Photos:  Tim Donnelly

California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, center, with his family at his side, formally announces his run for California governor at a furniture factory in Baldwin Park. He talks proudly of a legislative record that, even by his own account, has left him mostly stymied and isolated in the Assembly.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

State Assemblyman and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly has repeatedly staged events at gun ranges, shooting firearms in the presence of reporters. Above, he admires his shooting skills at a gun range in Watsonville, Calif.   (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

GOP gubernatorial hopeful and state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly during the “John and Ken Show” on KFI-AM (640). The churchgoing lawmaker operates with the conviction that whatever he is doing is part of a larger plan.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Tim Donnelly checks out his borrowed weapon after target practice at a gun range in Watsonville, Calif.   (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)