Government and politics Solano County, California
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1.2 politics
1.2.1 voter registration statistics
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government , politics
government
the government of solano county defined , authorized under california constitution , law general law county. county government provides countywide services such elections , voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, , social services. in addition county serves local government unincorporated areas.
the county government composed of elected five-member board of supervisors, several other elected offices including sheriff-coroner, district attorney, assessor/recorder, auditor-controller, , treasurer/tax collector/county clerk, , numerous county departments , entities under supervision of county administrator. of january 2013 members of solano county board of supervisors were:
erin hannigan, district 1
linda seifert, district 2, chairman
jim spering, district 3
john vasquez, district 4
skip thomson, district 5, vice-chairman
politics
voter registration statistics
cities population , voter registration
overview
solano democratic county in presidential , congressional elections, though gives higher vote percentages republicans compared 8 other bay area counties. last republican win majority in county ronald reagan in 1984.
solano county split between california s 3rd , 5th congressional districts, represented john garamendi (d–walnut grove) , mike thompson (d–st. helena), respectively.
in california state assembly, solano county split between 4th assembly district, represented democrat cecilia aguiar-curry, , 11th assembly district, represented democrat jim frazier. in california state senate, in 3rd senate district, represented democrat bill dodd.
on nov. 4, 2008, solano county voted 55.9% proposition 8, amended california constitution ban same-sex marriages. bay area county approve initiative. in 2008 presidential election day, barack obama carried county 28.5% margin on john mccain, larger margin statewide (24%).
according california secretary of state, of october 22, 2012, solano county has 209,484 registered voters, out of 274,284 eligible (76.4%). of those, 101,815 (48.6%) registered democrats, 52,777 (25.2%) registered republicans, , 45,581 (21.8%) have declined state political party. democrats hold voter-registration advantages in incorporated cities , towns in solano county. however, republicans lead in registration in unincorporated communities of county (40%-35%), making solano county in bay area republicans out-number democrats in unincorporated communities. democrats largest registration advantage in solano in city of vallejo, wherein there 8,242 republicans (14.6%) out of 56,313 total voters compared 33,753 democrats (59.9%) , 12,157 voters have declined state political party (21.6%).
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