Public Service Career
In 2001, Nakanishi was elected to the Lodi City Council, in the Central Valley County of San Joaquin.
In 2000, he ran unsuccessfully for the California State Senate and remained on the Lodi City Council.
In 2001, he was selected Mayor of Lodi by his fellow Council members.
In 2002, he was elected to the California State Assembly. Nakanishi was the first Republican Co-Chair of the Asian-Pacific Islander Joint Legislative Caucus (2005–2008), as well as a member of the Rural Caucus and the Legislative Sporting Caucus.
In 2010, he was elected again to the Lodi City Council..
In 2012, he was selected again to serve as Mayor of Lodi by his fellow Council members.
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