Roger Dickinson
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Roger Dickinson is a long time Sacramento County supervisor. Dickinson was first elected to the board in a special election in January of 1994. In that election, he defeated then Sacramento City Councilwoman Heather Fargo who is now the Mayor. Dickinson was defeated in the Democratic primary for the State Assembly in 1996 by Deborah Ortiz, a Sacramento City Councilwoman. He also ran for the State Assembly in 2004 and came in 2nd place in the primary losing to Dave Jones but beating Sacramento City Councilwoman Lauren Hammond. Dickinson was a major proponent of the tax measure that would have built a new basketball arena to replace ARCO Arena. Dickinson deeply considered running for Mayor of Sacramento in 2008.
A recipient of a number of awards, Roger has been recognized as Environmentalist of the Year in 1982, received the Clean Air Award in 1991, 1997, and 2003, the Outstanding Performance Award from the Air Force Association in 1995, the Affordable Housing Leadership Award in 1998, the Outstanding Community Leader Award from the Antelope-Highlands Chamber of Commerce in 1999, the "Give `em Hell, Harry" award of the Harry S. Truman Democratic Club in 1999, and the Golden Heart Award from the Association for Enforcement of Child Support in 1999. In 2002, Roger became only the third recipient of the Elizabeth Prebich Award for Distinguished Leadership in County Human Services from the National Association of Counties.
Dickinson lives in the Woodlake neighborhood of Sacramento.
