Is there is a stinking backroom deal with the Third House and Sen. Alvarado-Gil to prevent another Republican running for Senate District 4?
UPDATE: 9:15pm PST below: Confidential sources inside the State Capitol confirm to the Globe that California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil is leaving the Democrat Party and switching her party affiliation to Republican.
Alvarado-Gil has been a very interesting lawmaker to watch in committees and on the Senate Floor. She’s not been afraid to confront progressives in her party on important issues like education and crime – issues which leave voters in the state questioning how Democrats can be so tone deaf to the state’s failing schools and escalating crime issues.
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In 2023, Senate Bill 832, by Senator Brian Jones (R-San Diego)to help prevent the covert releasing of Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) into communities across the state was supported by Alvarado-Gil.
“Coauthoring SB 832 is a no-brainer—we should not allow repeat offenders charged with violent sexual predatory offenses to be covertly released into a community,” noted Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson). “Many communities in our state, including those living on rural and Indian lands, may not have the adequate police enforcement to ensure the safety of their community from these violent sexual predators. I support State Hospitals acquiring a voice in the best placement for their patients. I applaud Minority Leader Jones’s stance to represent communities that may not have the resources to responsibly home some of the most troubled individuals.”
The other aspect of Alvarado-Gil’s decision to leave the Democrat Party at this point in time is that she’s not doing it right before the filing deadline in 2026, or as Assemblyman Brian Maienschein did when elected to his fourth term and switched party affiliation from Republican to Democrat right after being elected.
California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil was elected in 2022, representing the counties of Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Madera, Merced, Mono, Nevada, and Inyo.
UPDATE:
Moments ago, Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones and California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson released a joint statement welcoming Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil to the Senate Republican Caucus and the California Republican Party as she announced her departure from the Senate Democratic Caucus and her change in party affiliation.
“Since my first day in office, I have put the interests of my constituents first. I was elected to serve the public, not a political ideology,” said Alvarado-Gil. “The status quo under a supermajority Democratic rule in the legislature is simply not working for this state. It is after deep reflection I announce that I will be joining the Senate Republican Caucus and the California Republican Party in their fight to Fix California.”
“Since I’ve served in our State’s Capitol, I’ve had a front-row seat to witness the supermajority push California in the wrong direction, having a grave effect on our once Golden state. The Democratic Party is unrecognizable to what I once knew and lacks the will to fix the problems plaguing this state. I cannot stand by a party that ignores the will of the people and disregards the core American values that my very community supports and believes in.”
“It takes courage to stand up to the supermajority in California and Marie has what it takes,” said Leader Brian Jones. “Her record on tackling crime, protecting communities from sexually violent predators, and prioritizing her constituents speaks for itself. Senate Republicans are committed to addressing the real issues facing communities across the state and look forward to adding an eager spit fire like Marie to the cause.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
If she is honest and moving to the Republican side she will also back repealing heavy taxes on the public like the Democrat backed additional gasoline tax. The same tax Slick stated he would scrape off $6 Billion for bike paths.
There are a whole list of “could have been, wanna be” items she will back as a Republican.
Here is the problem I have. I have not for decades trusted the current control of the CA Republican Party.
It is like the fox telling the hen….sure trust us the new fox will be a Republican.
Most likely this is because the counties that she represents tend to have Republican residents, so yes she may be trying to stop a Republican from being elected in her place. But it may be that her exposure to her constituents has convinced her that conservatives have the right idea.
I don’t know her, but I do know some of her activities outside of her official office. She’s got a good and decent heart and takes time to support her constituents and friends of both sides of the aisle in their time of need. Going WAY out of her way to help. I’ve actually wondered how in the world someone like her could possibly be a Marxist democrat, as the party has left God off their platform, delights in the slaughter of the unborn, refuses to vote to mandate stiffer sentences to child traffickers, enact disgusting legislation that harms children, education, our economy, people in general. However, republicans don’t show up (even Shannon Groves) even to vote against legislation, even if just for a show vote, that would have sent a signal where they stand.
It’s more consistent with her actions to ditch the communist party, aka democrats.
All said, her values seem more to me to be a liberal republican than a democrat. And let’s stop calling them democratic. Nothing democratic about that party.