During the primary of this campaign, Jon also was a volunteer advisor to the first campaign of Orange County Marshall Mike Carona, who served as Sheriff from 1999 through early 2008. Ultimately, Tuchman fell just a few percentage points shy of incumbent Democrat Delaine Eastin. Matta-Tuchman, a teacher from Santa Ana, was the co-author of Proposition 227. On the heels of this effort, Jon was named Campaign Manager for Gloria Matta Tuchman for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. This successful ballot measure put an end to the folly of bilingual education, requiring that children be taught using English immersion. In the Fall of 1997, Jon accepted an appointment from Ron Unz as Campaign Coordinator for the Proposition 227: English for the Children campaign. In late 1996, Jon took on the role as lead organizer for John McGraw's second, and this time successful, run for State Party Vice Chairman. During Jon's term, the organization experienced significant growth, and its members registered more Republican voters than any other statewide GOP organization. During this time, from May of 1995 through May of 1997, Jon served a two-year term as State President of the California Republican Assembly. In September of 1994, Jon took a position as Special Assistant to another Orange County legislator, State Senator John Lewis - where he worked for nearly three years. Jon was elected as a State Vice President of the California Republican Assembly, the state's dominant conservative GOP organization. In January of 1993, Jon moved to Orange County and started work as a Special Assistant to newly elected Congressman Ed Royce. In 1992, Jon was a volunteer leader in the successful campaign of Bill Hoge for Assembly in the Pasadena area, commuting down from San Jose nearly 500 miles week after week after week. After that, Jon traveled north to work briefly for then State Senator (now Congressman) John Doolittle. In 1990, Jon spent a few months working for the Assembly Republican Caucus, in the Simi Valley District Office of then Assemblywoman Cathie Wright. The campaign was successful - Antonovich continues to serve as the dean of the LA County Board of Supervisors. In 1988, Jon took his first job in politics, working part time for the re-election campaign of conservative Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich. Starting as a campus activist, Jon eventually spent three years as State Chairman from 1990-93, also serving as a Director and Senior Director on YAF's National Board of Directors. In 1987, Jon helped create a College Republican club at Santa Monica Community College, beginning his involvement in conservative youth politics that eventually led him to Young Americans for Freedom, the nation's leading non-partisan conservative youth organization. Prior to his current career in law enforcement, Jon has enjoyed a long profession in the field of politics serving as a volunteer as well as a paid professional. In this post, he serves on the party's Board of Directors, and is a liaison between the CRP and the counties of Orange, Riverside, San Diego and Imperial. Jon was elected in February of 2007 to the position of Vice Chairman, South, of the California Republican Party. While working full time for the Sheriff's Department, Jon graduated from the Orange County Sheriff's Department Reserve Academy and volunteers his time as a uniformed Reserve Deputy Sheriff. Professionally, Jon is the President of the Fleischman Consulting Group, a consulting firm which specializes in governmental, public and political affairs at the local, state, and national levels.įrom March of 2001 through August of 2006, Jon worked as Deputy Director for Public Affairs for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The primary mission of the website is to advance the conservative cause here in the Golden State. Jon Fleischman is the founder and publisher of, which was formerly the FlashReport e-mail newsletter on California Politics.
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