancy Worley
AK: Loren Leman*
AR: Charlie Daniels
AZ: Jan Brewer
CA: Bruce McPherson
CO: Gigi Dennis
CT: Susan Bysiewicz
DE: Harriett Smith Windsor
FL: Sue M. Cobb
GA: Cathy Cox Kevin Francis Shelley (born November 16, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is a California politician, who was the 28th California Secretary of State from January 6, 2003, until his resignation on March 4, 2005. ... The Secretary of State of California is the states chief elections officer. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... California state Senate chamber California State Senate Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abel Maldonado (born August 21, 1967) is a Republican U.S. politician, who is currently a California State Senator and a candidate for California State Controller. ... Sam Farr Sam Farr (born July 4, 1941), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 17th District of California (map). ... The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Fred Keeley Legislator, Treasurer, Civic and Environmental Leader Fred Keeley was born in Sacramento, California on May 9, 1950. ... Secretary of State is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States. ... Nancy Worley is an American Democratic politician. ... This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Alaska since statehood in 1959. ... Loren Leman (born December 02, 1950) is is the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska and is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. ... The Secretary of State of California is the states chief elections officer. ... Susan Bysiewicz (born 1961) is a Democratic politician, who currently serves as Secretary of State in the U.S State of Connecticut. ... Cathy Cox Lera Catharine Cathy Cox is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the current Secretary of State of Georgia. ...

HI: James Aiona*
ID: Ben Ysursa
IL: Jesse White
IN: Todd Rokita
IA: Chet Culver
KS: Ron Thornburgh
KY: Trey Grayson
LA: Al Ater
MD: Mary Kane
MA: William Galvin Lieutenant Governors of Hawaii have been administering their duties from the Hawaii State Capitol since 1969. ... An infamous drug court judge, James Aiona became the first Republican elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in forty years. ... The Secretary of State of Illinois is the keeper of the official records, laws, and Great Seal of the U.S. state of Illinois. ... Jesse White (born June 23, 1934) is a Democratic American politician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Chester John Culver (born January 25, 1966) is the current Secretary of State in the U.S. state of Iowa and the Democratic governor-elect of Iowa having won the 2006 election. ... Trey Grayson (born April 18, 1972 in Kenton County, Kentucky) is the Secretary of State for the state of Kentucky. ... The Secretary of State of Maryland is charged with the administrative and record-keeping functions of the State Government of Maryland. ... The current Secretary of the Commonwealth is William Galvin. ... William Francis Galvin is the current Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Massachusetts form of a Secretary of State. ...

ME: Matthew Dunlap
MI: Teri Lynn Land
MN: Mary Kiffmeyer
MS: Eric Clark
MO: Robin Carnahan
MT: Brad Johnson
NE: John Gale
NV: Dean Heller
NH: Bill Gardner
NJ: Nina Mitchell Wells Minnesotas secretaries of state Territory Charles K. Smith 1849-1851 Alexander Wilkin 1851-1853 Joseph T. Rosser 1853-1857 Charles L. Chase 1857-1858 State Francis Baasen 1858-1860 James H. Baker 1860-1862 David Blakeley 1862-1868 Henry C. Rogers 1868-1870 Hans Mattson 1870-1872 Samuel P... Mary Kiffmeyer (born December 29, 1946) is an American politician, served as the 20th Minnesota Secretary of State. ... The people below have all served as the Secretary of State for Missouri. ... Robin Carnahan Robin Carnahan is an American politician and the current Missouri Secretary of State. ... Dennis M. Heller is the Secretary of State of Nevada and the Republican nominee for United States Congress for the states 2nd congressional district. ... The department in charge of all elections within the state of New Hampshire, named after its director, New Hampshires Secretary of State. ... Gardner listening at an event in Wilton, NH, on August 7, 2005 Bill Gardner is the current Secretary of State in the State of New Hampshire and the longest serving state level Secretary of State in US History. ... Nina Mitchell Wells is the Secretary of State of New Jersey. ...

NM: Rebecca Vigil-Giron
NY: Christopher Jacobs
NC: Elaine Marshall
ND: Al Jaeger
OH: Ken Blackwell
OK: M. Susan Savage
OR: Bill Bradbury
PA: Pedro Cortes
RI: Matt Brown
SC: Mark Hammond To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Secretary of State is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States. ... Christopher Jacobs is the Secretary of State of New York. ... The North Carolina Secretary of State is an elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina, heading the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees many of the economic and business-related operations of the state government. ... Elaine F. Marshall (born 18 November 1945) is the current North Carolina Secretary of State; she is the first woman to be elected to that office. ... Alvin A. Jaeger (born 1943) is the current Secretary of State of North Dakota. ... The Ohio Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the elections in the state of Ohio. ... John Kenneth Blackwell John Kenneth Blackwell (born February 28, 1948), currently serves as the secretary of state for the U.S. state of Ohio and is the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio in the 2006 election. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Susan Savage, the 29th and current Secretary of State of Oklahoma The Secretary of State of Oklahoma is Oklahoma’s chief elections officer and the only appointed core member of the executive branch of the Oklahoma state government. ... Susan Savage, the 29th and current Secretary of State of Oklahoma M. Susan Savage is an American Democratic politician currently serving as the current and 29th Secretary of State of Oklahoma. ... ... Bill Bradbury (born 1949) is the Oregon secretary of state. ... Matt Brown is the current Secretary of State of Rhode Island, and a Democrat. ...

SD: Chris Nelson
TN: Riley Darnell
TX: Roger Williams
UT: Gary R. Herbert*
VT: Deb Markowitz
VA: Katherine Hanley
WA: Sam Reed
WV: Betty Ireland
WI: Doug LaFollette
WY: Joe Meyer The Tennessee Secretary of State is an office created by the Tennessee State Constitution which is responsible for many of the administrative aspects of the operation of Tennessee state government. ... Riley C. Darnell (born May 13, 1940) is Secretary of State for the state of Tennessee. ... List of Utah Lieutenant Governors since the office was created Please Note: The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1976. ... Gary Richard Herbert is a Republican and was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Utah on November 2, 2004. ... The Secretary of the Commonwealth is a member of the Cabinet of the Governor of Virginia in the United States. ... Katherine Hanley is currently Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Sam Reed is an American politician. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... This is a list of secretaries of state from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Douglas LaFollette (born June 6, 1940) is a United States politician in the state of Wisconsin. ... Joe Meyer was an American basketball coach. ...

*Lt. Governor performing the typical functions of a Secretary of State

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