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<p><b>Joan T. Buchanan</b> (born October 4, 1952)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> public official and former school board member from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo,California" title="Alamo, California">Alamo, California</a>. She was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a> from 2008 to 2014. In September 2009, Buchanan lost a bid to succeed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Tauscher" title="Ellen Tauscher">Ellen Tauscher</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Congress" title="U.S. Congress" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Congress</a>.</p>
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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#Pre-political_career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Pre-political career</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#2008_California_State_Assembly_campaign"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">2008 California State Assembly campaign</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#2009_Congressional_campaign"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">2009 Congressional campaign</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#2015_state_senate_campaign"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">2015 state senate campaign</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#Recognition"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Recognition</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Pre-political_career">Pre-political career</span></h2>
<p>Buchanan graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara" title="University of California, Santa Barbara">UC Santa Barbara</a>.
Before the age of 30, she retired from the private sector, after obtaining the position of Director of Commercial Operations at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Dental" title="Delta Dental">Delta Dental</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CSU_3-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-CSU-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup>
While raising her five children locally, Buchanan served for 20 years
on the San Ramon Valley School Board, including 4 terms as president.<sup id="cite_ref-CSU_3-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-CSU-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FCJ_4-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-FCJ-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup>
Buchanan’s budgeting and organizational development led to SRVUSD being
ranked among the top 5% of all school districts in California. Over 94%
of the district’s graduating seniors attend college.<sup id="cite_ref-CSU_3-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-CSU-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup>
Buchanan also served as Vice-President of the San Ramon Valley School
Age Child Care Alliance and helped bring childcare services to San
Ramon elementary schools.<sup id="cite_ref-CSU_3-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-CSU-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> In addition, she successfully led the 1994 “No on Vouchers” campaign to preserve funds for public schools.<sup id="cite_ref-CSU_3-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-CSU-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="2008_California_State_Assembly_campaign">2008 California State Assembly campaign</span></h2>
<p>Buchanan successfully ran for State Assembly in 2008. She ran in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_15th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 15th State Assembly district">California's 15th district</a> against Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ramon,California" title="San Ramon, California">San Ramon</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.Abram_Wilson" title="H. Abram Wilson">H. Abram Wilson</a>.
Assembly District 15 includes areas of Contra Costa, Alameda,
Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties. Buchanan won the election by 52% to
48%.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="2009_Congressional_campaign">2009 Congressional campaign</span></h2>
<p>On March 18, 2009, Buchanan's hometown Congresswoman Rep. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Tauscher" title="Ellen Tauscher">Ellen Tauscher</a> (D CA-10) was nominated by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> to serve as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election,_2009" title="California's 10th congressional district special election, 2009">special election</a> to fill her seat took place in 2009. Buchanan ran in the Democratic Primary to replace Rep. Tauscher.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Buchanan#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> She lost to Democratic former Lieutenant Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garamendi" title="John Garamendi">John Garamendi</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="2015_state_senate_campaign">2015 state senate campaign</span></h2>
<p>In December 2014, Buchanan announced that she would run for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_DeSaulnier" title="Mark DeSaulnier">Mark DeSaulnier</a>'s
seat in the State Senate. DeSaulnier resigned to represent California's
11th congressional district in the US House of Representatives. She
lost in the primary election on March 17th to Democrats Susan Bonilla,
and Democrat Steve Glazer. She has since endorsed Assemblywoman Susan
Bonilla in her State Senate Campaign.</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recognition">Recognition</span></h2>
<p>Buchanan received the California Teachers Association State Gold Award and Alamo Rotary Club Citizen of the Year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p>
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<table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:lavender">Member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a>
from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_16th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 16th State Assembly district">16th</a> district
<small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_15th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 15th State Assembly district">15th</a> district (2008–2012)</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span>
December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2014</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_S._Houston" title="Guy S. Houston">Guy S. Houston</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharine_Baker" title="Catharine Baker">Catharine Baker</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Born</th><td> October 4, 1952 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 63)</span>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Nationality</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Political party</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Children</th><td>Jennifer
Christopher
Steven
David
Lindsey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Residence</th><td class="label"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo,California" title="Alamo, California">Alamo, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,Santa_Barbara" title="University of California, Santa Barbara">University of California, Santa Barbara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Occupation</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Religion</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christian</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
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