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Brandon Saario
Brandon Saario ran in a special election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 12 in California. He lost in the special primary on June 4, 2019.
Saario completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Saario was a Republican candidate who sought election to the California State Senate to represent District 18. Saario lost the primary on June 5, 2018.
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2019)
General election
Special general election for Los Angeles City Council District 12
John Lee defeated Loraine Lundquist in the special general election for Los Angeles City Council District 12 on August 13, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Lee (Nonpartisan) | 51.5 | 19,426 |
 | Loraine Lundquist (Nonpartisan)  | 48.5 | 18,259 | |
| Total votes: 37,685 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 12
The following candidates ran in the special primary for Los Angeles City Council District 12 on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Loraine Lundquist (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 8,635 |
| ✔ | | John Lee (Nonpartisan) | 18.7 | 8,197 |
| Scott Abrams (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 5,300 | ||
 | Jay Beeber (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 4,169 | |
| Frank Ferry (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 3,791 | ||
| Charles Dinse (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 3,149 | ||
| Jeff Daar (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 1,668 | ||
| Stella Maloyan (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 1,532 | ||
| Carlos Amador (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 1,411 | ||
 | Brandon Saario (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 1,406 | |
| Jack Kayajian (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 1,233 | ||
| Navraj Singh (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 987 | ||
| Annie Cho (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 864 | ||
| Josh Yeager (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 734 | ||
 | Raji Rab (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 669 | |
| Total votes: 43,745 | |||
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Endorsements
Saario was endorsed by the Los Angeles Daily News and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.[1]
2018
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for California State Senate District 18
Incumbent Robert Hertzberg defeated Rudy Melendez in the general election for California State Senate District 18 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Hertzberg (D) | 78.1 | 195,623 |
 | Rudy Melendez (R) | 21.9 | 54,888 | |
| Total votes: 250,511 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 18
Incumbent Robert Hertzberg and Rudy Melendez defeated Roger James Sayegh and Brandon Saario in the primary for California State Senate District 18 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Hertzberg (D) | 66.3 | 72,462 |
| ✔ | | Rudy Melendez (R) | 11.5 | 12,564 |
 | Roger James Sayegh (D) | 11.2 | 12,238 | |
| Brandon Saario (R) | 11.0 | 12,048 | |
| Total votes: 109,312 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brandon Saario completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Saario's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Public safety, solving the homeless crisis and making it more affordable to live in LA
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Public safety is the number 1 issue in my district. I have had my car stolen and other crimes happening on my block. It's time to make safer cleaner neighborhoods a priority .
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Too be honest and to have a backbone
What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?
I have more energy than any other candidate in this race. I was born and raised in this district and will stand up to the corruption to make our community a priority.
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?
To put the interests of the community first.
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
Painting with my grandfathers painting company, Frank Dunn Painting
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Roxanne Beckford Hoge," May 31, 2019
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