Brian Setencich

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Brian Setencich (born 1962) served in the California Assembly from 1995 to 1996 and as Speaker of that body from September 14, 1995 to January 4, 1996.

Setencich was a Republican legislator, but when Republicans gained a one-vote majority in 1995, which threatened longtime Democratic Speaker Willie Brown's hold on power, Brown convinced Setencich and another Republican, Doris Allen, to vote with the Democrats. Brown had Allen elected Speaker, but in name only, since Brown continued to lead the legislative body as head of the Democratic caucus. Outraged Republicans had Allen recalled, and shortly before her removal from office, she resigned, and Brown had Setencich elected Speaker, serving in the same capacity as Allen had. In early January 1996, Willie Brown was sworn in as mayor of San Francisco and resigned his seat in the State Assembly, allowing Republicans to take control of the body and elect their leader, Curt Pringle, as speaker.

• Brian Setencich Political History

Preceded by: Doris Allen

Speaker of the California State Assembly September 14, 1995–January 4, 1996

Succeeded by: Curt Pringle

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