Grade the Public Official: Assemblywoman Beth Gaines

Beth Gaines serves as Assemblywoman in the 4th Assembly District, which serves Roseville. She is running for re-election in the new district that will cover Roseville, the 6th Assembly District, which will also include Folsom and Fair Oaks.

Gaines has been in the news recently following a complaint filed against her in which candidate Andy Pugno filed suit over Gaines' "small business owner" designation, according to The Sacramento Bee. A judge rejected the challenge because Gaines formed a Roseville insurance company with her husband Senator Ted Gaines recently, The Bee reports.

She was also in the news recently on a more positive note, for honoring Robyn Raphael as the 4th District Woman of the Year.

She was also topic of conversation in a recent blog post where Roseville Patch blogger .

"We need to know if Gaines is doing us any substantial good while she holds down her Assembly seat at our expense," .

Gaines was elected in 2011 and is running against Pugno and Reginald Bronner for the 6th Assembly District in the June 2012 election.

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