Burton Brink
Burton Brink (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 49. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Brink also ran in a special election to the California State Assembly to represent District 49. He lost in the special primary on February 15, 2022.
Brink completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Burton Brink was born in Los Angeles, California. He earned a degree from Rio Hondo College in 1983. Brink’s career experience includes working for 29 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He retired as a sergeant.[1]
Elections
2022
Regular
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent Mike Fong defeated Burton Brink in the general election for California State Assembly District 49 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Fong (D) | 66.6 | 65,965 |
 | Burton Brink (R)  | 33.4 | 33,024 | |
| Total votes: 98,989 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent Mike Fong and Burton Brink advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 49 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Fong (D) | 70.2 | 42,929 |
| ✔ | | Burton Brink (R) | 29.8 | 18,259 |
| Total votes: 61,188 | |||
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Campaign finance
Special
See also: California state legislative special elections, 2022
Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 49
Mike Fong won election outright against Burton Brink in the special primary for California State Assembly District 49 on February 15, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Fong (D) | 67.0 | 27,763 |
| Burton Brink (R) | 33.0 | 13,703 | |
| Total votes: 41,466 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent Edwin Chau defeated Burton Brink in the general election for California State Assembly District 49 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Edwin Chau (D) | 67.9 | 107,976 |
| Burton Brink (R) | 32.1 | 50,988 | |
| Total votes: 158,964 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent Edwin Chau and Burton Brink defeated Bryan Mesinas Pérez and Priscilla Silva in the primary for California State Assembly District 49 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edwin Chau (D) | 52.0 | 36,985 |
| ✔ | | Burton Brink (R) | 24.6 | 17,531 |
 | Bryan Mesinas Pérez (D) | 12.7 | 9,006 | |
| Priscilla Silva (D) | 10.7 | 7,628 | ||
| Total votes: 71,150 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent Edwin Chau defeated Burton Brink in the general election for California State Assembly District 49 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edwin Chau (D) | 71.2 | 75,421 |
| Burton Brink (R) | 28.8 | 30,506 | |
| Total votes: 105,927 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 49
Incumbent Edwin Chau and Burton Brink advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 49 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edwin Chau (D) | 69.0 | 35,365 |
| ✔ | | Burton Brink (R) | 31.0 | 15,910 |
| Total votes: 51,275 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Burton Brink completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brink's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Over a period of 40 years, I (Burton Brink) have served the San Gabriel Valley, starting as young as 14 1/2 as a police explorer at the Arcadia Police Department. I became a reserve police officer in Monterey Park, and retired as a sergeant after 29 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, all while living and working in the 49th Assembly District.
Being a leader in the sheriff’s department allowed me to take part in forging change and instituting improvements. I know we need change here in California, on a large-scale level. I have consistently proven my commitment to doing the right thing for every resident in the community.- Public Safety/Crime Issues
- Homeless
- Hatred towards members of our communities
In Los Angeles County, Crime is up as of October, 2021, compared to October 2019.
Homicides are up 74.81%
All Aggravated Assaults Involving a Firearm us 73.26%
Unlawful Shooting up 73.50%
Motor Vehicle Thefts up 57.52%
Arrests are down 33.91%.
All stats are from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.
It is time for someone to represent our community and the problems that are not being addressed. The previous representative has forgotten our community. I have grown up in, live in and worked in our community since 1967. I didn't move into the district to run for office, I've always been apart of it.
2) Listen with a genuine effort to understand.
While our system has its flaws, our system needs to have the checks and balances to prevent a dictatorship we have going on now in California.
While having some type of political experience, it is nice to have someone that has not made politics their entire career. Someone running for office should have had a regular job, to understand what it is like to work in the trenches. Someone who has been in a political career their entire life, loses the connection with the every day worker and their community.
Having a one sided legislature means there is no balance of power. That is the problem in our state now. Take ideas from BOTH sides, and meet in the middle that represents the majority of our community. This gives the community member a TRUE voice in our legislature.
Appropriations
Budget and Fiscal Review
Elections and Constitutional Amendments
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Governance and Finance
Housing
Judiciary
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
Military and Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources and Water
Public Safety
Senator Mike Morrell, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, Assemblyman Tom Lackey, Senator Melissa Melendez, Assemblymember Suzette Valladares, Congressman Jay Obernolte and many others.
We must have a compromise for things to be even in the policy making. California does not have a balance, which is why policies are being made so one sided. It is time to put that balance back in government, work together and do what is best for the citizens of our state, not the power hungry politicians.
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2020
Burton Brink did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 2, 2022
