Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill

The new Senate Republican leader, Dave Cogdill, made his first visit to the Press Club on Tuesday, July 15 – two weeks after the state’s constitutional budget deadline. Continuing budget shortfalls and a statewide drought are among the intractable issues facing the Modesto lawmaker, who has made water issues a major focus of his legislative agenda and has been described as “the GOP point man on water."