Deborah Pauly
American politician
Deborah L. Pauly (born July 25, 1959, in Virginia) is a perennial candidate and graduate of Trinity Law School in Orange County, CA. She serves as a current member of the National Council of the John Birch Society and works as a staff attorney at the Lex Rex Institute, a nonprofit Constitutional advocacy organization, having made her reputation as a southern California Tea Party-friendly politician.
Earlier career
Pauly was appointed as a voting delegate to the California Republican Party by State Senator John Moorlach and an elected member of the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Orange County, as one of six people from the 60th Assembly District and later 68th Assembly District.
While serving as Councilwoman of the City of Villa Park, Pauly received the 2009 Woman of the Year Award from the California Legislative Women's Caucus as part of the Caucus's Women's History Month observances. Pauly served active duty in the United States Air Force as a Public Affairs Specialist.
In 2010, Pauly attracted attention by comparing the Affordable Care Act to sodomy.
A 2011 video of a protest at an Islamic charity event captured Pauly addressing a crowd outside denouncing the event as "pure, unadulterated evil" and inviting US Marines "to help these terrorists to an early meeting in paradise."
Perennial candidate
In 2012, Pauly attempted to advance her elected career by running for the 3rd district seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors but was defeated in a landslide 68.9%-31.1% by another Republican.
In 2016, Pauly attempted to revive her dormant elected career by running for California's 68th State Assembly district but ultimately finished in 4th place with 14.1% behind two other Republicans and a Democrat in the primary election.
In 2019, Pauly again attempted to revive her dormant elected career by running for the 3rd district seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors again but ultimately finished in 5th place with 5.3% of the vote behind three other Republicans and a Democrat in the special election.
In the 2020s, she appears to have pivoted from attempts to enter mainstream political office in favor of participation in grass-roots organization efforts.
Education
Pauly graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and a minor in political science from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
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