Senator Jean Fuller with Brigadier Gen. Stacy Clardy III, the Combat Center’s commanding general

Jean Fuller (born April 16, 1950) is a U.S. politician who was the Republican Assemblymember for the California's 32nd State Assembly district. Fuller's district included Bakersfield, Frazier Mountain, Ridgecrest, Tehachapi, Taft, and Kern River Valley.

Fuller was elected in November 2006 and replaced outgoing Assemblymember and current Congressman for the 22nd district of California, Kevin McCarthy.

Prior to being elected to the California Assembly, Fuller served as Superintendent of Schools for the Bakersfield City School District, the largest non-unified pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade district in California.

Biography

Jean Fuller was born and raised in Kern County. She served as an educator in the Central Valley for more than 30 years, including extended terms as a Superintendent of Schools.

She attended Bakersfield College, California State University Fresno and UCLA then continued her formal education at the University of California Santa Barbara where she received her PhD. She supplemented her education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the University of Southern California, and Exeter College in Oxford, England.

Senator Fuller was elected to represent the 32nd Assembly District in 2006 and elected to the Senate in 2010. Jean and her husband, Russell, live in Bakersfield where they own a family farm.

Education

Jean Fuller attended the University of California and Exeter College. She received her AA degree from Bakersfield College in 1970, her BA from California State University, Fresno in 1972, a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1982 and her PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1989. She also attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Senate Priorities

Senator Fuller’s top legislative priority this year is reducing regulations that burden California’s businesses that prevent them from hiring, or rehiring, workers. Jean believes that putting more people to work and solving each Californian’s personal budget crisis is the key to California’s economic rebound.

As Vice Chair of the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, Senator Fuller will focus on policy relating to our energy resources and emerging technologies. She will also continue her focus on our natural resources and the area of water policy.

As a member of the Budget and Fiscal Oversight Committee, she will work to ensure the Legislature reduces unnecessary state expenses and guarantees tax-funded services are both needed and carried out in the most cost-effective way.

Accomplishments

During her tenure in the Assembly, Jean served as the leader of the Republican Water Policy Team that focused on finding solutions to California's water crisis to ensure sufficient water supplies for families, farmers, and businesses in the Central Valley. She also served as Chair of the Rural Caucus, a bipartisan group of 43 Assembly Members and Senators who provided a strong, united voice for residents of rural communities.

Jean’s top legislative priorities in the Assembly were expanding career technical education programs for high school students, increasing local jobs, reducing unnecessary regulation of California's small business and manufacturers, and reducing the tax burden on hard-working families.