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She is a Republican that represented the 28th District, which encompassed large portions of Riverside County.[1] She previously served in the California State Assembly and on the Lake Elsinore City Council.[2]Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Electoral history[edit]2020 California State Senate[edit]2018 California State Assembly[edit]2016 California State Assembly[edit]2014 California State Assembly[edit]2012 California State Assembly[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Melendez is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. After high school, she enlisted in the United States Navy. She attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, where she learned Russian.[3]While serving in the Navy, Melendez also attended college in the evenings, and received her BA in History and Political Studies from the Chaminade University of Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii.[citation needed]Melendez was one of the first women to fly aboard EP-3 aircraft overseas.[citation needed] She was a Russian language translator for ten years, and was part of flight missions during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.[citation needed]After the Navy, Melendez worked at Chaminade University for two years before deciding to establish her own business.[citation needed] She then formed a transcription company, contracting with the Navy.[3] Melendez earned her MBA from the University of Phoenix in June 2008. In 2008, Melendez was elected to the Lake Elsinore City Council. She served as Mayor Pro Tem as well as Mayor during her four years in local government.[citation needed]After incumbent State Senator Jeff Stone announced his resignation to work as a regional director at the U.S. Department of Labor, a special election was ordered to fill his vacant seat. After advancing in the March 3, 2020, special election, Melendez won the runoff election held on May 12 over the Democratic nominee, Riverside County School Board Trustee Elizabeth Romero and was sworn into the Senate on May 18.[4][5][6]The day after the 2020 United States presidential election, prior to a winner being declared, she claimed that Democrats were attempting to steal the election.[7]Electoral history[edit]2020 California State Senate[edit]California’s 28th State Senate district special election, 2020Primary electionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanMelissa Melendez81,91840.5DemocraticElizabeth Romero47,51623.5DemocraticJoy Silver42,22220.9RepublicanJohn Schwab24,53612.1DemocraticAnna Nevenic5,9122.9Total votes202,104 100.0 General electionRepublican Melissa Melendez 105,525 55.4 DemocraticElizabeth Romero84,90244.6Total votes190,427 100.0 2018 California State Assembly[edit]2016 California State Assembly[edit]2014 California State Assembly[edit]2012 California State Assembly[edit]California’s 67th State Assembly district election, 2012Primary electionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanPhil Paule11,95127.7RepublicanMelissa Melendez10,08423.3RepublicanBob Magee8,67220.1RepublicanKenneth C. Dickson8,21619.0RepublicanWilliam T. Akana4,2919.9Total votes43,214 100.0 General electionRepublican Melissa Melendez 67,232 52.3 RepublicanPhil Paule61,23047.7Total votes128,462 100.0 Republican holdReferences[edit]^ “Members”. California State Assembly. State of California. 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2013.^ “Melissa Melendez Biography”. California State Assembly Republican Caucus. California State Assembly. Retrieved August 7, 2013.^ a b “Meet Melissa – Melendez for Senate”. Retrieved September 2, 2022.^ Special election dates set to fill Sen. Jeff Stone’s seat News Channel 3, November 15, 2019^ “Melissa Melendez wins California Senate seat in special election”. The Mercury News. The Associated Press. May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.^ Metz, Sam. “California State Senate special election: GOP’s Melissa Melendez leads Elizabeth Romero”. Desert Sun. Retrieved May 14, 2020.^ “California Republican leaders go all in on Trump’s election subterfuge, but some are more vocal than others”. Los Angeles Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/melissa-melendez-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Melissa Melendez – Wikipedia"}}]}]