Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Abel O. Maldonado, Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of California from 2010 to 2011.Elected to the Santa Maria City Council in 1994, Maldonado then served as Mayor of Santa Maria from 1996 to 1998, when he was elected to the California State Assembly. He served in that body from 1998 to 2004 and then in the California State Senate from 2004 to 2010, running unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for California State Controller in 2006. Maldonado was the first Republican in the State Senate to vote for the budget during the budget deadlock in 2007. He represented a swing district in the Senate and is considered a moderate.On November 23, 2009, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Maldonado as his nominee for Lieutenant Governor to fill the vacancy created by Democrat John Garamendi's election to the United States House of Representatives. Maldonado was sworn into office on April 27, 2010 and was defeated in the 2010 lieutenant gubernatorial election by Democrat Gavin Newsom.Maldonado ran for California's 24th congressional district in the 2012 elections, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Lois Capps. In May 2013, he announced that he was running for Governor in the 2014 election, but dropped out in January 2014 after anaemic fundraising and campaign missteps."@en }
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- Abel_Maldonado abstract "Abel O. Maldonado, Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of California from 2010 to 2011.Elected to the Santa Maria City Council in 1994, Maldonado then served as Mayor of Santa Maria from 1996 to 1998, when he was elected to the California State Assembly. He served in that body from 1998 to 2004 and then in the California State Senate from 2004 to 2010, running unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for California State Controller in 2006. Maldonado was the first Republican in the State Senate to vote for the budget during the budget deadlock in 2007. He represented a swing district in the Senate and is considered a moderate.On November 23, 2009, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Maldonado as his nominee for Lieutenant Governor to fill the vacancy created by Democrat John Garamendi's election to the United States House of Representatives. Maldonado was sworn into office on April 27, 2010 and was defeated in the 2010 lieutenant gubernatorial election by Democrat Gavin Newsom.Maldonado ran for California's 24th congressional district in the 2012 elections, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Lois Capps. In May 2013, he announced that he was running for Governor in the 2014 election, but dropped out in January 2014 after anaemic fundraising and campaign missteps.".
- Q4666597 abstract "Abel O. Maldonado, Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of California from 2010 to 2011.Elected to the Santa Maria City Council in 1994, Maldonado then served as Mayor of Santa Maria from 1996 to 1998, when he was elected to the California State Assembly. He served in that body from 1998 to 2004 and then in the California State Senate from 2004 to 2010, running unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for California State Controller in 2006. Maldonado was the first Republican in the State Senate to vote for the budget during the budget deadlock in 2007. He represented a swing district in the Senate and is considered a moderate.On November 23, 2009, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Maldonado as his nominee for Lieutenant Governor to fill the vacancy created by Democrat John Garamendi's election to the United States House of Representatives. Maldonado was sworn into office on April 27, 2010 and was defeated in the 2010 lieutenant gubernatorial election by Democrat Gavin Newsom.Maldonado ran for California's 24th congressional district in the 2012 elections, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Lois Capps. In May 2013, he announced that he was running for Governor in the 2014 election, but dropped out in January 2014 after anaemic fundraising and campaign missteps.".