# Susan Bonilla

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{{Short description|American politician (born 1960)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = Susan Bonilla
| image          = Bonilla headshot.jpg
| caption        =
| alt            = 
| state_assembly = California
| district       = [14th](/source/California's_14th_State_Assembly_district)
| term_start     = December 6, 2010
| term_end       = November 30, 2016
| predecessor    = [Tom Torlakson](/source/Tom_Torlakson)
| successor      = [Tim Grayson](/source/Tim_Grayson)
| prior_term     = [11th](/source/California's_11th_State_Assembly_district) district (2010–2012)
| office2        = Member of the<br>[Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors](/source/Contra_Costa_County_Board_of_Supervisors) from the 4th District
| term_start2    = January 9, 2007
| term_end2      = December 6, 2010
| predecessor2   = [Mark DeSaulnier](/source/Mark_DeSaulnier)
| successor2     = Karen Mitchoff
| birth_name     = Susan A. Woodward
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1960|06|22}}
| birth_place    = [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| party          = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| spouse         = John Bonilla
| children       = 
| alma_mater     = [Azusa Pacific University](/source/Azusa_Pacific_University)
| occupation     = 
| profession     = Teacher
| signature      = 
| website        = 
| footnotes      =  
}}

'''Susan A. Bonilla''' (née '''Woodward'''; born June 22, 1960)<ref name="sacbee_bonilla_turns_51">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/am-alert-california-legislature-fundraisers.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624224525/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/am-alert-california-legislature-fundraisers.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2011|title=AM Alert: No paychecks, but fundraisers galore|date=June 22, 2011|first1=Micaela|last1=Massimino|publisher=Sacramento Bee|access-date=June 22, 2011}}</ref> is an American [politician](/source/politician) who served in the [California State Assembly](/source/California_State_Assembly), representing the [14th district](/source/California's_14th_State_Assembly_district), encompassing parts of [Contra Costa](/source/Contra_Costa_County%2C_California) and [Solano](/source/Solano_County%2C_California) counties. She is a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)). Prior to being elected to the [state Assembly](/source/California_State_Assembly), she was a member of the [Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors](/source/Contra_Costa_County_Board_of_Supervisors) and was [mayor](/source/mayor) of [Concord](/source/Concord%2C_California) before that.

Due partly to term limits, Bonilla had originally planned to run for [Mark DeSaulnier](/source/Mark_DeSaulnier)'s State Senate seat in 2016,{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} however in November 2014 DeSaulnier resigned to take office in the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives). Bonilla ran in a [2015 special election](/source/List_of_special_elections_to_the_California_State_Senate) to fill DeSaulnier's seat in [California's 7th State Senate district](/source/California's_7th_State_Senate_district), but lost to [Orinda](/source/Orinda%2C_California) [Mayor](/source/Mayor) [Steve Glazer](/source/Steve_Glazer) in an upset.<ref>{{cite web|title=State Senate District 7 - Special Election|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/special-elections/2015-sd7/|publisher=California Secretary of State}}</ref>

In 2017, Bonilla became the California State Director of the Council for a Strong America.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.strongnation.org/people/susan-bonilla |title=Susan Bonilla |website=strongnation.org |access-date=March 29, 2020}}</ref>

==2014 California State Assembly ==
{{see also|California State Assembly elections, 2014}}

{{Election box open primary begin no change
| title = [California's 14th State Assembly district](/source/California's_14th_State_Assembly_district) election, 2014
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Susan Bonilla ([incumbent](/source/incumbent))
| votes = 44,644
| percentage = 99.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Joy D. Delepine ([write-in](/source/write-in_candidate))
| votes = 366
| percentage = 0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = No party preference
| candidate = John Henry Kimack ([write-in](/source/write-in_candidate))
| votes = 24
| percentage = 0.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 45,034
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box open primary general election no change}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = California Democratic Party
| candidate = Susan Bonilla ([incumbent](/source/incumbent))
| votes = 69,325
| percentage = 68.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = California Republican Party
| candidate = Joy D. Delepine
| votes = 31,298
| percentage = 31.1
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 100,623
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = California Democratic Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://asmdc.org/members/a14/}}
* [http://www.susanbonilla.com/ Campaign website]

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