February 2009 Speaker:

Nathan Fletcher
(California Assemblyman 75th District)

California Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher represents portions of Escondido, the City of Poway, City of San Diego communities of La Jolla, University City, Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos, and Carmel Valley, and the communities of Fairbanks Ranch, and Rancho Santa Fe. For the 2008-2009 legislative sessions, Assemblyman Fletcher will serve as the Vice Chairman of the Assembly Health Committee. In addition, he will serve on the newly formed Accountability & Administrative Review Committee, the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, and the Housing& Community Development Committee. Assemblyman Fletcher will focus “…on improving and streamlining the way government functions, creating an environment that fosters job growth, and work to tackle the long term problems California faces…”

Capitol Weekly Profile on Nathan Fletcher
California Assembly District 75
Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego
For coastal San Diego County, Nathan Fletcher is a solid mix. A political conservative with a military background that includes service in Iraq... this decorated former U.S. Marine Corps reservist seems a good fit in this GOP stronghold. Fletcher, who served eight months in Iraq in 2004, is a graduate of the US Army Airborne Course and Marine Corps' Mountain Warfare Training Center.
There's more: He's an ironman triathlete... mountain climber and a mountain biker.
But mixed with the military is the political: He served the Republican Party in senior positions, and worked for the International Republican Institute in Asia and the Balkans.
He's also on the short list of the GOP's emerging stars, and he can count on some good career counseling: His wife, Mindy Fletcher, was a deputy campaign manager for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and, before that, served in President Bush's campaign staff and in his administration at the Department of Justice. The couple, members of the Community Bible Church, has one son, Zach.