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Al Austin (California)
Al Austin was a member of the Long Beach City Council in California, representing District 8. He assumed office on July 17, 2012. He left office on December 17, 2024.
Austin (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 69. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Austin's professional experience includes working as a staff representative for American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a district field representative for state Sen. Kevin Murray, and an aerospace worker at McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing).[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 69
Josh Lowenthal defeated Al Austin in the general election for California State Assembly District 69 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Lowenthal (D) | 58.9 | 62,582 |
 | Al Austin (D) | 41.1 | 43,686 | |
| Total votes: 106,268 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 69
Josh Lowenthal and Al Austin defeated Janet Foster and Merry Taheri in the primary for California State Assembly District 69 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Lowenthal (D) | 45.6 | 30,919 |
| ✔ | | Al Austin (D) | 26.5 | 17,985 |
| Janet Foster (D) | 18.9 | 12,790 | ||
 | Merry Taheri (D) | 8.9 | 6,052 | |
| Total votes: 67,746 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: City elections in Long Beach, California (2020)
General election
General election for Long Beach City Council District 8
Incumbent Al Austin defeated Tunua Thrash-Ntuk in the general election for Long Beach City Council District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Al Austin (Nonpartisan) | 56.8 | 10,839 |
 | Tunua Thrash-Ntuk (Nonpartisan) | 43.2 | 8,253 | |
| Total votes: 19,092 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Long Beach City Council District 8
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk and incumbent Al Austin defeated Juan Ovalle in the primary for Long Beach City Council District 8 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tunua Thrash-Ntuk (Nonpartisan) | 38.0 | 3,585 |
| ✔ | | Al Austin (Nonpartisan) | 31.7 | 2,995 |
 | Juan Ovalle (Nonpartisan) | 30.3 | 2,854 | |
| Total votes: 9,434 | |||
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2019
See also: California state legislative special elections, 2019
General election
Special general election for California State Senate District 33
Lena Gonzalez defeated Jack Guerrero in the special general election for California State Senate District 33 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lena Gonzalez (D) | 69.8 | 32,394 |
 | Jack Guerrero (R) | 30.2 | 14,049 | |
| Total votes: 46,443 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 33
The following candidates ran in the special primary for California State Senate District 33 on March 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lena Gonzalez (D) | 31.6 | 10,984 |
| ✔ | | Jack Guerrero (R) | 14.0 | 4,860 |
| Ali Saleh (D) | 9.6 | 3,334 | ||
 | Ana Maria Quintana (D) | 8.8 | 3,038 | |
 | Jose Solache (D) | 7.5 | 2,594 | |
| Denise Diaz (D) | 6.9 | 2,404 | ||
 | Martha Flores-Gibson (R) | 6.4 | 2,225 | |
| Leticia Vasquez-Wilson (D) | 5.3 | 1,839 | ||
| Al Austin (D) | 3.9 | 1,356 | |
| Thomas Jefferson Cares (D) | 2.4 | 828 | ||
| Chris Garcia (D) | 2.1 | 720 | ||
| Cesar Flores (G) | 1.5 | 529 | ||
| Total votes: 34,711 | |||
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2016
The city of Long Beach, California, held primary elections for city council on April 12, 2016. The general election was held on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 15, 2016. Four of the eight city council seats were up for election.[2] Incumbent Al Austin defeated Wesley Turnbow and Laurie Angel in the Long Beach City Council District 8 primary election.[3]
| Long Beach City Council District 8, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Al Austin Incumbent |
50.98% | 2,060 |
| Wesley Turnbow | 32.52% | 1,314 |
| Laurie Angel | 16.51% | 667 |
| Total Votes | 4,041 | |
| Source: City of Long Beach, "Primary Election Official Results," April 20, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
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2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Al Austin did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate California State Assembly District 69 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ City of Long Beach Clerk, "Calendar of Events," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ City of Long Beach, "City of Long Beach Final List of Qualified Candidates," January 15, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Long Beach City Council District 8 2012-2024 |
Succeeded by Tunua Thrash-Ntuk |
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