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Michael Rubio Resigns From State Senate

State Senator Michael J. Rubio (D-Bakersfield)
Joe Moore
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Valley Public Radio
State Senator Michael J. Rubio (D-Bakersfield)

State Senator Michael Rubio, D-Shafter, has resigned, effective immediately, from his position in the California State Senate. He will become the manager of California government affairs for Chevron Corporation.

In a news release, Rubio said his decision was motivated by the need to prioritize family. He said he has missed, “too many family dinners, bedtime stories and parent-teacher conferences.” 
 
Last year, he decided not to run for the United States Congress in order to spend time with his family, including a daughter with Down syndrome.
“Our youngest child, who has special needs, has given me great perspective as to life’s priorities and our eldest daughter has reminded me that the most critical decisions are made at home and not under the Capitol dome,” Rubio said.

Rubio said the career change would allow him to spend more time close to home.

“I look forward to transitioning into a career that will allow me to seize a generational opportunity and work for a respected California company with deep roots in Kern County near the very oil fields where I was born,” Rubio said. 

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
Rebecca Plevin was a reporter for Valley Public Radio from 2013-2014. Before joining the station, she was the community health reporter for Vida en el Valle, the McClatchy Company's bilingual newspaper in California's San Joaquin Valley. She earned the George F. Gruner Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism and the McClatchy President's Award for her work at Vida, as well as honors from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Plevin grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is also a fluent Spanish speaker, a certified yoga teacher, and an avid rock-climber.
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