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Christina Shea
Christina Shea was the Mayor of Irvine in California. Shea assumed office in 2019. Shea left office on December 8, 2020.
Shea ran for re-election for Mayor of Irvine in California. Shea lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Shea assumed the position in April 2019 after Donald P. Wagner left office to join the Orange County board of supervisors.[1] Shea previously served as mayor of Irvine from 1996 to 2000.
Shea was a member of the Irvine City Council in California from 2012 to 2019.[2] She was also a member of the city council from 1992 to 1996 and from 2002 to 2010.[3][4]
Although municipal elections in Irvine are officially nonpartisan, Shea is known to be affiliated with the Republican Party.[5]
Biography
Shea studied political science at Irvine Valley College and California State University, Fullerton.[6]
As of her run for re-election in 2016, Shea was a real estate agent with Prism Link Properties and the president of her own government relations firm, Shea Consulting. Her professional experience also includes work in government relations for Kia Motors and as a real estate agent for Realty ONE and Century 21.[6]
Shea has served as vice president of the Irvine Community Land Trust and chair of the Task Force to Review Housing Needs of the Developmentally Disabled, the Ad Hoc Veterans Affordable Housing Committee, and the Orange County Great Park Board of Directors. She has also been a member of the Ad Hoc Great Park Forensic Audit Committee, the Irvine Unified School District Liaison Committee, the Orange County Sanitation District, and the boards of the American Cancer Society, the El Toro Reuse Planning Authority, Human Options, the Irvine Child Care Project, and the Transportation Corridor Agencies.[4]
In 2008, Shea was named District 70's Woman of the Year by then-California Assemb. Chuck DeVore. She has also been named an Orange County Leader of the Year by the California Women's Leadership Association and one of Orange County Metro Magazine's Most Influential Women in Orange County.[4]
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Irvine, California (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Irvine
Farrah Khan defeated incumbent Christina Shea, Luis Huang, and Katherine Daigle in the general election for Mayor of Irvine on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Farrah Khan (Nonpartisan)  | 47.6 | 56,304 |
 | Christina Shea (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 42,738 | |
 | Luis Huang (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 9,684 | |
 | Katherine Daigle (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 9,654 | |
| Total votes: 118,380 | |||
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2016
The city of Irvine, California, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was in August 2016. Two of the four city council seats were up for election.[7] The following candidates ran in the Irvine City Council general election.[8]
| Irvine City Council, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Christina Shea Incumbent |
20.15% | 28,072 |
| Melissa Fox |
17.25% | 24,023 |
| Anthony Kuo | 15.29% | 21,301 |
| Farrah Khan | 11.84% | 16,487 |
| Anila Ali | 7.19% | 10,011 |
| Shiva Farivar | 7.04% | 9,799 |
| Dale Cheema | 6.35% | 8,844 |
| Courtney Santos | 4.85% | 6,758 |
| Matthew Ehorn | 3.58% | 4,988 |
| Hyunjoung Ahn | 3.34% | 4,651 |
| Ian Daelucian | 3.12% | 4,349 |
| Total Votes | 139,283 | |
| Source: Orange County Elections, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016
Shea's 2016 campaign website listed the following goals and accomplishments:
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Endorsements
2016
Shea received endorsements from the following in 2016:[11]
- Irvine Police Association
- Lincoln Club of Orange County
- Orange County Business Council
- Orange County Fire Association
- Orange County Realtors Association
- Orange County Taxpayers Association
- U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters
- California Sen. Janet Nguyen[12]
- California Assemb. Bill Brough[12]
- California Assemb. Donald P. Wagner[12]
- Irvine Mayor Steven S. Choi[12]
Noteworthy events
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
Shea was mayor of Irvine during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Irvine, California, began on Sunday, May 31, 2020, near Irvine City Hall and Police Department.[13] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Orange County Register, "Irvine Councilwoman Christina Shea set to take Don Wagner’s place as mayor," March 27, 2019
- ↑ City of Irvine, "Swearing-In Ceremony," December 13, 2016
- ↑ City of Irvine, "Qualified Candidates for Mayor / City Council," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 City of Irvine, "Councilwoman Christina Shea," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Orange County, "OCGOP 2016 Candidate and Ballot Measure Endorsements," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 LinkedIn, "Christina Shea," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Current Election Info," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ City of Irvine, "Qualified Candidates for Mayor / City Council," accessed August 18, 2016
- ↑ Christina Shea for Irvine City Council 2016, "Home," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Christina Shea for Irvine City Council 2016, "Endorse," accessed October 4, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
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| Preceded by Donald P. Wagner |
Mayor of Irvine (interim) 2019–2020 |
Succeeded by Farrah Khan (D) |
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Irvine City Council 2012–2019 |
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