Deborah V. Ortiz | |
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Member of the California Senate from the 6th district | |
In office December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Leroy F. Greene |
Succeeded by | Darrell Steinberg |
Member of the California State Assembly from the 9th district | |
In office December 2, 1996 – November 30, 1998 | |
Preceded by | Phillip Isenberg |
Succeeded by | Darrell Steinberg |
Member of the Sacramento City Council from the 5th district | |
In office March 1993 – November 1996 | |
Preceded by | Joe Serna Jr. |
Succeeded by | Lauren Hammond |
Personal details | |
Born | Sacramento, California, U.S. | March 19, 1957
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of California, Davis University of the Pacific (J.D.) |
Deborah V. Ortiz (born March 19, 1957, in Sacramento)[1] is an American politician from Sacramento, California. A Democrat, she served in both chambers of the California State Legislature. A then-member of Sacramento City Council, Ortiz was elected to the California State Assembly in 1996 and served a single two-year term representing the 9th Assembly district. In 1998, she was elected to the California State Senate from the 6th Senate district with 55% of the vote and won re-election in 2002 with 70.8% of the vote. Term limits prevented her from seeking a third Senate term in 2006; she instead ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State.