American politician
Henry T. Perea
In office Preceded by Juan Arambula Succeeded by Joaquin Arambula In office Succeeded by Clinton Olivier
Born (1977-06-29 ) June 29, 1977 (age 47) Fresno , California Nationality American Political party Democratic Spouse Yahaira Garcia-Perea Children Ava Perea,H. Joaquin Perea, Santiago Perea Residence(s) Fresno , California Alma mater California State University, Fresno
Henry T. Perea (born June 29, 1977, in Fresno , California ) is a Chevron lobbyist who was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2010. He is a Democrat who formerly represented the 31st district , encompassing western Fresno .
Career
Perea has been described as a leader of the moderate, more business-friendly wing of the state legislature's Democrats. On December 1, 2015, he announced that he would resign his seat at the end of 2015, a year early, to seek a lucrative position as a lobbyist .[ 1]
Prior to his election to the Assembly, Perea served on the Fresno City Council from 2003 to 2010. He was first elected to the council at the age of 25 and served as council president in 2007.
Perea also ran, unsuccessfully, in the 2008 Fresno mayoral election .
Family
He is married to Yahaira Garcia-Perea and they have three children.
His father, Henry R. Perea, was a member of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors and the Fresno City Council .
Electoral history
City council
2002 Fresno City Supervisor seat 7 election[ 2] [ 3]
Candidates
First round
Runoff
Votes
%
Votes
%
Henry T. Perea
2,712
46.36
3,769
50.26
Richard Caglia
2,391
40.87
3,713
49.51
Keith Chun
739
12.63
Write-ins 8
0.14
17
0.23
Total
5,850
100
7,499
100
2004 Fresno City Supervisor seat 3 election[ 4] [ 5]
Candidates
First round
Runoff
Votes
%
Votes
%
Henry T. Perea
6,569
43.12
14,565
53.30
Sal Quintero
6,134
40.27
12,666
46.35
Debilyn Molineaux
1,732
11.37
Jose Guadalupe Camac
760
4.99
Write-ins 38
0.25
95
0.35
Total
15,233
100
27,326
100
2006 Fresno City Supervisor seat 7 election[ 6]
Candidates
Votes
%
Henry T. Perea (incumbent)
3,729
97.80
Write-ins 84
2.20
Total
3,813
100
2008 Fresno City Supervisor seat 3 election[ 7]
Candidates
Votes
%
Henry T. Perea
9,655
96.96
Mayoral
2008 Fresno mayoral election [ 8] [ 9]
Candidates
First round
Runoff
Votes
%
Votes
%
Ashley Swearengin 15,410
27.11
72,784
54.35
Henry Perea
15,626
27.49
54.35
45.40
Jerry Duncan
6,495
11.43
Jeff L. Eben
5,572
9.80
Tom Boyajian
5,286
9.30
Mike Dages
4,601
8.09
Doug Vagim
1,226
2.16
Barbara Ann Hunt
1,089
1.92
Henry M. Montreal
682
1.20
Jim Boswell
533
0.94
Ignacio C. Garbibay
256
0.45
Write-ins —
—
336
0.25
Total
—
—
140,192
100
2016 Fresno mayoral election [ 10] [ 11]
Candidates
First round
Runoff
Votes
%
Votes
%
Lee Brand 25,491
30.79
71,776
51.20
Henry Perea
37,006
44.70
68,053
48.54
H. Spees
15,089
18.23
Doug Vagim
2,910
3.52
Richard B. Renteria
2,090
2.52
Write-ins 199
0.24
363
0.26
Total
69,795
100
140,192
100
State assembly
References
^ Melanie Mason, "Leader of Legislature's moderate Democrats will resign to seek government relations job" , Los Angeles Times
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