Senator Ray Haynes was elected to the California Legislature in 1992, and served as a state assemblyman from 1992-94 and 2002-06, as well as a state senator from 1994-2002. Mr. Haynes left the Legislature as a result of California’s term limits law in 2006, and opened a private law and government relations practice with an emphasis in environmental issues.
During Senator Haynes time in the Legislature, Senator Haynes was the Senate Republican Whip from 1996-2002, where he was responsible for the preparation of analysis for the over 4000 bills that are introduced in the California Legislature each year. Haynes was also responsible for the Senate Republican floor operation, organizing floor speeches, Republican amendments to legislation, and vote counting on behalf of Senate Republicans. Mr. Haynes was also the Assistant Republican Leader in the Assembly from 2003-06, where he was responsible for Assembly floor operation and parliamentary procedure for the Republicans in the Assembly. In addition to his duties as the Republican Whip, Senator Haynes was Chairman of the Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee (one of the two Republicans to serve as chair of the over 20 committees in the Senate), Vice Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Vice Chair of the Senate Education Committee, Vice Chair of the Senate Public Employees and Retirement Committee, Vice Chair of the Assembly Human Services Committee, and he served on the Senate Budget and Judiciary Committees, as well as the Assembly Budget, Appropriations, Judiciary and Health Committees.
While he was in the Legislature, Senator Haynes was selected to be the Chair of the California Delegation to the American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization of more than 3000 state legislators nationwide. Mr. Haynes was the Chair of ALEC’s 1996 convention, and, as a result of his service, he was elected to the ALEC Board of Directors in 1996. Senator Haynes was ultimately elected the National Chairman of ALEC in 2000, and won the Legislator of the Year award from ALEC in 1996, the National Chairman’s award in 2001, and the Pioneer Award in 2006. Senator Haynes also received Legislator of the Year awards from the California Psychological Association, the Outdoor Highway Vehicle organization, the California Rifle and Pistol Association, the California Republican Assembly, and a number of other organizations as a result of his service in the Legislature.
Since his time in the Legislature, Senator Haynes has served as the Vice President and General Counsel to Omstar Environmental Products. He is currently a Key Spokesman for National Popular Vote and its sister organization, Support Popular Vote, along with former US Senator Fred Thompson and former Governor Jim Edgar of Illinois, helping those organizations in their state based initiative to change the way the United States elects its President. This project has Haynes visiting over 25 state legislatures in the last 3 years, discussing presidential electoral politics and other policy issues. He is currently practicing law and providing government relations services to a variety of clients in California.
Prior to his service in the Legislature, Senator Haynes community activities included service on the board of the Riverside Youth Service Center, an organization dedicated to helping the troubled youth of the City of Riverside, the board of the Riverside County American Red Cross, and Chair of the Moreno Valley Community Assistance Program, which provided food and clothing to those in need in the City of Moreno Valley in Riverside County. He also served on the Planning Commission of the City of Moreno Valley. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California Lutheran College in 1976, his Master's in Public Administration from Eastern Kentucky in 1981, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California in 1980. Senator Haynes was admitted to the practice of law in California in 1980. Senator Haynes has three children, Jennifer Salwender and Caitlin and Sarah Haynes, and two grandchildren, Joshua and Annika Salwender, and lives in California
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