2006, he was Chairman of California Border Police Initiative. In the Senate, Haynes was Chairman of the Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee (one of the two Republicans to serve as chair of the over 20 committees in the Senate), Vice Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Vice Chair of the Senate Education Committee, Vice Chair of the Senate Public Employees and Retirement Committee, Vice Chair of the Assembly Human Services Committee, and he served on the Senate Budget and Judiciary Committees, as well as the Assembly Budget, Appropriations, Judiciary and Health Committees. Haynes ran for the State Board of Equalization in 2006, losing to Michelle Steel in the Republican primary. He ran for California's 36th congressional district in the 2014 elections to the United States House of Representatives but was not elected. Haynes supports and has advanced a conservative case for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. References External links Campaign information from 2000 US Senate run Join California Ray Haynes Republican Party California state senators Republican Party members of the California State Assembly USC Gould School of Law alumni People from Merced, California People from Moreno Valley, California Lawyers from Riverside, California 1954 births Living people 21st-century American politicians California Lutheran University alumni