Paul Chabot

After losing the 2016 election, he moved with his family to McKinney, Texas, and in May 2017, launched Conservative Move, a company to help conservatives in California sell their homes and relocate to a red state, starting with Collin County, Texas.

Chabot announced in February 2015 that he would run again for the U.S. House to represent California's 31st District in 2016. In the primary, he finished second, with 22.7%, to Aguilar's 43.1%; the other three candidates received 34.2% of the vote. Chabot again faced Aguilar in the 2016 general election, and was defeated with 43.9% of the vote.

Chabot ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 31st District. In the June 2014 primary, Chabot finished first with 26.7% of the vote, almost 10 points over his closest opponent, Democrat Pete Aguilar. Chabot lost to Aguilar in the November 2014 general election, 52% to 48%.

In 2006, Chabot was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and confirmed by the California Senate, as Commissioner to the State Parole Board. He served for three consecutive terms.

Chabot began his military career in 2001, serving first at the Office of Naval Intelligence later with the Defense Intelligence Agency, in conjunction with an assignment in The Pentagon working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the National Military Command Center. In 2008 Chabot served in Operation Iraqi Freedom with Special Operations Forces. He currently is a Lieutenant Commander with the U.S. Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy Reserve.

In 1990, Chabot became a Sheriff Explorer Scout in high school and later, attended the San Bernardino Reserve Sheriff's Academy at night while attending California State University, San Bernardino in the daytime. In 1995, Chabot became a Reserve Deputy with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Chabot has also served as a police officer with the police department of the University of Southern California.

Paul Roger Chabot (born March 19, 1974) is an American politician, author, public speaker, San Bernardino County Reserve Deputy Sheriff, and a Lieutenant Commander of Naval Intelligence with the United States Navy Reserve. Chabot formerly served as a White House Senior Policy advisor on law enforcement for President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush, and was the Republican candidate for California's 31st congressional district in 2014 and 2016, and was defeated by Democrat Pete Aguilar both times.

Chabot had previously made two failed attempts for the California Assembly, in the 63rd and 40th Assembly districts respectively.