Curt Pringle
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Pringle in 2008
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| 44th Mayor of Anaheim, California | |
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In office December 3, 2002 – December 7, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Daly |
| Succeeded by | Tom Tait |
| 61st Speaker of the California State Assembly |
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In office January 4, 1996 – November 30, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Setencich |
| Succeeded by | Cruz Bustamante |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 68th district |
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In office December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Clute |
| Succeeded by | Ken Maddox |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 72nd district |
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In office December 5, 1988 – November 30, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Dick Longshore |
| Succeeded by | Tom Umberg |
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June 27, 1959 Emmetsburg, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Alexis |
| Children | Kyle Katie |
| Alma mater | California State University, Long Beach |
| Website | Official website |
Curtis L. "Curt" Pringle (born June 27, 1959) is an American politician from the U.S. state of California. He is the last Republican to serve as the Speaker of the California State Assembly and is also the longest-serving Republican Speaker in the last 46 years. He is a former Mayor of Anaheim and a former Chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority. Today, he runs his own public relations and government affairs firm, Curt Pringle & Associates.
As a young man, Pringle ran, unsuccessfully, three times for a seat on the Garden Grove City Council. In 1986, while working for his parents' drapery business, Pringle was elected to the Orange County Republican Central Committee, which is the controlling organ of the county Republican Party. In 1988, the Republican nominee for Pringle's Assembly district, freshman incumbent Assemblyman Dick Longshore, died the day after the June primary election, and under California law the central committee members were charged with selecting a replacement. They chose Pringle.
In his first campaign for the state assembly, the OC Republican Party hired a security guard firm to protect against illegal voting by undocumented aliens. Some claimed this was an effort to scare Hispanic voters. The FBI investigated and although no charges were filed Pringle and the local GOP agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a lawsuit.
Pringle took office as a state assemblyman in December 1988 at the age of 29. In 1990, he was defeated for re-election by Democrat Tom Umberg, but after legislative district lines were drawn between Pringle and Umberg's houses following the 1990 census, Pringle ran again for the Assembly in 1992 and won.
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