Autumn Burke
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 62nd district
In office
December 1, 2014 – January 31, 2022
Preceded bySteven Bradford
Succeeded byTina McKinnor
Personal details
Born
Autumn Roxanne Burke

(1973-11-23) November 23, 1973 (age 50)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseColin Bonney (div.)
Children1
RelativesYvonne Brathwaite Burke (mother)
EducationUniversity of Southern California (BA)

Autumn Roxanne Burke[1] (born November 23, 1973) is an American politician who served as a member of the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she represented the California's 62nd State Assembly district, which encompasses portions of the Westside and the South Bay regions of Los Angeles County until she resigned on January 31, 2022.[2]

Career

Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014 to succeed term-limited incumbent Steven Bradford, she was a realtor and business consultant. She is the daughter of former Assemblywoman, Congresswoman and Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke.[3] Her mother was the first member of Congress to give birth (to Autumn) while in office.[4] They appeared together on the March 1974 cover of Ebony magazine.[5]

Her legislative career has included taking on several significant issues, including extension of California's Cap and Trade climate market, building local climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities, wildfire abatement, and expanding and strengthening protections for reproductive health. Additionally, she has realized significant revenue by successfully negotiating the state's implementation of the South Dakota v. Wayfair decision and by authoring the Loophole Closure and Small Business and Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019, which provided tax relief to small businesses and funded expansion of funding to state social safety net programs.[6]

Burke served as the chairwoman of the Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Select Committee on Career Technical Education and Building a 21st Century Workforce.[7] She is also a member of the Committees on Accountability and Administrative Review, Banking and Finance, Health, Utilities and Energy, the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies, and the State Allocation Board.

She was previously vice-chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus and has served as an appointee to the Domestic Violence Advisory Council.[8][9]

On February 1, 2022, Burke announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection in 2022.[10]

2014 California State Assembly

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2014
California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Autumn Burke 14,933 40.9
Republican Ted J. Grose 7,357 20.1
Democratic Gloria Gray 6,083 16.5
Democratic Simona A. Farrise 4,624 12.7
Democratic Paul Kouri 1,091 3.0
Democratic Mike Stevens 939 2.6
No party preference Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik 922 2.5
Democratic Adam M. Plimpton 635 1.7
Total votes 36,549 100.0
General election
Democratic Autumn Burke 54,304 75.9
Republican Ted J. Grose 17,261 24.1
Total votes 71,565 100.0
Democratic hold

2016 California State Assembly

See also: California State Assembly election, 2016
California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2016
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Autumn Burke (incumbent) 67,691 99.9
Libertarian Baron Bruno (write-in) 32 0.0
Republican Marco Antonio "Tony" Leal (write-in) 32 0.0
Total votes 67,755 100.0
General election
Democratic Autumn Burke (incumbent) 123,699 77.2
Republican Marco Antonio "Tony" Leal 27,628 17.2
Libertarian Baron Bruno 8,958 5.6
Total votes 160,285 100.0
Democratic hold

2018 California State Assembly

See also: California State Assembly election, 2018
California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Autumn Burke (incumbent) 53,479 80.8
Republican Al L. Hernandez 12,668 19.2
Total votes 66,147 100.0
General election
Democratic Autumn Burke (incumbent) 123,132 82.9
Republican Al L. Hernandez 25,356 17.1
Total votes 148,488 100.0
Democratic hold

2020 California State Assembly

2020 California's 62nd State Assembly district election
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Autumn Burke (incumbent) 82,532 84.4%
Republican Robert A. Steele 15,273 15.6
Total votes

Source:[11]

References

  1. ^ "JoinCalifornia - Autumn Burke". www.joincalifornia.com. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ @AsmAutumnBurke (February 1, 2022). "Today, I am announcing my resignation as a Member of the CA Legislature" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ https://vimeo.com/281300045
  4. ^ Barone, Michael. "The Almanac of American Politics 1976". New York. EP Dutton & Co, 1975, pg. 100
  5. ^ Ebony Magazine. January 1974.
  6. ^ "Assemblywoman Autumn Burke Unlocks Billions in Tax Revenue". Jun 27, 2019. Retrieved Sep 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Beverly Hills View | Autumn Burke". 23 July 2018.
  8. ^ "CLBC Members Legislative Black Caucus". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Assemblywoman Autumn R. Burke Appointed to California Domestic Violence Advisory Council". Los Angeles Sentinel. 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  10. ^ Autumn Burke
  11. ^ "Statement of vote 2020" (PDF). ca.gov. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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