Dennis Hollingsworth

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Dennis Clark Hollingsworth (born January 12, 1967 in Hemet, California) is a Republican politician from the state of California, currently serving in the California State Senate, representing District 36, northwest San Diego County and southwest Riverside County. He serves as the Senate's Assistant Republican Leader.

Hollingsworth attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Cornell University where he studied Dairy Science, Agricultural Management and International Relations. He was a business owner and Legislative Director for the Riverside County Farm Bureau prior to his election to the State Legislature. Hollingsworth is an avid hunter and past state chairman of Quail Unlimited.

Hollingsworth was elected to the California State Assembly in 2000 and the State Senate in 2002.

In 2006, he authored a resolution to replace the statue of Thomas Starr King, a Unitarian minister who worked to keep California in the Union during the American Civil War, with one of Ronald Reagan in Statuary Hall. One of his reasons was that he had never heard of King, and felt that someone more widely known should represent California. Hollingsworth also believed that the King statue would serve a better educational purpose being placed in the state capital. The bill passed on August 31, 2006.

Hollingsworth lives in Murrieta with his wife, Natalie, and two sons.

[edit] External links

• Official Senate web site
• Campaign web site

Political offices
Preceded by Bruce Thompson	California State Assemblyman, 66th District 2000-2002	Succeeded by Ray Haynes
Preceded by Ray Haynes	California State Senator, 36th District 2002-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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