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

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who served in the

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, representing the 14th district, encompassing parts of Contra Costa and Solano counties. She is a

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. Prior to being elected to the state Assembly, she was a member of the

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and was

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of Concord before that. Due partly to term limits, Bonilla had originally planned to run for Mark DeSaulnier'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 Orinda

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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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