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Capitol: 916.319.2075
FAX: 916.319.2175
District: 858.566.7538
District FAX: 760.480.7516
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Assemblyman
Suite 6140 State Capitol 1021 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
District Office:
9820 Willow Creek Road
San Diego, CA 92131
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| Elected: 2012 Next Election: 2024 | | Spouse: Steven (Steve) Waldron DOB: 3/28/1977 |
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BioMarie Waldron has been actively involved in her North San Diego and Southwest Riverside region for two decades. As a local business owner for 25 years, she understands the economic impacts of burdensome government regulations on taxpayers and small businesses.
Elected to the California State Assembly in 2012, Marie Waldron serves as Assembly Republican Leader. She is known as a strong advocate for patient access to health care, opioid/substance use and mental health treatment. She is a member of the Mental Health caucus, the Prevention Support Team of Mental Health Systems-North Inland Community Prevention Program, and has served on the Assembly Health Committee, the Select Committee on Health Care Delivery & Universal Coverage, and the Select Committee on Infectious Disease in High Risk Communities.
She is currently serving on the Stanford 5 Year Initiative on Neuroscience, a working group to foster communication between policymakers and researchers regarding mental health, addiction and opioid drugs. Marie is a former member of the San Diego County Opioid Task Force, and has been honored as "Legislator of the Year" from both the CA Life Sciences Association and the California Chronic Care Coalition.
Prior to her election to the Assembly, Waldron served for 14 years on the Escondido City Council fighting for public safety, budget stability and neighborhood revitalization. Waldron served as Escondido's Deputy Mayor, on the Board of Directors for the North County Transit District, the city's representative to the League of California Cities, the Regional Solid Waste Association Board, and Escondido's Investment subcommittee.
Marie has owned and operated Waldron Enterprises LLC, Top End Tees Screen-printing and Apparel in Escondido for over 25 years. She has also been a member of the Escondido Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Business Association and many other groups. She served four years as Honorary Chairman of the California Business Advisory Council, which advocated on behalf of California's small businesses to Congress.
Active in the San Diego region, Waldron is a founding member of the San Diego chapter of CWLA (California Women's Leadership Association), and is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Previously, Marie worked her way up to Operations Manager for NBC Sports in New York, handled commercial operations for Times Mirror Cable TV in San Diego and worked with New York Mets Promotions department and holds a degree from St. John's University and has done graduate work at UCSD and SDSU.
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