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Abdur Sikder
Abdur Sikder (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 12th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Sikder completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Abdur Sikder's professional experience includes working as adjunct faculty and as a computer software engineer. Sikder earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Waikato in 1999, a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 2007, and a graduate degree from Lincoln University - California in 2019. He has been affiliated with IEEE.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California's 12th Congressional District election, 2024
California's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 12
Lateefah Simon defeated Jennifer Tran in the general election for U.S. House California District 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lateefah Simon (D)  | 65.4 | 185,176 |
 | Jennifer Tran (D) | 34.6 | 97,849 | |
| Total votes: 283,025 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 12
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 12 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lateefah Simon (D) | 55.9 | 86,031 |
| ✔ | | Jennifer Tran (D) | 14.9 | 22,999 |
 | Tony Daysog (D) | 11.2 | 17,222 | |
| Stephen Slauson (R) | 6.3 | 9,710 | ||
 | Glenn Kaplan (D) | 4.4 | 6,799 | |
 | Eric Wilson (D) | 2.8 | 4,252 | |
 | Abdur Sikder (D) | 1.9 | 2,857 | |
| Ned Nuerge (R) | 1.6 | 2,535 | ||
 | Andre Todd (D) | 1.1 | 1,632 | |
| Total votes: 154,037 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Woody (D)
- Denard Ingram (D)
- Tim Sanchez (D)
- John Marks (D)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sikder in this election.
2018
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alameda County Board of Education Trustee Area 1
Incumbent Joaquin Rivera won election outright against Abdur Sikder in the primary for Alameda County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joaquin Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 88.6 | 45,164 | |
| Abdur Sikder (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 5,835 | |
| Total votes: 50,999 | |||
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2016
Two of the five seats on the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Judith Appel and Beatriz Leyva-Cutler defeated challenger Abdur Sikder in their bids for re-election.[2][3]
Results
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Alameda County Board of Education Trustee Area 1
Incumbent Joaquin Rivera won election outright against Abdur Sikder in the primary for Alameda County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joaquin Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 88.6 | 45,164 | |
| Abdur Sikder (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 5,835 | |
| Total votes: 50,999 | |||
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Funding
Sikder reported no contributions or expenditures to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Sikder was endorsed by the community organization Evolve.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Abdur Sikder completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sikder's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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He has been providing Software and Tax consultation services in the Bay area for the last ten years. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar at ICSI, UC Berkeley, Penn State University and Michigan Tech University. He worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the department of Computer science at Marquette University, Brac University and Dhaka University. He is a member of IEEE since 2001. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of Afihealth Inc., Berkeley, CA. He was the secretary of Waikato Ethnic Council, Hamilton, New Zealand and Secretary of Campbelltown Bangla School, Sydney, Australia. He served as a Notary Public of the State of California for 12 years. He is a life member of AABEA.org. He was a Judge for SF Hackathon, 2020, 2021, 2022 and a Judge for Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) Competition, SF, 2022.
- Strong advocate for free education, healthcare for all and peace
- Clean Energy and Climate justice
- End gun violence
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Note: Sikder submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on October 21, 2023.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 13, 2023
- ↑ Berkeley City Clerk, "Roster of Candidate Activity - November 8, 2016," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County, "General Election (Unofficial Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "County of Alameda Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 7, 2017
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 12, 2016
