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Ari Ruiz
Ari Ruiz (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 52. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Ruiz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 52
Jessica Caloza defeated Francisco Carrillo Jr. in the general election for California State Assembly District 52 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jessica Caloza (D) | 66.9 | 108,882 |
 | Francisco Carrillo Jr. (D)  | 33.1 | 53,820 | |
| Total votes: 162,702 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 52
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 52 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jessica Caloza (D) | 29.8 | 23,391 |
| ✔ | | Francisco Carrillo Jr. (D) | 26.2 | 20,569 |
| Stephen Sills (R) | 12.8 | 10,082 | ||
 | David Girón (D) | 11.7 | 9,184 | |
 | Ari Ruiz (D) | 7.4 | 5,832 | |
| Carlos León (D) | 3.3 | 2,628 | ||
 | Genesis Coronado (D) | 3.3 | 2,583 | |
| Sofia Quinones (D) | 2.6 | 2,080 | ||
| Shannel Pittman (G) | 1.5 | 1,160 | ||
 | Anthony Fanara (D) | 1.3 | 992 | |
| Total votes: 78,501 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ari Ruiz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ruiz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As lifelong renters, my family understands the struggles of unaffordable housing. This economy is not working for many of us, that is why I want to build a California we can ALL afford. I'm prepared to be your Assemblymember because as a Deputy for Congresswoman Waters and Assemblymember Burke, I fought to support small businesses, address environmental issues, expand the Child Tax Credit for working families, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, I helped families access their unemployment benefits.
In 2009, I was appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the City Commission for Children Youth & Their Families where he advocated to make City Hall family friendly and supported the expansion of public safety initiatives including the KIDS Watch LA Program. Then in 2016, Supervisor Hilda Solis appointed me to serve on the County Commission on Insurance and prior to my appointments, I served as a Youth Board Member on the LA-32 Neighborhood Council.- Champion an economy that works for everyone by tackling the challenges of the cost of living. In the Assembly, I will support living wage jobs, renters, access to high-skill union positions with the Building Trades, and invest in initiatives that promote homeownership.
- Address homelessness once in for all through supporting new ideas, because what Sacramento is doing right now isn’t cutting it. I support California’s innovative Care Courts initiative to assist in relocating unhoused individuals with severe mental health and drug addiction challenges from our streets to the necessary treatment facilities. This is an urgent issue that needed to be fixed, well, yesterday.
- Keep our neighborhoods safe by protecting our communities from gun violence by supporting background checks, and enacting policies that prevent violent crime and smash-and-grabs.
- Addressing homelessness with housing first, mental health services and homeownership opportunities
- Working on an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy
- Keeping our neighborhoods safe
-Gloria (Laura Branigan)
LAUSD Board President Jackie Goldberg
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger
United Steelworkers Local 675
California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus
California Teachers Association
Congressmember Brad Sherman
Run for Something
Senator Art Torres (Ret.)
Senator Isadore Hall (Ret.)
Senator Susan Rubio
Assemblymember Juan Carrillo
Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin
Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco
Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez
Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assemblymember Blanca Rubio
Assemblymember Chris Ward
Assemblymember Autumn Burke (Ret.)
Education
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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