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Armando Perez-Serrato
Armando Perez-Serrato (Democratic Party) (also known as Mando) ran for election for President of the United States. He lost as a write-in in the Democratic convention on August 5, 2024.
Perez-Serrato also ran for election to the Orange County Water District to represent District 2 in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Perez-Serrato also ran in a special election to the Orange Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 4 in California. He lost in the special general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Armando Perez-Serrato was born in Orange, California. Perez-Serrato's career experience includes working as a substitute teacher, a para-educator, and a behavioral therapist in general and special education.[1]
Elections
2024
Orange Unified Board of Education
General election
Special general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4
Incumbent Sara Pelly defeated Armando Perez-Serrato in the special general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sara Pelly (Nonpartisan) | 79.8 | 63,116 |
 | Armando Perez-Serrato (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 15,966 | |
| Total votes: 79,082 | |||
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Endorsements
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Orange County Water District
General election
General election for Orange County Water District District 2
Incumbent Denis Bilodeau defeated Armando Perez-Serrato in the general election for Orange County Water District District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Denis Bilodeau (Nonpartisan) | 79.3 | 67,823 |
| Armando Perez-Serrato (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 17,715 | |
| Total votes: 85,538 | |||
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Endorsements
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Presidential election
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
The Democratic Party selected Vice President Kamala Harris (D) as its nominee during a virtual roll call vote on August 2, 2024, ahead of the in-person 2024 Democratic National Convention, which took place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.[2][3][4][5][6]
2022
See also: California gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of California
Incumbent Gavin Newsom defeated Brian Dahle in the general election for Governor of California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gavin Newsom (D) | 59.2 | 6,470,104 |
 | Brian Dahle (R) | 40.8 | 4,462,914 | |
| Total votes: 10,933,018 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gavin Newsom (D) | 55.9 | 3,945,748 |
| ✔ | | Brian Dahle (R) | 17.7 | 1,252,800 |
 | Michael Shellenberger (Independent) | 4.1 | 290,286 | |
 | Jenny Rae Le Roux (R) | 3.5 | 246,665 | |
 | Anthony Trimino (R) | 3.5 | 246,322 | |
 | Shawn Collins (R) | 2.5 | 173,083 | |
 | Luis Rodriguez (G) | 1.8 | 124,672 | |
 | Leo Zacky (R) | 1.3 | 94,521 | |
 | Major Williams (R) | 1.3 | 92,580 | |
 | Robert Newman (R) | 1.2 | 82,849 | |
 | Joel Ventresca (D) | 0.9 | 66,885 | |
 | David Lozano (R) | 0.9 | 66,542 | |
| Ronald Anderson (R) | 0.8 | 53,554 | ||
 | Reinette Senum (Independent) | 0.8 | 53,015 | |
| Armando Perez-Serrato (D) | 0.6 | 45,474 | |
 | Ron Jones (R) | 0.5 | 38,337 | |
 | Daniel Mercuri (R) | 0.5 | 36,396 | |
 | Heather Collins (G) | 0.4 | 29,690 | |
 | Anthony Fanara (D) | 0.4 | 25,086 | |
 | Cristian Morales (R) | 0.3 | 22,304 | |
 | Lonnie Sortor (R) | 0.3 | 21,044 | |
 | Frederic Schultz (Independent) | 0.2 | 17,502 | |
 | Woodrow Sanders III (Independent) | 0.2 | 16,204 | |
 | James Hanink (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,110 | |
 | Serge Fiankan (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,201 | |
 | Bradley Zink (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,997 | |
| Jeff Scott (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Gurinder Bhangoo (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 7,063,888 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Errol Webber (R)
- Laura Smith (R)
- Chaz Flemmings (Independent)
- John Drake (D)
- Mohammad Arif (D)
- Hilaire Shioura (Independent)
Campaign finance
2021
Gavin Newsom yes/no recall question
Gavin Newsom recall, 2021
Gavin Newsom won the Governor of California recall election on September 14, 2021.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
Yes |
38.1
|
4,894,473 | |||
| ✔ | No |
61.9
|
7,944,092 | ||
Total Votes |
12,838,565 | ||||
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Gavin Newsom replacement question
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General election
Special general election for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Governor of California on September 14, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
 | Larry Elder (R) | 48.4 | 3,563,867 | |
 | Kevin Paffrath (D) | 9.6 | 706,778 | |
 | Kevin Faulconer (R) | 8.0 | 590,346 | |
 | Brandon Ross (D) | 5.3 | 392,029 | |
 | John Cox (R) | 4.1 | 305,095 | |
 | Kevin Kiley (R) | 3.5 | 255,490 | |
 | Jacqueline McGowan (D) | 2.9 | 214,242 | |
| Joel Ventresca (D) | 2.5 | 186,345 | |
 | Daniel Watts (D) | 2.3 | 167,355 | |
 | Holly Baade (D) | 1.3 | 92,218 | |
 | Patrick Kilpatrick (D) | 1.2 | 86,617 | |
| Armando Perez-Serrato (D) | 1.2 | 85,061 | |
 | Caitlyn Jenner (R) | 1.0 | 75,215 | |
 | John Drake (D) | 0.9 | 68,545 | |
 | Daniel Kapelovitz (G) | 0.9 | 64,375 | |
 | Jeff Hewitt (L) | 0.7 | 50,378 | |
 | Ted Gaines (R) | 0.7 | 47,937 | |
 | Angelyne (No party preference) | 0.5 | 35,900 | |
 | David Moore (No party preference) | 0.4 | 31,224 | |
| Anthony Trimino (R) | 0.4 | 28,101 | |
 | Doug Ose (R) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.4 | 26,204 | |
 | Michael Loebs (No party preference) | 0.3 | 25,468 | |
| Heather Collins (G) | 0.3 | 24,260 | |
 | Major Singh (No party preference) | 0.3 | 21,394 | |
| David Lozano (R) | 0.3 | 19,945 | |
 | Denver Stoner (R) | 0.3 | 19,588 | |
 | Samuel Gallucci (R) | 0.2 | 18,134 | |
 | Steven Chavez Lodge (R) | 0.2 | 17,435 | |
| Jenny Rae Le Roux (R) | 0.2 | 16,032 | |
 | David Bramante (R) | 0.2 | 11,501 | |
 | Diego Martinez (R) | 0.1 | 10,860 | |
| Robert Newman (R) | 0.1 | 10,602 | |
 | Sarah Stephens (R) | 0.1 | 10,583 | |
 | Dennis Richter (No party preference) | 0.1 | 10,468 | |
| Major Williams (R) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 8,965 | |
 | Denis Lucey (No party preference) | 0.1 | 8,182 | |
| James Hanink (No party preference) | 0.1 | 7,193 | |
| Daniel Mercuri (R) | 0.1 | 7,110 | |
 | Chauncey Killens (R) | 0.1 | 6,879 | |
| Leo Zacky (R) | 0.1 | 6,099 | |
 | Kevin Kaul (No party preference) | 0.1 | 5,600 | |
 | David Hillberg (R) | 0.1 | 4,435 | |
 | Adam Papagan (No party preference) | 0.1 | 4,021 | |
 | Rhonda Furin (R) | 0.1 | 3,964 | |
 | Nickolas Wildstar (R) | 0.1 | 3,811 | |
 | Jeremiah Marciniak (No party preference) | 0.0 | 2,894 | |
 | Joe Symmon (R) | 0.0 | 2,397 | |
| Miki Habryn (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 137 | ||
| Roxanne (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 116 | ||
| Stacy Smith (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 81 | ||
| Vivek Mohan (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 68 | ||
| Thuy Hugens (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 19 | ||
| Vince Lundgren (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 7,361,568 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karen Blake (R)
- Mariana Dawson (No party preference)
- Veronika Fimbres (G)
- Elizabeth Floyd (No party preference)
- Wayne Frazier (R)
- Timothy Herode (R)
- Luis Huang (D)
- Jimih Jones (R)
- Paul Mesrop Kurdian (No party preference)
- Carla Canada (No party preference)
- Mary Cook (No party preference)
- Torr Leonard (D)
- Jeremy Lupoli (D)
- Louis J. Marinelli, III (R)
- Christopher Mason (R)
- John Pierce (R)
- Patrick Rakus Jr. (R)
- Frank Wade (D)
- Marc Roth (No party preference)
- Christopher Carlson (G)
- Douglas Deitch (D)
- Bryan Farley (D)
- Justin Hubbard (R)
- Jason Dixon (D)
- Sean Harrison (R)
- Ronald Palmieri (D)
- Ben Zandpour (No party preference)
- Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
- A. Shantz (G)
- Adam Hadjinian (No party preference)
- Michael Lynn Gabriel (No party preference)
- Hilaire Shioura (No party preference)
- Lee Olson (No party preference)
- Joseph Luciano (R)
- Steven Fitzgerald (R)
- Anthony Fanara (D)
- Jemiss Nazar (No party preference)
- Kevin Abushi (R)
- Joseph Amey (American Independent Party of California)
Campaign themes
2024
Orange Unified Board of Education
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Armando Perez-Serrato did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Orange County Water District
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2022
Armando Perez-Serrato did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Perez-Serrato's campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
1. MANDO: LOWER GAS PRICES TO $3.50, NO GAS TAX Newsom: $7/Gallon + 51 Cents/Gallon Gas Tax that he raised during the highest point of the Pandemic in 2021 when people were suffering the most. What kind of evil person does that?
Newsom: cost of housing skyrocketing to an all time high exacerbating homelessness
Newsom: in a public press conference he invited all the homeless individuals in the United States to California including the ones that have murdered a UCLA Student, Nurse waiting at the bus stop and elderly woman walking her dog, newsom has caused the Worst Homeless/Homeless Encampment Crisis in California History.
Newsom: crime so high we are practically living in a "War Zone" under the Putin of California Murders, Rapes, Child Molestation, Kidnappings, Burglaries, Mass Shootings OH MY! You are NOT SAFE in newsom's California.
Newsom: buys electricity for our state made from burning coal!
Newsom Oligarch: will increase "ALL" our taxes across the board and rob us blind! How else will he have $30,000 to spend on dinner & $15,000 on drinks per night? Rich people are only used to spending Working-Class hard earned money without a care in the world. This California Oligarch sits high up in his mansion laughing at all of us. Let's make the music stop!
Newsom: Statewide Extreme Drought - worst in history, raising water costs that increase the cost of food and your water bill, Almond Farmers had to destroy 1000's of trees for lack of water.
Newsom: Die if you don't have health insurance or the right kind. MANDO RESPONSE: I currently don't have health insurance because my job moved me from full time to part time . One of my family members was suffering from covid-19 and went to the hospital but she did not have the "Right" insurance, she was told that there is nothing they can do for her and to go home, she died that night. My barber is on Medical and still has to pay $500 a month for 30 pills so he doesn't die from blood clots, his previous health insurance dropped him when they did not want to cover the cost & Medical doesn't cover the medication he needs. newsom only cares about staying in power, he can give 2 shits about us working-class.
Newsom: continue the Pandemic, mandates, vaccine requirements, state of emergency to take the power away from the people, and if cases start going up the Putin of California will return us to more Shutdowns & Lockdowns, cause small businesses to go out of business and so on. Do you really want the next couple of years to be like the past couple of years? Now all of this only applies to us the working-class. He thinks he is above the law and rules California by "DO AS I SAY" not as I do. newsom has created, supported, implemented Statewide "Class Discrimination." If you are Rich, you are free to do what ever you want. If you are working class you are forced to buy your dinner at a window in the back, order to go, NOT allowed to enter or sit at the counter similar to how Black, Latino and even Irish were treated. newsom/biden are currently creating one of the largest recessions in California History that will hit us in 2023 like a freight train. You can save yourself and your family from this Economic Disaster by voting for "MANDO" today![7] |
” |
| —Armando Perez-Serrato's campaign website (2022)[8] | ||
2021
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mando California Governor, "Home," accessed May 4, 2022
- ↑ USA Today, "Harris makes history as first Black woman, Asian American presidential nominee," August 2, 2024
- ↑ ABC News, "DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues," May 28, 2024
- ↑ The New York Times, "Democrats Set Aug. 1 for Harris Nomination Vote," July 24, 2024
- ↑ CBS News, "Kamala Harris closer to being nominee as DNC approves early virtual roll call vote," July 24, 2024
- ↑ DNC, "DNC and DNCC Chairs Announce Results of Presidential Nominating Petition Process and Opening of Virtual Roll Call on August 1," July 30, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Mando California Governor, “Home,” accessed April 26, 2022
