Travis Allen

Travis Allen was born in San Diego, California, and was raised in Chula Vista, California. He is an avid short board surfer, and he participated with 65 other people in a world-record setting ride for the most number of riders on a single surf board.{{Cite web |date=19 April 2018 |title=Can Travis Allen keep his promises of green lawns and long showers for all? |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/04/19/travis-allen-green-lawns-long-showers-for-all/}}{{Cite web |title=onmenews |url=https://www.onmenews.com/single-post/2018/04/03/Travis-Allen-a-Republican-lawmaker-adept-at-surfing-seeks-governorship |website=onmenews|date=3 April 2018 }} He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from California State University, Long Beach.[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/138473/travis-allen Travis Allen's Biography]

Travis Allen is a Certified Financial Planner and has managed client investment accounts since 1996.{{Cite web |title=Wealth Strategies Group - About Travis Allen, Certified Financial Planner |url=http://wealthstrategiesgroup.net/about-travis-allen.php.html |website=wealthstrategiesgroup.net}} He has owned a financial advisory and wealth management practice, the Wealth Strategies Group,{{Cite web |title=Travis Allen Inc. Dba Wealth Strategies Group Revenue, Company Growth, Competitor Research: Travis Allen Inc. Dba Wealth Strategies Group Annual Report - IncFact |url=https://incfact.com/company/travisallendbawealthstrategiesgroup-huntingtonbeach-ca/ |access-date=2019-02-25 |website=incfact.com}} since 2001.{{Cite web |title=GOP gubernatorial candidate Travis Allen cheers for Trump in SF visit |date=12 January 2018|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/GOP-gubernatorial-candidate-Travis-Allen-sticks-12492186.php}}

In 2012, Allen began his political career by running for California State Assembly's 72nd district. The seat was open due to term limits. He finished second in the June primary with 19.9% of the vote, trailing establishment Republican frontrunner Los Alamitos City Councilman Troy Edgar, who won 28% of the vote.{{Cite report |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-primary/pdf/13-sov-summary.pdf |title=2012 Primary - STATEMENT OF VOTE SUMMARY PAGES |date=2012}} In the general election Allen surpassed Edgar by an 11.4% margin.{{Cite report |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf |title=Statement of Vote, November 6, 2012, GeneralElection |date=November 6, 2012 |publisher=California Secretary of State}} Under recently passed Proposition 14 this was the first California election to take place under a nonpartisan blanket primary, in which the top two candidates advanced to the general election, regardless of party preference.{{Cite web |title=California's Top-Two Primary System Faces First Statewide Test |website=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/06/04/154296559/californias-top-two-primary-system-faces-first-statewide-test}}

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Allen unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in the 2018 election. He announced his candidacy in June 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://jointravisallen.com/|title=Join Travis Allen to Take Back California|website=Join Travis Allen|language=en-US|access-date=May 4, 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article157605994.html|author=Christopher Cadelago|title=A conservative lawmaker is running for California governor|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=June 22, 2017|access-date=May 4, 2018}} Incumbent Jerry Brown was unable to run at the end of his term due to term limits.

Allen came in fourth place in California's open primary where the top two candidates get on the ballot in the November election. He had 440,409 votes, or 9.2% of the overall vote, trailing the leading candidate Democrat Gavin Newsom by over one million votes and trailing Republican rival John Cox by 800,000 votes.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/california-governor-primary-election|title=California Governor Election Results|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 June 2018|publisher=}}

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Allen ran on a campaign based on populist, conservative, anti-establishment themes, much like President Donald Trump used in his 2016 Presidential campaign, and he is considered to be "California's Trump."The Times Editorial Board (April 24, 2018). http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-travis-allen-20180424-story.html/ "The California governor's race has its own version of Trump. Let's not let history repeat itself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 28, 2018. He has used the slogans "Take Back California" and "Make California Great Again" for his campaign.{{cite web|url=https://world.wng.org/2018/03/make_california_great_again|title=Make California great again? - WORLD|website=world.wng.org}}

Allen is considered by many to be a controversialPhil Willon (June 22, 2017). http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-travis-allen-a-conservative-and-1498154160-htmlstory.html/ "Travis Allen, a conservative and controversial Orange County lawmaker, jumps into California governor's race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 4, 2018.Seema Mehta (February 2, 2018). http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-travis-allen-1517612326-htmlstory.html "GOP gubernatorial candidate Travis Allen calls release of sexual harassment complaint 'a political attack'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 4, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-travis-allen-a-conservative-and-1498154160-htmlstory.html|title=Travis Allen, a conservative and controversial Orange County lawmaker, jumps into California governor's race|first=Phil|last=Willon|publisher=}} politician and candidate for California governor due to his far-right populist politics, for being an outspoken proponent of Donald Trump, for a sexual harassment allegation made against Allen by a former coworker (in which he was given a verbal warning but not disciplined for) in 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article199001514.html|title=Harassment allegations aren't stopping this candidate for California governor|first=Christopher|last=Cadelago|date=8 February 2018|publisher=|via=Sacramento Bee}} and for making many disputed public statements.{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/feb/16/travis-allen/examining-claim-about-oroville-dam-spillway/|title=Lawmaker misleads in claims about Oroville dam crisis|publisher=}}

He has stated that he was running on a platform of spurring job creation and business growth by cutting California's high{{cite web|author=Chris Nichols|title=MOSTLY TRUE: California's taxes are 'among the highest in the nation'|url=http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/jul/11/travis-allen/mostly-true-californias-taxes-among-highest-nation/|work=PolitiFact|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=May 4, 2018}} tax rate; using existing tax revenues to fix the state's deteriorating freeway and road infrastructure,{{cite web|url=https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/state-item/california/|title=California|date=2 October 2018|publisher=}} opposing California's gas tax, and preventing future water shortages by increasing water storage capacity and completing the landmark California Water Project.Del Pilar, William (August 24, 2017). [https://www.valleycenter.com/articles/candidates-for-governor-john-cox-travis-allen-and-stasyi-barth/ "Candidates for governor: John Cox, Travis Allen and Stasyi Barth"]. Valley Roadrunner. Retrieved 29 November 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/can-california-assemblymansurfer-travis-allen-ride_us_595ef401e4b085e766b5118c|title=Can California Assemblyman/Surfer Travis Allen Ride A Wave Of Voter Discontent Into The Governor's Office?|author=Chris Epting|date=July 8, 2017|work=HuffPost|access-date=May 4, 2018}} He proposed redacting recently implemented laws (AB 109, Proposition 47, and Proposition 57). He states they are responsible for an uptick in violent crime rates in California.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article167879952.html|title=California violent crime ticked up again in 2016|first=Jim|last=Miller|date=17 August 2017|publisher=|via=Sacramento Bee}} However, there has not been an uptick in violent crime, and in fact it has been decreasing. The nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found crime to be at a historic low.

Allen used his efforts to repeal the SB 1 gas tax increase and his opposition to illegal immigration as key stances in his campaign. He also supports more "tough-on-crime" policing measures and additional water support for Central California Valley farmers.{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/political-notebook/article208591724.html|title=Republican governor candidate Travis Allen champions farmers' need for more water|publisher=}}

On May 1, 2018, Allen spoke at a California Republican primary forum in Atascadero, California. Allen delivered his opening speech, stating that he wants to undo recent voter-enacted soft on crime laws{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/jul/03/travis-allen/travis-allens-mostly-false-claim-about-crime-calif/|title=Travis Allen's Mostly False crime claim|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/08/24/criminal-justice-reforms-have-not-increased-crime/|title=Criminal justice reforms have not increased crime|date=24 August 2017|publisher=}} and promised to "get rid of the state-mandated Common Core [educational curriculum]."{{cite web|url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article210298124.html|title=Republican candidates for governor debated in Atascadero. Here's what they said|publisher=}}

During his campaigning for California governor and subsequently, Allen has repeatedly made many disputed statements to the public and media. He has been criticized by pundits and fact-checking sites for these claims. He has made claims on the Oroville Dam regarding water capturing measures he wants to implement if elected, about high crime rates in California, and about the so-called "sanctuary laws" in California. In 2018, Allen made the claim that a new bill in California would "literally" "ban the sale of the Bible", a claim he has repeated despite having been fact-checked by several media outlets.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-false-claims-california-bill-ban-bible-sales-spreads-online-20180426-htmlstory.html|title=No, a new bill wouldn't 'literally' ban Bible sales in California but debate rages|first=Luis|last=Gomez|date=26 April 2018 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/04/26/california-bill-would-not-ban-bible-sales/|title=Fact Check: California Bill Would Not Ban Bible Sales|date=26 April 2018|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://a28.asmdc.org/news/would-proposed-law-ban-bible-california|title=Would a Proposed Law 'Ban the Bible' in California?|work=Official Website - Assemblymember Evan Low Representing the 28th California Assembly District |date=23 April 2018|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-bible-ban/|title=FACT CHECK: Would a Proposed Law 'Ban the Bible' in California?|date=20 April 2018 |publisher=}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-26/not-real-news-california-bill-would-not-ban-bible-sales|title=Fact Check: California Bill Wouldn't Ban Bible Sales|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=26 April 2018|publisher=|via=www.bloomberg.com}} He has also made the{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/jan/04/travis-allen/lawmakers-claim-about-california-legalizing-child-/|title=Pants On Fire for claim Calif. legalized child prostitution|publisher=}} claim multiple times that California legalized child prostitution.{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/04/17/travis-allen-still-thinks-california-legalized-child-prostitution-hes-still-wrong/|title=Travis Allen still thinks California legalized child prostitution. He's still wrong.|date=17 April 2018|publisher=}}{{cite web |date=30 May 2018 |title=Five things you need to know about Travis Allen |url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article192662689.html |publisher= |via=Sacramento Bee}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/16/my-word-no-california-hasnt-made-child-prostitution-legal/|title=My Word: No, California hasn't made child prostitution legal|date=16 March 2017|publisher=}}

While campaigning he made the promise that if he gets elected governor that "every Californian will have a green lawn and take long showers."

Allen was criticized for missing several days of work at the California State Assembly while he was out campaigning.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-travis-allen-criticized-for-missing-work-1527822376-htmlstory.html|title=Travis Allen criticized for missing work while running for governor|first=John|last=Myers|website=Los Angeles Times|date=June 2018 }}

After losing in the primary elections, Allen didn't immediately endorse his Republican rival John Cox, but eventually decided to do so in July 2018. He also said that he wants his supporters to "stand up and fight" to "take back California".{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Travis-Allen-s-big-news-It-s-not-an-13048128.php|title=Travis Allen's big news: It's not an endorsement of John Cox|date=4 July 2018|publisher=}} He started the Take Back California Political Action Committee.

Midway through his campaign for California Governor, in 2017 Allen raised $447,236 for his campaign and had expenditures of $654,602 during that time according to an official campaign filing.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-travis-allen-s-gubernatorial-campaign-1517442036-htmlstory.html|title=Travis Allen's campaign for governor entered 2018 in the red|first=Seema|last=Mehta|website=Los Angeles Times}} After Allen lost the Primary, his most recent campaign finance records showed $37,539 cash on hand and $17,866 in unpaid bills.{{Cite web |last=Garofoli |first=Joe |date=2018-07-04 |title=Travis Allen's big news: It's not an endorsement of John Cox |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Travis-Allen-s-big-news-It-s-not-an-13048128.php |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}} In 2018, fundraising efforts and campaign finance reports show his top contributors were "individual donations" and "other donations" (small donations under $200.00), according to [https://votesmart.org/ Vote Smart].Vote Smart, [https://votesmart.org/candidate/campaign-finance/138473/travis-allen#.W_nGRydG2i5], ‘’Vote Smart’’, 2018

According to [https://www.realclearpolitics.com RealClear Politics], Travis Allen ranked 4th in the Gubernatorial race for Governor{{Cite web|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/governor/ca/california_governor_open_primary-6299.html|title=RealClearPolitics - Election 2018 - California Governor - Open Primary|website=www.realclearpolitics.com|access-date=2018-11-29}}

During his annual Commonwealth Club lecture on May 2, 2018, Willie Brown said Allen's candidacy represented "The greatest threat to the Democratic front runner, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom."{{Citation|last=Commonwealth Club|title=Willie Brown: Annual Commonwealth Club Lecture|date=2018-05-03|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaaGTLg-8hE|access-date=2018-05-11}}

A Berkeley IGS Poll from April 2018 showed Allen and his opponent, Cox, going head to head for 2nd place with the scores of 18% (Cox) and 16% (Allen) within the poll's margin of error of ±4% points.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/It-s-Cox-and-Allen-head-to-head-for-No-2-in-12867958.php|title=It's Cox and Allen head-to-head for No. 2 in poll on Calif. governor's race|date=27 April 2018|publisher=}}

In May 2018, at the California Republican Party Convention in San Diego, John Cox received 55.3% of the delegates' votes while Allen received 40.5% of the delegates' votes. Neither candidate was able to reach the 60% threshold set by the California Republican Party for an official endorsement.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-republican-party-no-endorsement-20180506-story.html|title=California Republicans can't agree on a candidate for governor at state party convention|first=Seema Mehta, Phil|last=Willon|website=Los Angeles Times|date=7 May 2018 }} In a Berkeley IGS Poll from December 2017, it showed Allen tied at 9 percent with Republican John Cox.{{Citation|last=deCamillo|first=Mark|title=Democrats Newsom and Villaraigosa Lead the Field in Next June's Top Two Primary Election for Governor|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3z97f1d8|publisher=Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies|date=December 21, 2017|access-date=2018-05-28}}

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| candidate = Gavin Newsom

| votes = 2,343,792

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| candidate = John H. Cox

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| candidate = Travis Allen

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| votes = 655,920

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| candidate = Delaine Eastin

| votes = 234,869

| percentage = 3.4%

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| candidate = Amanda Renteria

| votes = 93,446

| percentage = 1.3%

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| candidate = Robert C. Newman II

| votes = 44,674

| percentage = 0.6%

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| candidate = Michael Shellenberger

| votes = 31,692

| percentage = 0.5%

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| candidate = Peter Y. Liu

| votes = 27,336

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| candidate = Yvonne Girard

| votes = 21,840

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| candidate = Gloria La Riva

| votes = 19,075

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| candidate = J. Bribiesca

| votes = 18,586

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| candidate = Josh Jones

| votes = 16,131

| percentage = 0.2%

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| candidate = Zoltan Istvan

| votes = 14,462

| percentage = 0.2%

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| candidate = Albert Caesar Mezzetti

| votes = 12,026

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| candidate = Nickolas Wildstar

| votes = 11,566

| percentage = 0.2%

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| candidate = Robert Davidson Griffis

| votes = 11,103

| percentage = 0.2%

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| party = California Democratic Party

| candidate = Akinyemi Agbede

| votes = 9,380

| percentage = 0.1%

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| candidate = Thomas Jefferson Cares

| votes = 8,937

| percentage = 0.1%

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| candidate = Christopher N. Carlson

| votes = 7,302

| percentage = 0.1%

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| party = California Democratic Party

| candidate = Klement Tinaj

| votes = 5,368

| percentage = 0.1%

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| candidate = Hakan "Hawk" Mikado

| votes = 5,346

| percentage = 0.1%

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| candidate = Johnny Wattenburg

| votes = 4,973

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| candidate = Desmond Silveira

| votes = 4,633

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| candidate = Shubham Goel

| votes = 4,020

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| candidate = Jeffrey Edward Taylor

| votes = 3,973

| percentage = 0.1%

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| candidate = Veronika Fimbres (write-in)

| votes = 62

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| candidate = Arman Soltani (write-in)

| votes = 32

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| candidate = Peter Crawford Valentino (write-in)

| votes = 21

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| candidate = K. Pearce (write-in)

| votes = 8

| percentage = 0.0%

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In February 2018, Travis was accused of several sexual harassment allegations during this time as a state assemblyman, a claim which he vehemently denied as being politically motivated, stating “I’m sure I’ve shaken many people’s hands, tapped many people on the shoulder, and have even tapped people’s feet accidentally. But there has never been anything in any of my actions that has been inappropriate, and nor will there ever be.”{{cite web | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/05/can-travis-allens-campaign-for-governor-survive-sexual-harassment-allegations/ | title=Can Travis Allen's campaign for governor survive sexual harassment allegations? | date=5 February 2018 }} On November 15, 2018, Allen announced his candidacy for the chairmanship of the California Republican Party. "For too long, the California Republican establishment has told us that we must look more like Democrats in order to be elected in the state of California," Allen said, adding that "This sort of backwards thinking has lost seats and races across the state to where, today, the Republican party is at the lowest point it's been since the 1880s."Phil Willon, [https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-assemblyman-travis-allen-announces-bid-1542313947-htmlstory.html “Assemblyman Travis Allen announces bid for chairman of the California GOP,” ],’The Los Angeles Times', November 15, 2018 He lost to Jessica Milan Patterson, who became the state party's first female leader.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-25 |title=California Republican Party elects Jessica Patterson, a Latina, as first female leader |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gop-chair-election-20190224-story.html |access-date=2020-01-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Allen has described himself as pro-life.Allen stated that his low scores from Planned Parenthood were due to his pro-life values. Speech made at the California Republican Party Convention in San Diego on May 5th, timestamp 30:55 [https://www.facebook.com/CARepublicanParty/videos/1668937683193052/] He received a 0% score from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California in 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.ppactionca.org/voter-resources/scorecards/2013-assemblymember-scorecard.html?name=allen|title=2013 Assemblymember Scorecard|website=www.ppactionca.org}} 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.ppactionca.org/voter-resources/scorecards/2015-assembly-scorecard.html|title=2015 State Assembly Legislative Scorecard|website=www.ppactionca.org}} and 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.ppactionca.org/voter-resources/scorecards/2017/assembly/allen-travis.html?county=Allen|title=Allen|website=www.ppactionca.org}}

In 2014 Allen received a 55% score from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ppactionca.org/voter-resources/scorecards/pdf/2014-ppac-scorecard.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-05-16 |archive-date=2018-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108033941/http://www.ppactionca.org/voter-resources/scorecards/pdf/2014-ppac-scorecard.PDF |url-status=dead }} On this scorecard he was ranked positively for his support of AB 1755{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755|title=Bill Text - AB-1755 Medical information.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} (which mandated a 15-day limit to notify the Department of Public Health of a breach of patient data), AB 1841{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1841|title=Bill Text - AB-1841 Medical assistants.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} (which expanded the definition of “technical supportive services” who are allowed to handle medication), AB 2051{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2051|title=Bill Text - AB-2051 Medi-Cal: providers: affiliate primary care clinics.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} (which streamlined the Medi-Cal enrollment process), and SB857{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB857|title=Bill Text - SB-857 Health.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} (an omnibus health bill). Allen opposed SB 1053{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1053|title=Bill Text - SB-1053 Health care coverage: contraceptives.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} (contraceptives and health care coverage) and SB 1094{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1094|title=Bill Text - SB-1094 Nonprofit health facilities: sale of assets: Attorney General approval.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} (sale of assets in non-profit health care facilities).

In 2016 Allen received a 67% score from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California. He was scored positively for voting yes on AB 1561,{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1561|title=Bill Votes|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} a bill which proposed to "exempt from those taxes the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, tampons, sanitary napkins, menstrual sponges, and menstrual cups";{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1561|title=Bill Text - AB-1561 Sales and use taxes: exemption: sanitary napkins: tampons: menstrual sponges and menstrual cups.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} and SB 999,{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB999|title=Bill Votes|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} a bill intended to require that health insurance companies "cover up to a 12-month supply of FDA-approved, self-administered hormonal contraceptives".{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB999|title=Bill Text - SB-999 Health care coverage: contraceptives: annual supply.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}}

"The only major-party candidate to support the death penalty is Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach (Orange County), who said it was 'absolutely necessary in cases where heinous crimes have been committed.' He said he would deny commutation to any condemned inmate who had been 'rightfully convicted and sentenced'."{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/5-of-6-candidates-for-California-governor-oppose-12453926.php|title=5 of 6 candidates for California governor oppose death penalty|date=30 December 2017|publisher=}} He is also critical of the high yearly cost associated with preserving the lives of over 700{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital_punishment/docs/condemnedinmatelistsecure.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-05-30 |archive-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162256/https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital_punishment/docs/condemnedinmatelistsecure.pdf |url-status=dead }} people who are on death row in California prisons.{{cite web|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2018/05/27/travis-allen-at-border-urges-backers-to-tweet-trump-gop-favors-me/|title=Travis Allen at Border Urges Backers to Tweet Trump: GOP Favors Me - Times of San Diego|date=27 May 2018|publisher=}}

Allen has stated that he opposes mandatory full-day kindergarten, because he believes that children are being indoctrinated by "liberal curriculum".{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/diaz/article/The-sad-plight-of-California-s-GOP-bankrupt-of-12908569.php|title=The sad plight of California's GOP: bankrupt of candidates in statewide races|date=14 May 2018|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Homelessness-dominates-early-minutes-of-12899014.php|title=California gubernatorial debate: Newsom says any GOP opponent will do|date=9 May 2018|publisher=}} Allen wants to end Common Core's application at the state level, instead allowing local districts to set their own curricula.

Allen has called global warming and sea-level rise "unsettled," “absolute nonsense,” and “bogus science".{{cite web |last=Christopher |first=Ben |date=March 28, 2018 |title=Some Say There are No Easy Answers in Politics. Not Travis Allen. |url=https://www.comstocksmag.com/calmatters/some-say-there-are-no-easy-answers-politics-not-travis-allen |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Comstock's magazine |publisher=}} He states, "These policy prescriptions of the Democrats of more regulation and higher taxes that they try to justify with tenuous climate change "science" are not benefiting Californians, nor are they benefiting the environment." Allen has stated that he opposes the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970 because it "strangles new housing development".{{cite web|url=https://sf.curbed.com/2018/5/9/17336982/california-housing-debate-governor-election-2018|title=California governor candidates promise millions of homes at debate|date=9 May 2018 |publisher=}}

In 2017 the California League of Conservation Voters scored Allen at 6% for his voting record on similar bills. His only vote aligned with this organization's goals was for a bill to do with disclosure of ingredients in cleaning products.{{cite web|url=http://scorecard.ecovote.org/2017/assembly/allen/|title=Assemblymember Travis Allen - California Environmental Scorecard|website=scorecard.ecovote.org}} In the same year, Allen was rated 25% by the California Environmental Justice Alliance,{{Cite report |url=https://caleja.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CEJA_scorecard_2017_spreads-1.pdf |title=Environmental Justice Scorecard 2017 |date=2017 |publisher=California Environmental Justice Alliance}} and 25% by the Sierra Club of California.{{Cite report |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/sierra-club-california/PDFs/Final_Sierra_Club_CA_2017_Score_Card.pdf |title=A Year of Gifts to Polluters, Plus a Handful of Environmental Wins |date=October 2017 |publisher=Sierra Club California |issue=2017 Report Card}}

Allen sponsored a proposed 2018 ballot initiative to repeal Senate Bill 1, legislation enacted by the Democratic-controlled legislature which increased the state gas tax by 12 cents a gallon and the diesel tax by 20 cents, and “as much as $175 more in annual car registration fees.” [https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article173619556.html]Travis Allen, [https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article173619556.html"Brown and Becerra are trying to deceive voters on gas tax repeal/ “The Sacramento Bee”"], The Sacramento Bee, September 18, 2017{{Cite news |last=Martin Wisckol |date=August 4, 2017 |title=Travis Allen's gas-tax battle could propel governor bid |work=Orange County Register |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/04/travis-allens-gas-tax-battle-could-propel-governor-bid/ |access-date=May 4, 2018}} Although this initiative did not qualify for the ballot, another initiative to repeal the gas tax increase and to require voter approval of future gas and vehicle taxes did qualify for the ballot as Proposition 6.

According to PolitiFact, some of Allen's statements about the gas tax have been incorrect and problematic,{{Cite web |title=Travis Allen's Mostly False claim on California gas tax |url=http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/dec/14/travis-allen/travis-allen-claims-californias-gas-tax-increase-w/}} which he disputes. According to Allen, the tax (SB1) allocates money to "transportation-related projects", which he considers to be a vague description of where the funding could be spent and makes the point repeatedly during many of his public appearances. He alleges that the money will be spent on Democratic "budgetary mistakes".{{Citation |last=Travis Allen |title=Travis Allen Says NO to Jerry Brown's New Gas Tax |date=2017-05-23 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwdT5_M_u7c |access-date=2018-11-04}}

PolitiFact does agree with Allen's point that “the congested corridor program cannot fund general purpose freeway lanes, which are the main lanes used by most drivers,” because “the legislation does, in fact, prohibit spending this money on those.” However, Politifact gave Allen a “mostly false” rating because he “distorted the purpose of the tax,” which is to reduce “vehicle miles traveled, greenhouse gases, and air pollution," and to “reduce people's dependency on their cars.”{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Travis |date=18 September 2017 |title=Brown and Becerra are trying to deceive voters on gas tax repeal |url=http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article173619556.html |via=Sacramento Bee}}

In 2015, the Firearms Policy Coalition gave Allen an "A" rating in recognition of his support for Second Amendment rights.{{cite web|title=FPC Releases 2015 California Legislative Grades|url=https://www.firearmspolicy.org/alerts/fpc-releases-2015-california-legislative-grades/|publisher=Firearms Policy Coalition|access-date=May 4, 2018|date=May 10, 2016}} In 2014 Allen received an "A-" grade score from the NRA Political Victory Fund,{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF {{!}} California |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/california/ |publisher=NRA-PVF |access-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141104215330/https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/california/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |language=en-us |url-status=usurped}} followed by a 93% score in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1034/rating/10178?of=name#.WvyKzJch2Uk |title=Rating Group: National Rifle Association (NRA) |website=votesmart.org}} and an A from the Gun Owners of California (a branch of Gun Owners of America).{{cite web|url=https://www.gunownersca.com/news/california-candidate-scorecard-primary-election-june-7-2016/|title=California Candidate Scorecard – Primary Election – June 7, 2016 - Gun Owners of California|publisher=}} In 2018, the Gun Owners of California again awarded Allen an A.{{cite web|url=https://www.gunownersca.com/news/primary-election-candidate-scorecard/|title=GOC Issues Primary Election Candidate Scorecard & Voter Guide - Gun Owners of California|publisher=}}

Allen authored a failed bill which would have changed California into a shall issue CCW state.{{cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1394|title=Bill Text - AB-1394 Firearms: concealed carry licenses.|website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}}

Allen opposed the proposed Medicare expansion and child vaccination policy under SB 277.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article145890544.html|title=Senator who wrote mandatory vaccines bill attends March for Science in Washington|first=Alexei|last=Koseff|date=21 April 2017|publisher=|via=Sacramento Bee}} He has stated opposition to single-payer healthcare noting its high cost{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/24/california-proves-single-payer-health-care-is-too-expensive-commentary.html|title=Op-Ed: Democrats' single-payer health-care dream just became a nightmare|first=Jake|last=Novak|website=CNBC|date=24 May 2017|publisher=}} and crippling effect on the state budget. Allen's solution includes introducing competition into the California healthcare market, “The solution is to open our markets to companies across the United States to compete for Californians’ business.” He also noted the need to increase the allowances on Health Savings Accounts.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Where-California-s-candidates-for-governor-12911422.php|title=Where California's candidates for governor stand on fixing health care|date=14 May 2018|publisher=}}

Allen voted no on Senate Bill 54 (2017) when it came to the California State Assembly for a floor vote on September 15, 2017.{{Cite web |title=Bill Votes |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB54 |website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov}} He has vocally opposed the "Sanctuary State" bill speaking out against it publicly for the first time on February 1, 2017, on the John and Ken show on KFI AM 640.{{Cite web |title=Assemblyman Travis Allen blasts SB 54 - KFI AM 640 |url=https://kfiam640.iheart.com/content/2017-02-01-assemblyman-travis-allen-blasts-sb-54/}} SB 54 passed the Senate and Assembly and was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on October 5, 2017, with an effective date of January 1, 2018.{{Cite web |last=Luna |first=Taryn |date=5 October 2017 |title=California to become a 'sanctuary state' in 2018 |url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article177212866.html |via=Sacramento Bee}}

Allen continued his opposition to SB 54 and, as he called it, the "illegal sanctuary state" on January 2, 2018, when he appeared on the Fox News show, Tucker Carlson Tonight where he invited President Donald Trump and United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions to sue Sacramento over the new "Sanctuary State" law.{{Cite web |date=3 January 2018 |title=CA Gov Candidate Asks Jeff Sessions to Sue State Over New Sanctuary Law |url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/02/sanctuary-state-california-republican-governor-candidate-travis-allen-calls-trump-sue}} He would appear several more times on Fox News and other networks repeating this invitation throughout 2018.{{Cite web |date=23 January 2018 |title='Arrest Xavier Becerra': CA Gov Candidate Calls for Sessions to Charge State AG Over New Immigration Law |url=http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/22/california-governor-candidate-travis-allen-calls-arrest-xavier-becerra-over-sanctuary}}{{Cite web |date=6 March 2018 |title=Calif. gubernatorial candidate on DOJ suit, harassment claim |url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5746551191001/?#sp=show-clips |website=Fox News}}

Allen made this a cornerstone of his failed 2018 campaign for California Governor, vowing "to reverse the illegal sanctuary state in [his] first 100 days in office."{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-travis-allen-interview-20180510-story.html|title=Assemblyman Travis Allen: The Union-Tribune interview|first=The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial|last=Board|date=11 May 2018|publisher=}}

Allen has disputed statements about the details of the bill and about support for it. His assertions regarding public support for the sanctuary state are based on various polls, Polls come from different focus groups, conservative vs. liberal although this has been a point of debate as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/feb/07/travis-allen/travis-allen-repeats-false-claim-californians-over/|title=Travis Allen gets it wrong, again, on sanctuary state law|publisher=}}

In 2016, Allen introduced legislation in opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign - AB 1552: a bill that would prohibit state government entities from doing business with companies that officially join the BDS campaign, and AB 1551, another bill that would forbid state government entities from investing in companies engaged in political actions to damage or limit commerce with Israel and Israeli companies.{{cite news|author=Julie Bien|title=CA Assemblyman Travis Allen to introduce legislation to divest from pro-DBS companies|url=http://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/179548/|access-date=May 4, 2018|work=Jewish Journal|publisher=Tribe Media Corp.|date=November 17, 2015}} Allen's AB 1552 was eventually signed into law as AB 2844, of which Allen was principal author.{{cite news|author=EditorSDJJ|title=Governor Brown Signs AB 2844|url=http://sdjewishjournal.com/sdjj/tag/governor-brown-signs-ab-2844/|date=September 26, 2016}}

In the State Assembly, Allen earned 100% ratings from the California Taxpayers Association, the National Federation of Independent Business and the California Manufacturers and Technology Association.{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/138473/travis-allen#.Ww1f6IplChA|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart}} Allen's support for lower taxes and opposition to tax increases earned him A+ ratings from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.{{cite web|url=https://www.hjta.org/legislation/report-cards/|title=Legislative Report Cards - Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association|publisher=}}

Allen is a supporter of Voter ID laws in the United States, specifically in California, and has made this a part of his platform for his race for governor in California.{{cite web|url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article210078509.html|title='California needs another Ronald Reagan,' GOP candidate for governor says at debate|publisher=}}

He has stated publicly and via his social media accounts, that there is voter fraud in California. His "controversial" statement was, “Eleven counties in California have more total registered voters than citizens over the age of 18. How is this possible?” In the opinion of some newspaper editorialists, a statement which never had any evidence for and which has been proven incorrect.{{cite news|url=https://calmatters.org/articles/fake-news-california-voting-rolls-riddled-ineligible-voters/|title=Commentary: Fake news: California voting rolls are riddled with ineligible voters - CALmatters|newspaper=Calmatters |date=14 August 2017|publisher=|last1=Walters |first1=Dan }}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-travis-allen-20180424-story.html|title=The California governor's race has its own version of Trump. Let's not let history repeat itself|first=The Times Editorial|last=Board|website=Los Angeles Times|date=24 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/In-SF-GOP-candidate-for-governor-Travis-Allen-12786650.php|title=In SF, GOP candidate for governor Travis Allen takes a hard right and keeps going|date=28 March 2018|publisher=}} He "made up" inaccurate numbers for the number of registered voters in California, according to newspaper opinion writer, Dan Morain.{{cite web|url=https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article165975787.html|title=Travis Allen made up voter registration 'facts,' as GOP misses A. Jerrold Perenchio|first=Dan|last=Morain|date=8 August 2017|publisher=|via=Sacramento Bee}}

In August 2017, [https://www.judicialwatch.org/ Judicial Watch] on behalf of the [https://www.electionintegrityproject.com/ Election Integrity Project](Election Integrity Project California, Inc.) sent a notice-of-violation letter to the state of California alleging that public records obtained on the Election Assistance Commission's 2016 Election Administration Voting Survey and through verbal accounts from various county agencies show eleven California counties - Imperial (102%), Lassen (102%), Los Angeles (112%), Monterey (104%), San Diego (138%), San Francisco (114%), San Mateo (111%), Santa Cruz (109%), Solano (111%), Stanislaus (102%), and Yolo (110%) - have more registered voters than voting-age citizens; and that Los Angeles County officials “informed us that the total number of registered voters now stands at a number that is a whopping 144% of the total number of resident citizens of voting age.” In December 2017 Judicial Watch filed a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the State of California over their alleged failure to clean their voter rolls and to produce election-related records as required by the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)([https://www.justice.gov/crt/about-national-voter-registration-act/ The United States Department of Justice]).Judicial Watch, [https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-california-los-angeles-dirty-voter-registration-rolls/], ‘’Judicial Watch’’, DECEMBER 13, 2017Snopes, [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-more-registered-voters-than-adults/], ‘’Snopes’’, April 2018

Allen is divorced and single.

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