sentences:  Adams chose not to run for re-election in 2010, and was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to a post on the state parole board in December 2010.Adams ran for Congress in California's 8th District in 2012, and came in 9th place in the primary with 3.3% of the vote He and his wife Deanna have resided in Hesperia, California since 1996.Adams is currently working in Northern California (Ukiah) as a Deputy Public Defender for Mendocino County, as of September 2014.