James Franklin Battin (born July 28, 1962 in Billings, Montana) is a former California State Senator for District 37, which includes much of Riverside County in the inland part of Southern California. Prior to serving in the State Senate, Battin served in the California State Assembly from 1994 until 2000. Battin was term limited from the Senate in 2008. He has filed to run for Lieutenant Governor in 2010.
Battin was born and raised in Billings, ...
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James Franklin Battin (born July 28, 1962 in Billings, Montana) is a former California State Senator for District 37, which includes much of Riverside County in the inland part of Southern California. Prior to serving in the State Senate, Battin served in the California State Assembly from 1994 until 2000. Battin was term limited from the Senate in 2008. He has filed to run for Lieutenant Governor in 2010.
Battin was born and raised in Billings, Montana. He gained appreciation and respect for nature and the wilderness during his childhood in Montana. Throughout his youth, Jim was an avid sportsman - backpacking, fishing and hunting regularly.
Battin is the son of five-term Congressman and then U.S. District Court Judge James F. Battin. Battin spent some of the early years of his life in Washington, D.C. where he was introduced to politics at a very young age. Battin often played in then-Congressman Gerald Ford's backyard, and Battin knew Bob Dole as one of his father's congressional...
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