20 Facts About Curt Pringle

Curtis L "Curt" Pringle was born on June 27,1959 and is an American politician from the US state of California.

Curt Pringle is the most recent Republican to have served as the Speaker of the California State Assembly.

Curt Pringle then earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in public administration from California State University, Long Beach.

In 1986, after three unsuccessful runs for a seat on the Garden Grove City Council, Curt Pringle was elected to the Orange County Republican Central Committee, which is the controlling organ of the Orange County Republican Party.

Curt Pringle served as vice-chair of the Orange County Republican Central Committee.

Curt Pringle took office as a state assemblyman in December 1988 at the age of 29.

Curt Pringle won re-election in 1994 and 1996 and left the Assembly, due to term limits in 1998.

Curt Pringle worked his way up the Republican hierarchy in the Assembly.

Curt Pringle served in that capacity for most of 1995, when the Assembly operated under a power sharing agreement with a split house.

Later in 1995, Curt Pringle was elected the Assembly Republican Leader and became the Majority Leader of the Assembly, before being elected Speaker in January 1996.

Mark Richard Denny, an aide to Curt Pringle, admitted that he illegally circulated election nominating petitions for Campbell in order to split the Democratic vote.

Willie Brown stated that Curt Pringle was the last state Assembly Speaker to wield broad power in the office, since rule changes immediately after Curt Pringle's tenure transferred much of the Speaker's authority to committee chairmen.

In 2002, Curt Pringle re-entered electoral politics with his campaign for mayor of Anaheim, California, the tenth-most populous city in the state.

Curt Pringle was a member of the Orange County Transportation Authority's board of directors.

Curt Pringle raised nearly half a million dollars for his re-election bid, as opposed to his nominal opponent, William Fitzgerald, who raised very little.

Curt Pringle serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

Curt Pringle was appointed in 1998 by Governor Pete Wilson to the Orange County Fair Board, where he served for four years.

Curt Pringle was appointed in 2007 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Public Employees Post Employment Benefits Commission and to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, serving four and a half years, including two years as chairman of the Authority before resigning.

Curt Pringle served from 2010 until 2015 as chairman of the Orange County Taxpayers Association.

Curt Pringle has been married to his wife Alexis since 1984, with whom he has two children.