Barbara Alby

Barbara Alby
California State Board of Equalization Board Member, 2nd District
In office March 10, 2010 – December 31, 2010
Governor	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Preceded by	Bill Leonard
Succeeded by	Sean Wallentine
Personal details
Born	August 9, 1946 Chicago, Illinois
Died	December 9, 2012 (aged 66)[1]
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Dennis Alby
Profession	Politician
Religion	Christian

Barbara Alby (August 9, 1946 – December 9, 2012) was an American politician who lived in Fair Oaks, California^[2] and was a member of the Republican Party.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alby dropped out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison^[3] and went on welfare until her benefits were cut.^[4]

She first sought elective office in 1991, running in a special election for the Sacramento-based 5th district in the California State Assembly. She lost that race to fellow Republican B. T. Collins, onetime Chief of Staff to Democratic former Gov. Jerry Brown, and narrowly lost to him again in the 1992 Republican primary.^[5] After Collins died, Alby won a 1993 special election to succeed him and occupied the Assembly seat until 1998 when term limits forced her from office. That year, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, attempting to succeed veteran Democrat Vic Fazio in the Sacramento-based 3rd district after Fazio retired after redistricting made the district more politically competitive. Alby lost the Republican primary to moderate businessman Doug Ose by 20 points.^[6]

Later, Alby assumed the position of chief deputy to Board of Equalization Member Bill Leonard. She occupied that post until Leonard resigned in March 2010, at which point she became the Acting Board Member for the seat—during the middle of the period for candidates to file paperwork to appear on the ballot to fill the Board seat in the June primary election, so with just days for candidates to qualify to appear on the ballot, Leonard enabled Alby to run as "Acting Board Member" on the ballot.^[7][8]

During the June 2010 primary election, Alby became embroiled in controversy when the Capitol Weekly newspaper revealed that Indian casinos had spent nearly $200,000 on Alby's behalf in the election.^[9][10] Beside Indian casinos, the largest contributors to Alby's campaign were Alby herself, Senator Roy Ashburn, and Bill Leonard, her former boss.^[11]

Alby resigned as acting Board of Equalization member on December 31, 2010 and was succeeded by acting Board Member Sean Wallentine.^[12]

Barbara Alby died of a heart attack the morning of December 9, 2012.

External links

• Barbara Alby for State Senate

References

1. Glover, Mark. "Former Assemblywoman, GOP figure Barbara Alby dead at 66 - Obituaries - The Sacramento Bee". Sacbee.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
2. Women's rights--the fight goes on Retrieved 2016-11-30.
3. "Board of Equalization: Republican candidates". Lodi News-Sentinel. May 25, 2010.
4. Ross Farrow (May 20, 2010). "Candidates for California Board of Equalization address Lodi Republican Women". Lodi News-Sentinel.
5. "Statement of Vote - Primary Election - June 2, 1992" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-08.
6. "Statement of Vote - Primary Election - June 2, 1998" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2009.
7. Torey Van Oot (March 9, 2010). "Leonard tapped as Consumer Services Agency head". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on 2010-03-11.
8. Jon Fleischman (March 9, 2010). "Leonard To Enter Schwarzenegger Administration, Alby Will Become Acting BOE Member (Just In Time For Filing For Office)". FlashReport.
9. Malcolm McLachlan (June 2, 2010). "San Manuel Band-backed IE spends $185,000 for Alby". Capitol Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
10. Chris Emami (June 3, 2010). "Barbara Alby: The Republican Cruz Bustamante". Red County.
11. "CalAccess - Campaign Finance - Alby for Board of Equalization 2010 - Contributors Sorted by Amount". California Secretary of State.
12. "An acting capacity to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Acting Board of Equalization Member Barbara Alby (SBOE-2) following her resignation.". JoinCalifornia Political Archive.