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Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He previously served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1999 to 2007, serving under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Cruz M. Bustamante is a Democrat who became the first Latino to hold a statewide office in California in over 100 years when he was elected lieutenant governor in 1998. Prior to that position, Bustamante served as a California assemblyman and he was the first Latino speaker of the state assembly.
Jul 28, 2023 · The most recent was Cruz Bustamante, who offered himself up as a replacement for Davis in the 2003 recall and failed miserably, garnering only 31% of the vote as the only significant Democrat on the ballot.
May 25, 2021 · Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Gavin Newsom's allies have been using the story of Cruz Bustamante to discourage Democrats from running for governor. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The odds of Governor Gavin...
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Aug 4, 2021 · California law should be changed to require the lieutenant governor to serve if a recall is successful. It would stop gubernatorial recall abuse, focus both political parties on winning general elections and avoid many of the $215 million in costs for this exercise in democracy.
Aug 30, 2003 · SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. — The towns where Cruz Bustamante grew up were little more than rest stops on two-lane roads that crisscrossed vast tracts of farmland and disappeared into the heat. Here, in...
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Apr 26, 2021 · Three years later, Bustamante — who was still lieutenant governor — ran for state insurance commissioner, losing to a novice Republican, Steve Poizner. That made him the last incumbent Democrat to lose a statewide election. So if Bustamante had it to do over again, would he make the same choice?
