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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Curt Pringle |
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Anaheim, California , United States |
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June 27, 1959
(65 years)
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| Contributor | Barack O-blame-a |
| Last Modifed | Barack O-blame-a
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| Info | Curt Pringle was elected to serve as Anaheim's Mayor in November of 2002.
Pringle brings an immense amount of civic knowledge to the City Council, having served in the California State Assembly from 1988-1990 and again from 1992-1998. The independent magazine, California Journal rated Pringle as the "Best Problem Solver" and as the "Most Influential Member" of the California State Assembly. In January 1996, in what was hailed by the Associated Press as "a victory for stability over chaos," Pringle was elected Speaker of the California State Assembly and presided until November 1996.
During his tenure in the State Assembly, Pringle served as the Republican Leader, Republican Caucus Chair, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, chairman of the Rules Committee and vice chairman of the Budget Committee. He also served on the Insurance, Governmental Organization, Banking, Local Government and Joint Legislative Budget Review Committees. Additionally, he served as a budget conferee in 1995, where he authored the 1995-1996 California State Budget.
Pringle was a key architect of California's historic, bipartisan welfare reform plan in 1997, and in 1996 he authored successful legislation to provide California businesses with a five-percent tax cut.
In 1998, Pringle was the Republican nominee for the office of California State Treasurer in the General Election. He also served as an appointee of the Senate Majority Leader to the National Conference on Retirement Savings and served a four-year term as a member of the Orange County Fair Board. Additionally, Curt Pringle serves on the Board of Directors of Leadership Traq, a leadership development program founded in Cypress, California in 2000, and as a board member of the Orange County Lincoln Club.
Pringle has been active in his community, serving on a variety of city boards and commissions. He is a former president of the North Orange County Cancer League, has been president of the Orange County Chapter of the National Eagle Scout Association and vice president of the Republican Small Business Association of Orange County. Pringle also was a member of the California Film Commission from 1996-1999.
Pringle has served on the Orange County Republican Central Committee and the California Republican Central Committee for over a decade. In 1996, he was a California Delegate to the Republican National Convention.
In addition to his civic duties, Pringle runs Curt Pringle & Associates, LLC, a public relations, governmental affairs and consulting firm in Irvine, California. Pringle also serves as a visiting faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, in the Political Science Department, where he teaches California Government.
He is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a master's degree in Public Administration. A 34-year resident of the Anaheim/Garden Grove area, Pringle and his wife, Alexis, have two children, Katie, age 13 and Kyle, age 16.
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