Roger Niello
2022 - Present
2026
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Roger Niello (Republican Party) is a member of the California State Senate, representing District 6. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026.
Niello (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 6. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Roger Niello grew up in Sacramento, California, and lives in Fair Oaks, California. Niello graduated from Encina High School. He earned a B.S. in accounting and information systems from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 and his M.S. in accounting and information systems from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1971. His career experience includes working as a certified public accountant and as CFO, president, and general manager for the family business, Niello Auto Group. He also served as the president and CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. Niello was elected to serve on the Sacramento County board of supervisors in 1999.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Niello was assigned to the following committees:
- Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Vice Chair
- Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, Vice Chair
- Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee, Vice Chair
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Legislative Budget Committee
Niello was a member of the following committees:
- Banking and Finance Committee, California General Assembly (Vice Chair)
- Business and Professions Committee, California General Assembly
- Insurance Committee, California General Assembly
- Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California Legislature
- Transportation Committee, California General Assembly
Issues
Niello did not provide answers to the California State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test informs voters how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.[3]
Ballot titles
In 2009, Niello introduced California Assembly Bill 319. AB 319 proposed to transfer responsibility for writing the ballot titles of statewide California propositions from the California Attorney General's office to the office of the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). AB 319 would have also made the LAO come up with the fiscal estimates for statewide ballot propositions, rather than the current system under which the fiscal estimate is compiled jointly by the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee along with an estimate by the LAO.[4]
"Sacramento Six"
Assemblyman Niello, along with five other Republicans in the California State Legislature voted for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's solution to the state's $41 billion dollar funding gap. The six Republicans became known as the Sacramento Six.[5]
Sponsored legislation
Niello's other sponsored legislation includes:
- AB 757 - Income taxes: education savings account
- AB 848 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act
- AB 1133 - Gifts for voting
For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Elections
2022
See also: California State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Senate District 6
Roger Niello defeated Paula Marie Villescaz in the general election for California State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roger Niello (R) | 55.7 | 202,569 |
 | Paula Marie Villescaz (D) | 44.3 | 160,846 | |
| Total votes: 363,415 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 6
Paula Marie Villescaz and Roger Niello defeated Michael Huang in the primary for California State Senate District 6 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paula Marie Villescaz (D) | 43.1 | 105,719 |
| ✔ | | Roger Niello (R) | 42.8 | 104,883 |
 | Michael Huang (R) | 14.1 | 34,604 | |
| Total votes: 245,206 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tecoy Porter (D)
- Eric Guerra (D)
- Matt Burgess (D)
Campaign finance
2010
Niello was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 due to the term limits of the California State Assembly.
2008
In 2008, Niello was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 5. Niello (R) finished with 101,888 votes and was followed by Dan Leahy (D) with 71,733 votes and Karen Martinez (L) with 13,790 votes. Niello raised $850,464 for her campaign fund.
| California State Assembly District 5 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Roger Niello (R)
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101,888 | |||
| Dan Leahy (D) | 71,733 | |||
| Karen Martinez (L) | 13,790 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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Legislative scorecard
Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.[6][7]
On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Niello ranked as an 11.[8]
Scorecards
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2023
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In 2023, the California State Legislature was in session from January 1 to September 14.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate California State Senate District 6 |
Officeholder California State Senate District 6 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ California State Senator Roger Niello, "About Roger," accessed January 15, 2023
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Roger Niello," accessed January 15, 2023
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Issue positions," accessed December 10, 2014
- ↑ Rocklin Today, "AB 319 will reduce misleading information for ballot initiatives," February 26, 2009
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "'Sacramento Six' face conservative backlash," March 22, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "Capitol Weekly's Legislative Scorecard," December 17, 2009
- ↑ Fox and Hounds Daily, "Random Thoughts on the Political Scene," December 18, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly," Downloadable 2009 Capitol Weekly State Legislative Scorecard
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Pan (D) |
California State Senate District 6 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
California State Assembly District 5 2004-2010 |
Succeeded by - |
