Eric Carl Bauman (born December 10, 1958) is an American political operative who was, until 2018, the chair of the California Democratic Party.

[7] He is a senior adviser to the speaker of the California State Assembly, Anthony Rendon, and was previously for John Pérez and Toni Atkins, in addition to having been Governor Gray Davis' Southern California director, and having been Deputy Insurance Commissioner under then-Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi.

Before attending the 2016 Democratic National Convention as a PLEO delegate, Bauman was featured in a special edition of KNBCLA's News Conference with Conan Nolan.

[8] Bauman put in a bid to be chair of the California Democratic Party in 2017, defeating his opponent Kimberly Ellis.

He lobbied against Proposition 61 which would have prohibited the state from buying drugs that are more expensive than the price the Department of Veterans Affairs pays.