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Avelino Valencia
2022 - Present
2026
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Avelino Valencia (Democratic Party) is a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 68. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026.
Valencia (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the California State Assembly to represent District 68. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Avelino Valencia lives in Anaheim, California. Valencia graduated from Katella High School. He earned an associate degree from Fullerton College, a bachelor's degree in political science from San Jose State University in 2011, and an MPA in government and policy from the Johns Hopkins University in 2020. His career experience includes working as a chief deputy for California Assemblymember Tom Daly (D) as well as in other roles such as field representative for the California State Assembly. He was elected to the Anaheim City Council.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Valencia was assigned to the following committees:
- Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Revenue and Taxation Committee
- Rules Committee
- Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
- Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, Vice Chair
- Environmental Quality Committee, Vice Chair
- Governance and Finance Committee
- Natural Resources and Water Committee
- Senate Transportation Committee
- Fairs, Allocation, and Classification Committee
- Rules Committee
- Legislative Audit Committee
- Legislative Budget Committee
- Emergency Management Committee
Elections
2024
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 68
Incumbent Avelino Valencia defeated Mike Tardif in the general election for California State Assembly District 68 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Avelino Valencia (D) | 63.7 | 84,259 |
| Mike Tardif (R) | 36.3 | 47,975 | ||
| Total votes: 132,234 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 68
Incumbent Avelino Valencia and Mike Tardif advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 68 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Avelino Valencia (D) | 58.8 | 28,985 |
| ✔ | Mike Tardif (R) | 41.2 | 20,320 | |
| Total votes: 49,305 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Valencia in this election.
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 68
Avelino Valencia defeated Mike Tardif in the general election for California State Assembly District 68 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Avelino Valencia (D) | 62.3 | 49,385 |
| Mike Tardif (R) | 37.7 | 29,910 | ||
| Total votes: 79,295 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 68
Avelino Valencia and Mike Tardif defeated Bulmaro Vicente and James Wallace in the primary for California State Assembly District 68 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Avelino Valencia (D) | 48.3 | 22,635 |
| ✔ | Mike Tardif (R) | 23.5 | 11,034 | |
 | Bulmaro Vicente (D) | 15.0 | 7,029 | |
| James Wallace (R) | 13.2 | 6,189 | ||
| Total votes: 46,887 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: City elections in Anaheim, California (2020)
General election
General election for Anaheim City Council District 4
Avelino Valencia defeated Annemarie Randle-Trejo, Jeanine Robbins, and Julie Brunette in the general election for Anaheim City Council District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Avelino Valencia (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 7,861 |
 | Annemarie Randle-Trejo (Nonpartisan) | 22.8 | 3,541 | |
| Jeanine Robbins (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 3,349 | ||
| Julie Brunette (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 779 | ||
| Total votes: 15,530 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Avelino Valencia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the California State Legislature was in session from January 3 to August 31. A special session in the Assembly was from August 31, 2024 to October 14, 2024 and another special session started on December 2, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the California State Legislature was in session from January 1 to September 14.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate California State Assembly District 68 |
Officeholder California State Assembly District 68 |
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Steven S. Choi (R) |
California State Assembly District 68 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Lucille Kring |
Anaheim City Council District 4 2020-2022 |
Succeeded by Norma Campos Kurtz |
