Tom Umberg

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Thomas J. Umberg (born September 25, 1955) is a Democratic State Assemblyman in the California State Legislature (D-Anaheim).

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Umberg graduated with honors from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1977. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, then promoted to Captain. Umberg served with the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea and with NATO forces in Italy during his time in the army. ^[1]

After receiving his Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1980, he was appointed an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Orange County. He had a 100% conviction rate prosecuting drug dealers, gang members, white collar criminals, and civil rights cases.

Umberg was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1990, after defeating Curt Pringle. Umberg was re-elected in 1992. Instead of seeking a third term in 1994, Umberg ran for Attorney General of California but lost to Republican Dan Lungren.

Umberg then joined the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP in 1995 as a senior partner. 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, Umberg was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.

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, which includes the Orange County cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Garden Grove.

Umberg is a former Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve while his wife, Robin, is a Brigadier General. Tom and Robin Umberg have one daughter, Erin, and two sons, Brett and Tom.

Umberg had an extramarital affair with a former Assembly staffer, from 2000 to 2004. Umberg disclosed the affair in June 2005 when The Orange County Register newspaper was approached by the former staffer regarding the affair. ^[2] Umberg chose to make the disclosure to the competing Los Angeles Times.^[3]

Umberg sought the seat of State Senator Joe Dunn in the 2006 elections. He was defeated for Democratic nomination for the 34th Senate District seat by County Supervisor and former Assemblyman Lou Correa, who had preceded Umberg as the Assemblyman from the 69th District.

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Preceded by: Curt Pringle	'California State Assemblyman 69th District' 1990–1994	Succeeded by: Jim Morrissey
Preceded by: Lou Correa	'California State Assemblyman 69th District' 2004–2007	Succeeded by: Jose Solorio