First stint in Assembly

Umberg was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1990, defeating incumbent Republican Curt Pringle. Umberg was re-elected in 1992. While in the Assembly he served as Chairman of the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. Instead of seeking a third term in 1994, Umberg ran for Attorney General of California but lost to Republican Dan Lungren in the general election.^{[citation needed]}

Clinton Administration

Umberg then joined the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP in 1995 as a partner. He was the Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster's Orange County Office from 2003 until 2005. During the 1996 presidential election, he served as the chairman of the Clinton re-election campaign in California. Clinton appointed Umberg as the Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Second stint in Assembly

In 2000, Umberg left the Clinton administration and returned to California. In 2002, he lost the Democratic Party nomination for State Insurance Commissioner to John Garamendi. In 2004, Umberg won election to the Assembly to represent the 69th District. During his third term, Umberg chaired the Elections and Redistriciting Committee. While in the legislature, Umberg authored over 60 measures which became law. These laws include measures dealing with hate crimes, white collar crime, campaign finance reform, high-speed rail transport and school meal programs.^{[citation needed]}

2006 Senate campaign

Umberg sought the seat of retiring State Senator Joe Dunn (D) in the 2006 elections. Orange County Supervisor and former Assemblyman Lou Correa jumped in the race in January 2006 despite pressure from the local Democratic party for him to stay out (although with pressure from the state Democratic party for him to jump in), stating that he was running in part because of the allegations about Umberg's residency. Aside from other negative articles,^[1] Umberg also received criticism that he voted to legalize gay marriage.^[2] Umberg attempted to get Correa off the ballot because Correa submitted more than the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot, but ultimately failed.^[3] Umberg also claimed that an alliance between Correa and State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata to funnel funds to Correa's campaign was illegal.^[4] Umberg was defeated by Correa by a 60% to 40% margin, and Correa went on to narrowly win the general election.

Orange County Supervisorial campaign

After Correa won the general election for the state Senate by a 1% margin, Umberg entered the race to replace Correa on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, representing the 1st Supervisorial District. 52% of 1st Supervisorial District voters are also voters in the 69th Assembly District, formerly represented by Umberg. 73% of 1st Supervisorial District voters are also 34th Senate District voters, so Umberg was believed to be the favorite. On 6 February 2007, Umberg received 21.4%, coming in third, far less than he had been expected to poll.^[5] The winner was Garden Grove City councilwoman Janet Nguyen.

Electoral history

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• 2007 Orange County Board of Supervisors, 1st District
  • Janet Nguyen (R), 10,919 - 24.1%
  • Trung Nguyen (R), 10,912 - 24.1%
  • Tom Umberg (D), 9,725 - 21.4%
  • Carlos Bustamante (R), 7,460 - 16.5%
• 2006 Democratic Primary Election for State Senate, 34th District
  • Lou Correa (D), 17,409 - 59.8%
  • Tom Umberg (D), 11,731 - 40.2%
• 2004 General Election for State Assembly, 69th District
  • Tom Umberg (D), 38,516 - 61.4%
  • Otto Bade (R), 19,811 - 31.5%
  • George Reis (L), 4,470 - 7.1%
• 2004 Democratic Primary Election for State Assembly, 69th District
  • Tom Umberg (D), 8,498 - 51.2%
  • Claudia Alvarez (D), 8,122 - 48.8%
• 2002 Democratic Primary Election for Insurance Commissioner
  • John Garamendi (D), 800,146 - 38.6%
  • Tom Umberg (D), 586,112 - 28.3%
  • Thomas M. Calderon (D), 476,234 - 22.9%
  • Bill Winslow (D), 213,239 - 10.2%
• 1994 General Election for Attorney General
  • Dan Lungren (R), 4,438,733 - 53.9%
  • Tom Umberg (D), 3,256,070 - 39.5%
  • Richard N. Burns (L) - 274,335 - 3.3%
  • Robert J. Evans (P&F) 271,459 - 3.3%
• 1994 Democratic Primary Election for Attorney General
  • Tom Umberg (D), 1,715,098 - 100.0%
• 1992 General Election for State Assembly, 69th District
  • Tom Umberg (D), 32,700 - 60.0%
  • Jo Ellen Allen (R), 18,560 - 34.1%
  • David R. Keller (L), 3,217 - 5.9%
• 1992 Democratic Primary Election for State Assembly, 69th District
  • Tom Umberg (D), 9,637 - 100.0%
• 1990 General Election for State Assembly, 72nd District
  • Tom Umberg (D), 25,247 - 51.9%
  • Curt Pringle (R), 23,411 - 48.1%