Read the bio below and try to give details on shirley horton 's: - profession - preceded - party - spouse - office - district - state assembly - term end - term start - succeeded - name - birth date - nationality - alma mater Bio: shirley horton -lrb- born c. 1952 -rrb- is a u.s. politician , having served as a republican member of the california state assembly . horton represented the 78th assembly district , which includes southern san diego , chula vista , lemon grove and spring valley . she won election to her office in 2002 and was reelected in 2004 and 2006 . she was previously chula vista 's first asian american mayor . horton was born in japan , while her father was in the us navy , but grew up in south san diego county , california . she attended robert e. lee elementary school in paradise hills , o'farrell junior high school , and bonita vista high school . she received her bachelor 's degree major in accounting from san diego state university in 1976 . she ran her own property management business until elected to the california state assembly . horton began her career in politics as a member of the chula vista planning commission . in 1994 , she was elected mayor of chula vista , then re-elected in 1998 with 72 % of the vote . after serving two terms as mayor of chula vista , 1994 -- 2000 , horton was elected in 2002 to the california assembly . in 2004 , the 78th assembly district was the number 1 targeted seat for both the democratic and republican parties . horton was re-elected to the california state assembly after barely beating her democratic opponent , patty davis . in august 2006 , horton was the only republican to vote for the landmark global warming legislation , ab 32 , the california global warming solutions act of 2006 . in november 2006 , assemblywoman shirley horton was reelected to her third term in office . horton did not run for reelection in 2008 due to term limits . she was succeeded in the california state assembly by democrat marty block . in january 2009 , horton was named president of the san diego downtown partnership , a business and civic advocacy organization .
- profession is politician , property management- preceded is howard wayne tim nader- party is republican- spouse is luther horton- office is mayor of chula vista- district is 78th- state assembly is california- term end is 2009 2000- term start is 2000 1994- succeeded is marty block- name is shirley horton- birth date is 1953- nationality is american- alma mater is san diego state university