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Antonio Sanchez (California State Assembly)
Antonio Sanchez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 39. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Sanchez also ran in a special election to the California State Assembly to represent District 39. He lost in the special primary on April 3, 2018.
Sanchez unsuccessfully sought election to the District 6 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in 2013.
Biography
Sanchez is an organizer who previously worked for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.[1]
Elections
2018
California State Assembly regular election
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 39
Incumbent Luz Maria Rivas defeated Ricardo Benitez in the general election for California State Assembly District 39 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 77.7 | 85,027 |
 | Ricardo Benitez (R) | 22.3 | 24,468 | |
| Total votes: 109,495 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 39
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 39 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 43.9 | 20,453 |
| ✔ | | Ricardo Benitez (R) | 25.1 | 11,679 |
 | Patty Lopez (D) | 14.6 | 6,783 | |
 | Antonio Sanchez (D) | 10.1 | 4,705 | |
 | Patrea Patrick (D) | 3.7 | 1,740 | |
| Bonnie Corwin (D) | 2.6 | 1,220 | ||
| Total votes: 46,580 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Martha Medrano (D)
- Robert Payne (R)
California State Assembly special election
General election
Special general election for California State Assembly District 39
Luz Maria Rivas defeated Ricardo Benitez in the special general election for California State Assembly District 39 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 70.8 | 31,851 |
| Ricardo Benitez (R) | 29.2 | 13,165 | |
| Total votes: 45,016 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 39
The following candidates ran in the special primary for California State Assembly District 39 on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 42.9 | 8,222 |
| ✔ | | Ricardo Benitez (R) | 20.1 | 3,862 |
| Antonio Sanchez (D) | 19.8 | 3,802 | |
| Patty Lopez (D) | 9.9 | 1,907 | |
| Yolie Anguiano (D) | 4.8 | 922 | ||
| Patrea Patrick (D) | 2.4 | 467 | |
| Total votes: 19,182 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bonnie Corwin (D)
- Robert Payne (R)
- Jaime Lazo (D)
- Richard Flores (D)
- Martha Medrano (D)
- Jaime Herrera (Independent)
2013
Results
General election
Sanchez was defeated in the May 21, 2013 runoff election for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board, representing District 6. Monica Ratliff won the race for District 6 by roughly 4 points. Sanchez placed first in the March 5 primary election, ahead of Ratliff, Maria Cano, and Iris Zuñiga (who had already withdrawn from the race[2]), but did not win a majority.
Heading into the election both Sanchez and Ratliff were supported by the United Teachers Los Angeles union. In the March primary, 44 percent of voters voted for Sanchez, while 34 percent selected Ratliff.
| Los Angeles Unified School District 6, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Antonio Sanchez | 48.2% | 22,896 | |
| Nonpartisan |  Monica Ratliff |
51.8% | 24,567 | |
| Total Votes | 47,463 | |||
| Source: Office of the City Clerk of Los Angeles. These are the final results. | ||||
Primary election
| Los Angeles Unified School District 6, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Antonio Sanchez |
43.6% | 17,093 | |
| Nonpartisan | Monica Ratliff |
33.8% | 13,244 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Cano | 13.5% | 5,276 | |
| Nonpartisan | Iris Zuniga | 9.1% | 3,579 | |
| Total Votes | 39,192 | |||
| Source: Office of the City Clerk of Los Angeles These results are final. | ||||
Funding
Through May 15, 2013, a total of $244,298.17 had been contributed to all direct candidate campaign committees. An additional $2 million had been spent via independent expenditure; all independent expenditures were spent on behalf of just one District 6 candidate, Antonio Sanchez.
| Candidate | Direct contributions | Expenses | Cash on hand | Independent expenditures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Sanchez | $151,947.57 | $110,827.87 | $50,110.70 | $2,012,075.32 |
| Monica Ratliff | $52,310.27 | $55,292.11 | $8,758.91 | 0 |
| Candidate | Campaign contributions | Personal funds | Indpt. expenditures in support | Indpt. expenditures opposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Cano | $16,610.33 | $500 | $0 | $0 |
| Monica Ratliff | $14,797.69 | $1,996.23 | $0 | $0 |
| Antonio Sanchez | $54,688.53 | $0 | $1,098,188.51 | $0 |
| Iris Zuniga | $19,625 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Campaign contributions and personal funds as reported through February 27, 2013 in the required filings with the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. Independent expenditures are continually updated by the Commission. They were last updated here March 5, 2013. Source: Los Angeles City Ethics Commission[3] | ||||
Endorsements
- Coalition for School Reform[4]
- Los Angeles Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO)[5]
- United Teachers Los Angeles[6]
- Teamsters Local 572[7]
- Service Employees International Union Local 99[8][9]
- Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan[10]
Campaign literature
During the campaign leading up to the March 5 primary election, Sanchez registered six pieces of campaign literature with the City of Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. The campaign literature included four emails and two mailers.[11]
Among independent expenditure groups engaged in the primary election, the Coalition for School Reform, Richard Riordan, and political action committees affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO) had registered mailers, flyers, TV ad scripts, telephone scripts, and a radio script supporting Sanchez. No group registered any literature opposing Sanchez.[12]
Campaign themes
2018
Q&A
The following questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles:[13]
1. What is the single most important issue facing LAUSD today? As a Board Member, what would you do to deal with it?[13]
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"There is no panacea or simple solution to fix the system. We need to develop a comprehensive, multi-step plan that can help us address various issues plaguing our schools. We need to ensure that teachers are vital and helpful partners. They must have access to the necessary resources and support to offer their students the best education possible. On-site administrators must be equipped to manage their teachers and staff--they need to equitably support, discipline and inspire a school site to succeed." |
2. How would you prioritize your local constituency in overseeing LAUSD management, setting District policy, and day-to-day decision-making?[13]
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"We need to prioritize students and ensure they are in the best learning environments possible. We can start by increasing expectations for all students. We should hold students to the highest standards of achievement possible. More importantly we need to take strategic steps. For instance, WE KNOW which schools are failing and succeeding. For each failing school, we need to bring additional resources to the campus to help analyze and evaluate the problems, and make the necessary changes in order to have our students learn and be successful. We need to create a team of education experts and best teachers and send the team to each failing school. LAUSD is upside down- the best teachers and administrators work at the best schools where students typically start with the higher test scores. To be true problem solvers- the best need to help improve the troubled schools and students. I would propose a teacher/ administrative team to spend a week or more at the challenge school: Analyze, Evaluate and Make Recommendations for action steps to improve the school. We should then monitor their progress towards those recommendations. We must also encourage local control and ownership of schools, empower principals, and promote models that bring parents, teachers, and principals together to develop strategies to improve student performance." |
3. What experience in general management, fiscal management, and budgetary oversight would you bring to the job of Board Member?[13]
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"The voters helped stabilize the budget with the passage of Prop. 30, but we're still in a budget crunch. I will prioritize the classroom and student learning. I'll do everything I can to build the quality of education our students receive." |
4. How should LAUSD deal with its rapidly increasing costs for retiree and employee health care?[13]
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"Facing significant pension and healthcare liabilities, part of the solution lies in attacking the underlying causes of escalating healthcare costs -- health risk factors such as obesity, diet, stress, and lack of exercise; variability in the availability and consistency of care; and a lack of "transparency" in the purchase of healthcare. Structural changes are needed at the state and national level for better health care costs." |
5. What part should standardized testing play in LAUSD's educational programs?[13]
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"Standardized testing is just a component of student achievement that does not reflect multiple intelligences. Moreover, many students are not good test takers. It is convenient for public officials to use, rather than address other factors - like parent involvement, attendance, & discipline. There are many factors that affect student growth and we don't have a reliable model that isolates teacher effectiveness. Developing a fair system that pertains to all teachers and does not punish teachers who work with the neediest students is still a major gap." |
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- California State Assembly elections, 2018
- California state legislative special elections, 2018
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly District 39
- California State Legislature
- Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2013)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- California State Assembly
- Campaign website
- Campaign website (2013 campaign)
Footnotes
- ↑ LA School Report, "Commentary: Do You or Don’t You Support Deasy?" February 7, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2013
- ↑ Barbara Jones, Daily News Los Angeles, "LAUSD board candidate Iris Zuniga drops out of race for Nury Martinez seat," January 23, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, 2013 Municipal and LAUSD Election Disclosures
- ↑ Coalition for School Reform, "Why we support Antonio Sanchez," accessed February 13, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "March 2013 primary election Endorsements," accessed February 13, 2013
- ↑ United Teachers Los Angeles, "Political Endorsements – School Board Primary Election on March 5," accessed February 13, 2013
- ↑ Teamsters 572, "2013 candidate recommendations," accessed February 13, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "LAUSD workers union endorses both school board incumbents," December 10, 2012
- ↑ SEIU 99, "More on our endorsed candidates for LAUSD and LACCD Boards," January 17, 2013
- ↑ Emailed filed by Richard Riordan with the LA City Ethics Commission, March 1, 2013
- ↑ LAUSD District 6 campaign literature, LA City Ethics Commission
- ↑ LAUSD District 6 independent expenditures related to Antonio Sanchez, LA City Ethics Commission
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Candidates' answers to questions from the League of Women Voters
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