Susan A. Bonilla (née Woodward; born June 22, 1960) is an American

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who served in the California State Assembly, representing the 14th district, encompassing parts of Contra Costa and Solano counties. She is a Democrat. Prior to being elected to the

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, she was a member of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and was

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before that. Due partly to term limits, Bonilla had originally planned to run for

Mark DeSaulnier Mark James DeSaulnier ( ; born March 31, 1952) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 11th congressional district since 2015. The district includes most of Contra Costa County, a suburban county in ...

's State Senate seat in 2016, however in November 2014 DeSaulnier resigned to take office in the

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. Bonilla ran in a 2015 special election to fill DeSaulnier's seat in

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, but lost to

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Steve Glazer Steven Mitchell Glazer (born August 10, 1957) is an American politician and former political advisor serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 7th Senate District, which includes most of Contra Costa County and eastern portio ...

in an upset. In 2017, Bonilla became the California State Director of the Council for a Strong America.

2014 California State Assembly

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