Harkey, D

<p>=</p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> LCV Victory Fund named three of the state's biggest polluter allies to the Dirty Dozen. Now we need your help to defeat them. </span><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We know that your friends and family are most likely to trust you when it comes to information about voting.</strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> So will you spread the word on social media about these anti-climate action candidates? Click each link below to get started.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mimi Walters (CA-45):</strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Where Donald Trump leads, Mimi Walters follows — even if it means sacrificing the health and wellbeing of her constituents. Her record says it all: Walters has voted for practically every one of Congress' extreme environmental attacks since Trump took office. That's at least 58 votes against our air, water, lands, and public health. She's also a vocal supporter for drilling off California's coasts.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://links.messages.lcv.org/ctt?kn=8&ms=MjMzMzQzMAS2&r=OTc4NTM0NjkwNDUS1&b=0&j=NjYwMDg3NDI0S0&mt=1&rt=0" name="1" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(235, 76, 44); outline: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em;">Make sure your friends and family know to vote against Mimi Walters » </a><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48):</strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Emulating President Trump, Rohrabacher has called climate change a "fraud" and "big lie." He has a 10% lifetime environmental voting record on LCV's </span><em style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">National Environmental Scorecard.</em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Rohrabacher has also opposed several attempts to reduce carbon emissions and insists that carbon dioxide does not hurt people's health.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://links.messages.lcv.org/ctt?kn=7&ms=MjMzMzQzMAS2&r=OTc4NTM0NjkwNDUS1&b=0&j=NjYwMDg3NDI0S0&mt=1&rt=0" name="1_1" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(235, 76, 44); outline: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em;">Help sound the alarm that Dana Rohrabacher needs to be defeated » </a><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Diane Harkey (CA-49):</strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> As a state assemblymember, Harkey opposed cutting carbon pollution and sided with polluters time after time. She attempted to block California's efforts to decrease smog pollution, curtail climate change, and expand renewable energy like wind and solar. On offshore drilling, Harkey refused to vote against drilling off California's coast at least three times.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></p><p></p><p>Other Koch subsidiaries, such as Flint Hills Resources—a petrochemical company–stand to make a killing should California reverse its strict carbon emission standards. Koch Industries has an array of powerful lobbyists working for its interests in Sacramento and a nearly decade-long history of major donations to California politicians in support of the Kochs’ business agenda. The brothers’ latest crusade, to pass Prop. 32 and reduce the political voice of unions in California, stands to vastly increase their personal fortunes—at the expense of the rest of us.</p>

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For years prior to becoming the piggybank of the conservative movement, Koch Industries quietly channeled money to various California lawmakers through its Georgia-Pacific subsidiary.

In February of 2005, then-California Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian introduced legislation to put a one-year statute of limitations during which people suffering disabilities resulting from asbestos exposure could sue manufacturers. Georgia-Pacific—which for decades used asbestos in its wallboard products–lobbied on the bill’s behalf and subsequently donated to Aghazarian’s reelection campaign in December of 2005, shortly after the Koch’s took control of the company. Georgia-Pacific continued to lobby for the bill throughout 2006, until it was ultimately shelved.

Between 2009 and 2010, Georgia-Pacific funneled donations of $1,000 or more to the campaigns of 25 different California state Senators and Assembly members—including the Howard Jarvis-approved Senator Sam Blakeslee, offshore oil drilling advocate Assemblyman Martin Garrick, and Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, whose <a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/30/environmental-issues">environmental voting record</a> <span class="print-footnote">[3]</span> looks like John Galt’s Christmas list.</p>

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The company retains the services of the powerful lobbying firm <a href="http://www.mchughgr.com/ourteam/gavinmchugh.html" target="blank">McHugh</a> <span class="print-footnote">[4]</span>, <a href="http://www.mchughgr.com/ourteam/dawnkoepke.html" target="blank">Koepke</a> <span class="print-footnote">[5]</span> & Associates. The firm spent much of the past few years attempting to gut provisions of California’s Green Chemistry Initiative–a 2008 law protecting California citizens from exposure to toxic industrial chemicals–on behalf of an Orwellian-named consortium of chemical companies (including Georgia-Pacific) called the Green Chemistry Alliance.</p>

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<table><tbody><tr><th>Full Name:</th><td><span itemprop="name">Diane L. Harkey</span></td></tr><tr><th>Current Office:</th><td itemprop="jobTitle">State Assembly - District 73, Republican</td></tr><tr><th>First Elected:</th><td>11/04/2008</td></tr><tr><th>Last Elected:</th><td>11/02/2010</td></tr><tr><th>On The Ballot:</th><td>Running, Republican for State Assembly - District 73</td></tr><tr><th>General</th><td>Nov. 6, 2012</td></tr><tr><th>Primary</th><td>June 5, 2012</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr><th>Gender:</th><td itemprop="gender">Female</td></tr><tr><th>Family:</th><td>Husband: Dan; 1 Child: Jaclyn</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h3><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/30/environmental-issues#">See Assembly Member Diane Harkey's Opponents in the 2012 State Legislative Election</a></h3>

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<h4>Issue</h4>

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<li><span>Environmental Issues</span> <span class="down-arrow">down</span>

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<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/2/abortion-issues">Abortion Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/4/agriculture-issues">Agriculture Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/5/animal-rights-and-wildlife-issues">Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/7/arts-and-humanities">Arts and Humanities</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/10/budget-spending-and-taxes">Budget, Spending and Taxes</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/11/business-and-consumers">Business and Consumers</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/12/campaign-finance-and-election-issues">Campaign Finance and Election Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/13/civil-liberties-and-civil-rights">Civil Liberties and Civil Rights</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/16/congressional-and-legislative-affairs">Congressional and Legislative Affairs</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/20/crime-issues">Crime Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/71/death-penalty">Death Penalty</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/22/defense">Defense</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/25/drug-issues">Drug Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/27/education">Education</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/3/employment-and-affirmative-action">Employment and Affirmative Action</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/29/energy-issues">Energy Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/30/environmental-issues">Environmental Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/69/executive-branch">Executive Branch</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/31/family-and-children-issues">Family and Children Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/72/federal-state-and-local-relations">Federal, State, and Local Relations</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/32/foreign-aid-and-policy-issues">Foreign Aid and Policy Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/73/gambling-and-gaming">Gambling and Gaming</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/36/government-reform">Government Reform</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/37/gun-issues">Gun Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/38/health-issues">Health Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/39/housing-and-property-issues">Housing and Property Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/40/immigration">Immigration</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/74/indigenous-peoples">Indigenous Peoples</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/43/labor">Labor</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/44/legal-issues">Legal Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/47/military-issues">Military Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/61/national-security-issues">National Security Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/75/reproductive-issues">Reproductive Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/52/science-and-medical-research">Science and Medical Research</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/53/senior-and-social-security-issues">Senior and Social Security Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/76/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity">Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/54/social-issues">Social Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/77/stem-cell-research">Stem Cell Research</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/41/technology-and-communication">Technology and Communication</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/63/trade-issues">Trade Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/64/transportation-issues">Transportation Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/66/veterans-issues">Veterans Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/67/welfare-and-poverty">Welfare and Poverty</a></li>

<li><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/68/womens-issues">Women's Issues</a></li>

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<div class="span-8"><a href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/70764/diane-harkey/30/environmental-issues#about_kv">About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes</a></div>

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<h3>Key Votes</h3>

<table><tbody><tr><th class="span-3">Date</th><th class="span-3">Bill No.</th><th class="span-8">Bill Title</th><th class="span-8">Outcome</th><th class="span-3">Vote</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td>April 26, 2012</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/15101/39707/70764/authorizes-low-emission-vehicles-to-use-hov-lanes">AB 2405</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/15101/39707/70764/authorizes-low-emission-vehicles-to-use-hov-lanes">Authorizes Low-Emission Vehicles to Use HOV Lanes</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(49 - 25)</td><td>Did Not Vote</td></tr><tr><td>Sept. 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/13694/36473/70764/authorizes-governor-to-expedite-environmental-review">SB 292</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/13694/36473/70764/authorizes-governor-to-expedite-environmental-review">Authorizes Governor to Expedite Environmental Review</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(63 - 13)</td><td>Yea</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Aug. 30, 2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/12037/32063/70764/marine-oil-shipping-regulations">AB 234</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/12037/32063/70764/marine-oil-shipping-regulations">Marine Oil Shipping Regulations</a></td><td>Concurrence Vote Passed - House

(45 - 28)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr><td>June 3, 2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/11595/30933/70764/opt-out-for-telephone-directories">SB 920</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/11595/30933/70764/opt-out-for-telephone-directories">Opt-out for Telephone Directories</a></td><td>Bill Failed - Senate

(12 - 18)</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>June 2, 2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/11490/30689/70764/ban-of-single-use-carryout-bags-in-certain-stores">AB 1998</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/11490/30689/70764/ban-of-single-use-carryout-bags-in-certain-stores">Ban of Single-Use Carryout Bags in Certain Stores</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(42 - 27)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr><td>March 22, 2010</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/9483/29495/70764/prohibiting-smoking-at-state-park-beaches">SB 4</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/9483/29495/70764/prohibiting-smoking-at-state-park-beaches">Prohibiting Smoking at State Park Beaches</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(42 - 27)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Nov. 4, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10557/28154/70764/water-investment-bond-measure">SBx7 2</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10557/28154/70764/water-investment-bond-measure">Water Investment Bond Measure</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(55 - 20)</td><td>Yea</td></tr><tr><td>Nov. 4, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10561/28168/70764/water-diversion-amendments">SBx7 8</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10561/28168/70764/water-diversion-amendments">Water Diversion Amendments</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(49 - 20)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Nov. 3, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10560/28163/70764/statewide-water-conservation-requirements">SBx7 7</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10560/28163/70764/statewide-water-conservation-requirements">Statewide Water Conservation Requirements</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(49 - 19)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr><td>Nov. 3, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10556/28149/70764/sacramento-san-joaquin-delta-water-management-amendments">SBx7 1</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10556/28149/70764/sacramento-san-joaquin-delta-water-management-amendments">Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Water Management Amendments</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(46 - 29)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Nov. 3, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10558/28157/70764/statewide-groundwater-elevation-monitoring-program">SBx7 6</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10558/28157/70764/statewide-groundwater-elevation-monitoring-program">Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Program</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(44 - 29)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr><td>Sept. 12, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10256/27652/70764/renewable-energy-requirements">SB 14</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10256/27652/70764/renewable-energy-requirements">Renewable Energy Requirements</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(49 - 28)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>June 3, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10549/28106/70764/water-conservation-requirements">AB 49</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/10549/28106/70764/water-conservation-requirements">Water Conservation Requirements</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(43 - 30)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr><td>June 1, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/9685/26415/70764/solar-power-energy-credit">AB 920</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/9685/26415/70764/solar-power-energy-credit">Solar Power Energy Credit</a></td><td>Bill Passed - House

(51 - 26)</td><td>Nay</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>April 20, 2009</td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/9239/25059/70764/statement-of-opposition-to-offshore-drilling">AJR 3</a></td><td><a href="http://votesmart.org/bill/9239/25059/70764/statement-of-opposition-to-offshore-drilling">Statement of Opposition to Offshore Drilling</a></td><td>Joint Resolution Passed - House

(43 - 25)</td><td>Did Not Vote</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h4>About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes</h4>

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