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Alex Glew
Alex Glew (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 13. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Glew earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from U.C. Berkeley in 1985 and an M.S. in 1987. He then received an M.S. in materials science and engineering from Stanford University in 1995. He later earned his Ph.D. in 2003. Glew has worked in engineering since 1987.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Senate District 13
Incumbent Josh Becker defeated Alex Glew in the general election for California State Senate District 13 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh Becker (D) | 72.5 | 314,889 |
 | Alex Glew (R) | 27.5 | 119,674 | |
| Total votes: 434,563 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 13
Incumbent Josh Becker and Alex Glew defeated Christina Laskowski in the primary for California State Senate District 13 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Becker (D) | 73.6 | 167,285 |
| ✔ | | Alex Glew (R) | 18.8 | 42,841 |
 | Christina Laskowski (R) | 7.6 | 17,295 | |
| Total votes: 227,421 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: California State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Senate District 13
Josh Becker defeated Alex Glew in the general election for California State Senate District 13 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Becker (D) | 75.4 | 348,005 |
| Alex Glew (R) | 24.6 | 113,315 | |
| Total votes: 461,320 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 13
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Senate District 13 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Becker (D) | 23.8 | 66,428 |
| ✔ | | Alex Glew (R) | 17.3 | 48,378 |
 | Sally Lieber (D) | 17.1 | 47,773 | |
 | Shelly Masur (D) | 16.2 | 45,211 | |
 | Annie Oliva (D) | 11.9 | 33,311 | |
 | Mike Brownrigg (D) | 11.6 | 32,481 | |
 | John Webster (L) | 2.1 | 5,910 | |
| Total votes: 279,492 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 24
Incumbent Marc Berman defeated Alex Glew in the general election for California State Assembly District 24 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marc Berman (D) | 76.6 | 135,305 |
| Alex Glew (R) | 23.4 | 41,313 | |
| Total votes: 176,618 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 24
Incumbent Marc Berman and Alex Glew defeated Bob Goodwyn in the primary for California State Assembly District 24 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marc Berman (D) | 75.4 | 78,140 |
| ✔ | | Alex Glew (R) | 21.0 | 21,818 |
 | Bob Goodwyn (L) | 3.6 | 3,694 | |
| Total votes: 103,652 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alex Glew did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Alex Glew did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
I hope to restore balance and common sense to CA. Is there anything you would like to add? I am a pragmatic problem solver, rational, calm and effective.[2] |
” |
| —Alex Glew[1] | ||
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alexander Glew participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 19, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Alexander Glew's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Resolve unfunded pension liability. Improve public transportation and freeways to create access to more land and more affordable housing.[4][2] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I prioritize the following areas of public policy: responsible finance, infrastructure, and education.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[2]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Alexander Glew answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | A public official must want what is fair and best for most people. The official must be able to understand and comprehend complicated problems and data, but reduce it to straight forward solutions.[2] | ” |
| “ | I have empathy for people, both the weak and the strong, which is the first requirement. Next, I am hard working and educated, and have many skills that would serve the district, specifically the Silicon Valley and surrounding areas. I am an engineer and business person, and understand the challenges that businesses and employees face in our region. Further, I was born and raised in the area, and understand the past, and can chart a future that preserves what we can while embracing what is good in the new.[2] | ” |
| “ | The core responsibility of an elected public official is to fulfill the duties of their office.[2] | ” |
| “ | I remember the moon walk in 1969.[2] | ” |
| “ | I was an engineer, then a manager and core technologist at Applied Materials. This was my first job and I held it for a decade, before returning to school.[2] | ” |
| “ | Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I like to be home with family celebrating the peace and prosperity that we have dating back to the pilgrims.[2] | ” |
| “ | California needs to learn to live within its financial means, which includes resolving the unfunded pension liability while improving the decaying infrastructure to provide better highways, public transportation, water storage and information (internet access) befitting the great State of CA.[2] | ” |
| “ | The CA State Legislature and Governor should have a generally shared vision and productive working relationship, while still allowing for debate, whereby the former creates laws that the latter can execute for the betterment of the people.[2] | ” |
| “ | It is beneficial to build relationships with other legislators on both sides of the aisle to ensure that communications remain open and free. Without healthy communications, it is difficult to resolve differences and work towards positive solutions.[2] | ” |
| “ | It should be bi-partisan and technically correct, without manipulation for political benefit.[2] | ” |
| “ | I believe that there are many important committees, but I would like to be part of technology, education, and transportation. With a Doctorate in Engineering from Stanford and degrees from UC Berkeley, I am uniquely qualified to serve on these committees and help the district.[2] | ” |
Campaign website
Glew’s campaign website stated the following:
| “ | My goal is to resolve these large issues without raising overall taxes. CA already has among the highest taxes in the USA but provides poor service to its residents. We need to regulate the CA State Government, not the good people of CA.
2. Increase Transportation Infrastructure: Highways and Regional Public Transportation: Allow people to build more affordable houses farther from city centers but still get to work quickly. 3. Build Water Infrastructure: Increase water supply and drought safety. 4. Reform Education: Increase the educational results and school effectiveness. CA Business needs work force availability. 5. Reduce Crime: Create a middle ground between where we were (3 strikes) and where we are with crime increasing rapidly. Serial crimes need to be prosecuted. 6. Reduce business regulation to create more housing and jobs. 7. Tort reform and litigation reform in CA.[2] |
” |
| —Alex Glew’s campaign website (2018)[5] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on August 9, 2018
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Alexander Glew's responses," May 19, 2018
- ↑ Alex Glew Ph.D. for CA Assembly District 24, “Dr. Alex Glew for Assembly D24 Positions,” accessed August 10, 2018
