| Marc Levine | |
| State Assembly: | California |
| District: | 10th |
| Term Start: | December 3, 2012 |
| Term End: | November 30, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Alyson Huber |
| Successor: | Damon Connolly |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Wendy |
| Children: | 2 |
Marc Levine (born April 26, 1974) is an American politician, who served in the California State Assembly representing the 10th district between 2012 and 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Levine is the former chairman of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. A former member of the San Rafael City Council, Levine previously worked as a technology entrepreneur.
Levine was a candidate for California Insurance Commissioner in the 2022 election.[1]
Marc Levine was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor's degree and went on to Naval Postgraduate School to earn his master's degree.
Before elected office, Levine worked as a senior product manager for Benetech, a social enterprise technology company, executive director of a web site promoting tsunami relief, and a business development strategy manager for a software company.[2]
Marc Levine ran unsuccessfully in the June 2021 Democratic Statewide Primary for California State Insurance Commissioner gaining 18% of the votes (1,208,645 votes) losing to the incumbent Ricardo Lara with 35.9% of the votes (2,414,714 votes). Ricardo Lara went on to win reelection in the November 8, 2022 General Election against Republican Candidate Robert Howell.[3]
Levine served on the San Rafael City Council. Levine's election to the California State Assembly in 2012 was an upset. He was outspent five-to-one by a fellow Democrat, state Assemblyman Michael Allen. Levine was reelected in 2014 with 105,636 votes and received more votes than any other member of the State Assembly.[4]
Levine has stated: "Immigrants are welcome and we will do everything we can to help them achieve legal status." In 2015, authored two immigration bills— both of which were signed by Governor Brown.[5]
AB 899 safeguards the privacy of immigrant children by requiring federal immigration officials to obtain a court order before accessing juvenile records.[6] AB 900 helps unaccompanied minor immigrants who are escaping violence and exploitation to receive humanitarian relief through the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status visa process.[7]
In 2014, Levine worked with legislative leaders and Governor Brown to pass legislation providing $3 million in legal aid for undocumented immigrants.[8]
Levine is Jewish.[9] He lives in Marin County with his wife Wendy and their two children.
See also: 2012 California State Assembly election.
See also: 2014 California State Assembly election.
See also: 2016 California State Assembly election.
See also: 2018 California State Assembly election.