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Alex Mohajer
Alex Mohajer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 37. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Mohajer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alex Mohajer was born in Irvine, California. Mohajer earned an associate degree from Irvine Valley College in 2005, a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007, and a J.D. from the Chapman University School of Law in 2011. His career experience includes working in advocacy.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Senate District 37
Steven S. Choi defeated incumbent Josh Newman in the general election for California State Senate District 37 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steven S. Choi (R) | 50.7 | 232,345 |
 | Josh Newman (D) | 49.3 | 226,270 | |
| Total votes: 458,615 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 37
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Senate District 37 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Newman (D) | 30.1 | 67,109 |
| ✔ | | Steven S. Choi (R) | 21.7 | 48,364 |
 | Crystal Miles (R) | 14.0 | 31,132 | |
 | Guy Selleck (R) | 10.1 | 22,546 | |
 | Alex Mohajer (D) | 8.3 | 18,550 | |
 | Anthony Kuo (R) | 7.1 | 15,739 | |
| Leticia Correa (D) | 2.7 | 6,000 | ||
| Stephanie Le (D) | 2.0 | 4,532 | ||
| Gabrielle Ashbaugh (D) | 2.0 | 4,396 | ||
| Jenny Suarez (D) | 1.4 | 3,191 | ||
| Jacob Niles Creer (D) | 0.7 | 1,606 | ||
| Total votes: 223,165 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dave Min (D)
- Ali Kowsari (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mohajer in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Alex Mohajer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mohajer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Calfornia can be a global leader on climate change, and healthcare/mental health care access, if we have the courage to elect a new generation of diverse, intersectional perspectives into elected office who do not take campaign contributions from the same lobbies that hold us back from making meaningful progress. Alex has accepted a pledge to take no campaign contributions from corporate PACs, the fossil fuels industry, or corporate healthcare lobbies (the "Patients over Profits" pledge).
- Economic dignity for working class families. As the son of Iranian working class immigrants, Alex Mohajer understands the struggle of working class and immigrant families who sacrifice so that their children can have access to good public schools.
- Representation and intersectionality matters. Orange County is home to the largest diaspora of Iranians outside of Iran, and at a time where the Iranian American community is deeply activated by the ongoing protests in Iran, they currently do not have a single representative in the legislature. Similarly, the movement for the liberation of oppressed people in Iran is intersectional to the assault on women's and LGBTQ+ rights right here at home. Right now is the time to elect a diverse, new generation of leaders who can serve as true champions for marginalized communities and who can build people power across segments of the community. If elected, Alex will caucus with the AAPI caucus in the California legislature,
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 29, 2023
