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”’Fran Florez”’ (born in [[Bakersfield, CA]]) is an [[United States|American]] politician and a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] party from [[California]]. She is also the mother of Democratic state sen. [[Dean Florez]], who has represented the area (which includes [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]], [[Tulare County, California|Tulare]], [[Kern County, California|Kern]] and [[Kings County, California|Kings]] counties) in the legislature since 1998.

Fran Florez, a past member and president of the [[Shafter, California|Shafter]] Chamber of Commerce, won election to the [[Shafter, California|Shafter]] city council in 1996. She has served on the council since and currently serves as mayor. Since 2002 she has also been a member of the California High Speed Rail Authority, serving as chairman in 2005. She is currently running for the 30th district in the [[California State Assembly]]. The district’s incumbent, Democrat [[Nicole Parra]], has been feuding with [[Dean Florez]] for years and subsequently endorsed Fran Florez’ Republican opponent, former assistant CHP chief Danny Gilmore.<ref name=’joincalifornia’>{{cite web | last = Vassar | first = Alex | coauthors = Shane Meyers | title = Fran Florez, Democratic | work = JoinCalifornia.com | date = 2007 | url = http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/13194 | accessdate = 2007-01-25}}</ref>

==References==

1.^ Vassar, Alex; Shane Meyers (2007). ‘Fran Florez, Democratic’. JoinCalifornia.com. Retrieved on September 27, 2008

==External Links==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Parra