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<div>bs</div><div>Supervisor John J. Benoit represents the eastern two-thirds of Riverside County on the Board of Supervisors.  Incorporating nearly 5,000 square miles, the 4th District stretches from Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs, south to the Salton Sea and east to Blythe and the Colorado River. John has a life story of exceptional service to the public.  John is a veteran of 31 years in law enforcement, starting with the Corona Police Department.  He attended the FBI National Academy and served as a volunteer fire captain with the Sunset-Whitney Fire Department.  His 29 years with the California Highway Patrol took him up and down the state, working patrols in Los Angeles, in Sacramento and in Bakersfield.  In 1988, he made the Coachella Valley his home when he was promoted to commander of the California Highway Patrol’s Indio Station. Long active in community service organizations as past president of both the United Way of the Desert and Indio Rotary, John served on the Desert Sands School Board.  Having retired from the Highway Patrol in 2001 and driven to make a positive impact and serve his community, he ran for the State Assembly in 2002.  John served three full terms in the California State Assembly, representing the 64th District from 2002-08 and then representing the 37th District in the California State Senate in 2008-09. As a state lawmaker, John was successful in having 40 pieces of legislation signed into law, including the landmark “Aryanna’s Law” to protect children in daycare centers.  He was known for his ability to reach across the aisle to improve public safety, transportation and education.  He was awarded Legislator of the Year honors by the California School Boards Association, the School Transportation Coalition, the California Narcotics Officers’ Association and the Chief Probation Officers of California. Following the death of his friend and mentor, Supervisor Roy Wilson, John was appointed to the Board of Supervisors in 2009.  He was re-elected to a second four-year term on June 3, 2014. A graduate of Riverside’s Notre Dame High School and Riverside City College, John holds a bachelor’s of science degree in public safety at Cal State Los Angeles and a master's degree in public administration at Cal State San Bernardino.  Having participated in language immersion programs in Mexico and Costa Rica, his bilingual skills are invaluable to his work in Riverside County’s largest and most diverse district. John and his wife, Sheryl, married in 1978.  They are committed parishioners of Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.  They have a daughter, Sarah, and son, Benjamin, and a beautiful granddaughter, Abrielle Benoit.
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</div><div></div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 22.4px;">John Joseph Benoit (born December 27, 1951)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[1]</a> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republican</a> member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_County,California" title="Riverside County, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Riverside County</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_supervisors" title="Board of supervisors" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Board of Supervisors</a>, who took office on December 1, 2009.A resident of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Dunes,California" title="Bermuda Dunes, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bermuda Dunes</a>, his prior political experience includes election to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Sands_Unified_School_District" title="Desert Sands Unified School District" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Desert Sands Unified School District</a> Board of Education, service as a member of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State Assembly</a>, representing the 64th Assembly District, covering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverside County" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Riverside County</a>, from December 2, 2002 to November 30, 2008, and service as a<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State Senator</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_37th_State_Senate_district" title="California's 37th State Senate district" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">37th district</a> from December 1, 2008 until November 30, 2009, when he resigned to become a Supervisor.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]
<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#Personal_life_and_career_background" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1Personal life and career background</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#Family" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2Family</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#State_Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3State Senate</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#Rankings.2C_awards_and_recognition" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4Rankings, awards and recognition</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#Elections" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">7External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Personal life and career background[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life and career background" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kankakee,Illinois" title="Kankakee, Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kankakee, Illinois</a>, Benoit graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_High_School(Riverside,California)" title="Notre Dame High School (Riverside, California)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Notre Dame High School</a> in Riverside and went on to earn an A.A. degree at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Community_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverside Community College" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Riverside Community College</a> in 1974.In 1978, he earned a B.S. degree from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,Los_Angeles" title="California State University, Los Angeles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State University, Los Angeles</a> and then earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Master of Public Administration</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,San_Bernardino" title="California State University, San Bernardino" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State University, San Bernardino</a> in 1993. In 1986, he graduated from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Academy" title="FBI Academy" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">FBI National Academy</a>.Benoit's law enforcement career spanned 31 years including two with the Corona Police Department and twenty-nine with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Highway_Patrol" title="California Highway Patrol" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California Highway Patrol</a>. His CHP career included assignments in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles basin" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Los Angeles basin</a> (patrol, motor officer), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,California" title="Sacramento, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Sacramento</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield,California" title="Bakersfield, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bakersfield</a>, and finally <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indio,California" title="Indio, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Indio</a>, where he was Area Commander from 1988 until his retirement in 2001. He also served as a Volunteer Fire Captain with the Sunset-Whitney Fire Department in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placer_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Placer County" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Placer County</a> from 1982 to 1984.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]Benoit was elected and served as a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Sands_Unified_School_District" title="Desert Sands Unified School District" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Desert Sands Unified School Board</a> from 1999 to 2002. He has also served as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Way_of_America" title="United Way of America" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United Way</a> Board member since 1989, serving two terms each as president and general campaign chairperson. He is a past-president of the Indio Rotary, and a parishioner of Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Family[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Family" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Benoit married his wife, Sheryl, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Crescenta-Montrose,California" title="La Crescenta-Montrose, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">La Crescenta</a> in 1978. She is an Executive Assistant with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Sands_Unified_School_District" title="Desert Sands Unified School District" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Desert Sands Unified School District</a>; they have two children.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">State Senate[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: State Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Benoit, a retired California Highway Patrol Commander, was the first Senator with a full-time law enforcement background since former Riverside County Undersheriff Robert Presley, who retired in 1994. Benoit introduced legislation to create criminal penalties for smuggling or possessing cell phones in State prison facilities. He introduced RJ's Law, a proposal to randomly drug test welfare recipients.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">citation needed</a>]<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Rankings, awards and recognition[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Rankings, awards and recognition" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>As a result of his efforts to improve education, Benoit was named 2003 Outstanding Legislator of the Year by the California School Boards Association. He has received a 100% legislative vote rating by the California Chamber of Commerce (2005), California Taxpayers Association (2004), California Farm Bureau Federation (2006), and California Manufacturers and Technology Association (2005).[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">citation needed</a>] In 2007, he was named Legislator of the Year by the California Rifle & Pistol Association and by the California Narcotics Officers' Association.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">citation needed</a>]<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Elections[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Benoit was first elected to the State Assembly in 2002, with 63% of the vote, defeating Democrat Robert Melsh. He was re-elected in 2004 with 61%, again defeating Melsh. 2006 marked Benoit's final election, due to term limits, to the State Assembly, defeating Democrat Paul Rasso with 60% of the vote.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] On June 3, 2008, Assemblyman Benoit defeated former Assemblymember Russ Bogh by over twenty-four percentage points, to capture the Republican nomination for the 37th State Senate District. He won election to the State Senate on November 4, 2008, defeating Democratic candidate Arthur Bravo Guerrero, 55%-45%.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">References[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J.Benoit#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }U.S. Public Records Index, Vols 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.</li></ol></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">External links[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_J.Benoit&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: External links" style="text-decoration: none; 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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Pacheco" title="Rod Pacheco" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Rod Pacheco</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 274.975px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State Assemblyman</a>, 64th District
December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008</td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 203.775px;">Succeeded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Nestande" title="Brian Nestande" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Brian Nestande</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3" style="border-width: 5px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(170, 170, 170) rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California Senate</a></th></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 204.575px;">Preceded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Battin" title="Jim Battin" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jim Battin</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 274.975px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State Senator</a>, 37th District
December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2009</td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 203.775px;">Succeeded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Emmerson" title="Bill Emmerson" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bill Emmerson</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Categories</a>: <ul style="list-style: none none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: none; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1951_births" title="Category:1951 births" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1951 births</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Living_people" title="Category:Living people" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Living people</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:California_State_Senators" title="Category:California State Senators" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State Senators</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Members_of_the_California_State_Assembly" title="Category:Members of the California State Assembly" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Members of the California State Assembly</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Riverside,California" title="Category:People from Riverside, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">People from Riverside, California</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Government_in_Riverside_County,California" title="Category:Government in Riverside County, California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Government in Riverside County, California</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:California_State_University,Los_Angeles_alumni" title="Category:California State University, Los Angeles alumni" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State University, Los Angeles alumni</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:California_Republicans" title="Category:California Republicans" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California Republicans</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div>==</div></div></div></div>