Roger Niello

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Roger Niello
Image of Roger Niello
California State Senate District 6
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
California State Assembly District 5

Compensation

Base salary

$128,215/year

Per diem

$214/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Berkeley, 1970

Graduate

University of California, Los Angeles, 1971

Personal
Profession
Certified Public Accountant
Contact

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Roger Niello (Republican Party) is a member of the California State Senate, representing District 6. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026.

Niello (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 6. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Roger Niello grew up in Sacramento, California, and lives in Fair Oaks, California. Niello graduated from Encina High School. He earned a B.S. in accounting and information systems from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 and his M.S. in accounting and information systems from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1971. His career experience includes working as a certified public accountant and as CFO, president, and general manager for the family business, Niello Auto Group. He also served as the president and CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. Niello was elected to serve on the Sacramento County board of supervisors in 1999.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Niello was assigned to the following committees:

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Niello was a member of the following committees:

Issues

Niello did not provide answers to the California State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test informs voters how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.[3]

Ballot titles

In 2009, Niello introduced California Assembly Bill 319. AB 319 proposed to transfer responsibility for writing the ballot titles of statewide California propositions from the California Attorney General's office to the office of the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). AB 319 would have also made the LAO come up with the fiscal estimates for statewide ballot propositions, rather than the current system under which the fiscal estimate is compiled jointly by the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee along with an estimate by the LAO.[4]

"Sacramento Six"

Assemblyman Niello, along with five other Republicans in the California State Legislature voted for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's solution to the state's $41 billion dollar funding gap. The six Republicans became known as the Sacramento Six.[5]

Niello's other sponsored legislation includes:

  • AB 757 - Income taxes: education savings account
  • AB 848 - Small Business Procurement and Contract Act
  • AB 1133 - Gifts for voting

For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.

Elections

2022

See also: California State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Senate District 6

Roger Niello defeated Paula Marie Villescaz in the general election for California State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Roger Niello
Roger Niello (R)
 
55.7
 
202,569
Image of Paula Marie Villescaz
Paula Marie Villescaz (D)
 
44.3
 
160,846

Total votes: 363,415
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 6

Paula Marie Villescaz and Roger Niello defeated Michael Huang in the primary for California State Senate District 6 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paula Marie Villescaz
Paula Marie Villescaz (D)
 
43.1
 
105,719
Image of Roger Niello
Roger Niello (R)
 
42.8
 
104,883
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Michael Huang (R)
 
14.1
 
34,604

Total votes: 245,206
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

2010

Niello was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 due to the term limits of the California State Assembly.

2008

In 2008, Niello was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 5. Niello (R) finished with 101,888 votes and was followed by Dan Leahy (D) with 71,733 votes and Karen Martinez (L) with 13,790 votes. Niello raised $850,464 for her campaign fund.

California State Assembly District 5
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Roger Niello (R) 101,888
Dan Leahy (D) 71,733
Karen Martinez (L) 13,790

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary


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Roger Niello campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022California State Senate District 6Won general$1,079,388 $950,499
Grand total$1,079,388 $950,499
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Legislative scorecard

Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.[6][7]

On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Niello ranked as an 11.[8]

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Pan (D)
California State Senate District 6
2022-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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California State Assembly District 5
2004-2010
Succeeded by
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