Danny Gilmore was the only Republican to win a previously Democratic-held seat in the entire state Legislature in 2008.
His reward: he's been placed in the "doghouse."
Gilmore, R-Bakersfield, has landed in the 391-square foot office in the Capitol usually reserved for those at odds with the Assembly speaker. (Hat tip: CMR)
While Democrats picked up four GOP-held seats last November, Gilmore blunted Republican losses by winning the seat of termed-out Democratic Assemblywoman Nicole Parra.
Gilmore won 50.8 percent of the vote, besting Fran Florez, a Shafter City Council member, by roughly 1,300 votes. Florez has said she will run again in 2010, in what's expected to be one of the state's top races.
The Bakersfield Californian reports Gilmore not only is in the "doghouse," but he's been denied a district office in the city of Bakersfield.
Assembly Administrator Jon Waldie said it was because of money.
"(Gilmore) made a decision to take the primary district office and move it to Hanford, that obviously costs some money," Waldie said. "She'll certainly consider re-establishing the Bakersfield office as the economy brightens.""We're not going to stand for that," Gilmore said, promising to make a new request.
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