Michael Dobbins Duvall[1] (born June 14, 1955) is a Republican politician and a former member of the California State Assembly.
In July 2009, Duvall was caught on tape bragging to a fellow committee member about extramarital sex with two women, one of them a lobbyist.
In January 2005, he was appointed to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and served on the Foothill/Eastern Corridor Joint Powers Authority, on the Orange County Sanitation District, as a Director of the Ground Water Replenishment System, and as a Member of the Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency.
[10] In 2008, Duvall supported Proposition 8, which reversed the California Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex marriage in the state.
[14] The same evening, the OC Weekly published an in-depth piece covering Duvall's affairs, including some of the more graphic parts of the conversation which KCAL was unable to air.
[4][13] One of the affairs raised ethical questions, as it was with a lobbyist for Sempra Energy and Duvall was Vice Chairman of the Assembly's Utility and Commerce Committee.
In response, Sempra Energy reinstated lobbyist Heidi Barsuglia, the woman with whom Duvall allegedly had an affair.