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Each spring for the past 24 years, friends and foes of California’s top elected officials from both parties have gathered to pay respect--in their own special way--to that year’s Roastee. The humorous and sometimes edgy crossfire among panelists and the Roastee provides timely insights about participants, and the history and future of California politics. Several hundred State Capitol "insiders" attend each year, including elected officials from both parties and their staff, lobbyists and their employers, political consultants and campaign managers, commissioners and political appointees, candidates for state and local offices and many more. Capitol Focus sponsors take advantage of their opportunity to purchase the best tables in advance of our general announcement.

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2007 State Senate President pro Tempore Don Perata
2006 Assembly Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
2005 Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez
2004 Senators John Burton, Jim Brulte, Ross Johnson, John Vasconcellos, Dede Alpert, and Byron Sher
2003 State Treasurer Phil Angelides
2002 Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson
2001 Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte
2000 Governor Gray Davis
1999 Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa
1998 Senate President pro Tempore John Burton
1997 Senate President pro Tempore Bill Lockyer
1996 Attorney General Dan Lungren
1995 Assembly Speaker Willie Brown
1994 Senator Ralph Dills
1993 Senate Republican Leader Ken Maddy
1992 Judge James Garibaldi
1991 Governor Pete Wilson
1990 Assembly Republican Leader, Ross Johnson
1989 Senator Al Alquist
1988 Superintendent Bill Honig
1987 Senator Bill Campbell
1986 Senate President pro Tempore, David Roberti
1985 Attorney General John Van De Kamp
1984 Governor George Deukmejian
1982 Assembly Speaker Willie Brown




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