O.C. Senator to Chair Republican Caucus

State Sen. Tom Harman announced Thursday that he has been elected to the post of Senate Republican Caucus Chairman. 

"Free-market, pro-growth policies are critical to a flourishing economy, but to protect the taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars, we must hold the line on irresponsible and uncontrolled state spending as well," Harman said. "I look forward to working with my Republican colleagues to ensure our priorities and policies are not ignored by the legislative majority."

Harman, whose district includes Seal Beach, Fountain Valley, Rossmoor,  Newport Beach, Los Alamitos and Laguna Beach, touted a unified GOP caucus, and vowed to band together with Assembly Republicans to focus on creating more private sector jobs and eliminate regulations, he said, that are "choking small businesses."

Harman added that he favors policies that would put money into the state’s coffers without increasing taxes on an "already overly taxed California."