Cynthia Cravens
Cynthia Cravens (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 11. Cravens lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
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Biography
Cynthia Cravens earned a bachelor's degree from UCLA in 1982 and a graduate degree from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1989. Cravens' career experience includes working as a volunteer and electrical power systems designer. As of 2024, Cravens was affiliated with Trinity + St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Freer Speech, and Friends of Calligraphy.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Senate District 11
Incumbent Scott Wiener defeated Yvette Corkrean in the general election for California State Senate District 11 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott Wiener (D) | 77.8 | 325,148 |
 | Yvette Corkrean (R)  | 22.2 | 92,715 | |
| Total votes: 417,863 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 11
Incumbent Scott Wiener and Yvette Corkrean defeated Cynthia Cravens and Jingchao Xiong in the primary for California State Senate District 11 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Wiener (D) | 73.0 | 166,610 |
| ✔ | | Yvette Corkrean (R) | 15.1 | 34,447 |
| Cynthia Cravens (D) | 8.1 | 18,519 | ||
 | Jingchao Xiong (No party preference) | 3.8 | 8,717 | |
| Total votes: 228,293 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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After acquiring degrees in Engineering from UCLA and International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and working in power systems design and then in negotiation/interpretation for an international joint venture, I moved to the Bay Area in 1990. In San Francisco, I worked at Jewish Vocational Services for many years helping refugee engineer-scientists find jobs. My latest position was with Hospitality House, a non-profit that helps homeless people find shelter, work, and access to career and artistic opportunities.
In addition to my very eclectic, but rewarding professional life, for 18+ years I shared a home with my wonderful life partner, Arthur Taber, who, unfortunately, passed away a few years ago.
I'm now retired, but volunteer regularly with my very progressive Episcopal Church and Refuse Refuse, as well as with "Freer Speech", a new group in SF dedicated to fighting cancel culture abd promoting freedom of expression. And, I hope to use my professional skills and expertise while serving as State Senator for the benefit of my beloved hometown of San Francisco, District 11, and all of California.
- Change CAN happen...Let's reinvent ourselves...again. IF San Franciscans...Bay Area residents...Californians ....vote in a new generation of politicians that turns away from permissive policies & revolutionary identitarian ideologies... embraces individual liberties accompanied by individual accountability and the rule of law...classic liberal values....change...good change will happen.
- Compassion untethered from reality is not kind: existing drug harm reduction policies are not working. Permissive policies and politicians MUST go. Allowing two people to die every day on the streets of San Francisco from fetynal overdoses is...an abomination. San Franciscans, Bay Area residents, Californians can no longer turn away. We CAN and WILL do better than this.
- Individual rights...freedom of speech, assembly, and expression are the fundamental bedrock of American society. AND, they must be upheld AND accompanied by individual accountability.
● Centering law enforcement...
especially neighborhood beat cops... in the reduction of crime and promotion of public safety.
●Reducing the influence and spread of state DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity) programs ...programs that promote understanding of our society through the divisive lens of oppressor vs. oppressed in-groups, and a hierarchy of victimhood.
Societies in the grip of extreme ideologies that reject incremental change and material reality...that seek to tear down the existing foundations of civilization...are at great risk of faltering and becoming failed states. Currently, unfortunately, identitarian ideologies that have captured the imagination of many of our young people, ideologies that seek to judge people based on past in-group histories, verses individual character and individual actions in the present (as per values of the U.S. Constutution), fall under this category. These ideologies pose a great threat to the future thriving of the city of San Francisco, the state of California, and even our country.
1) To understand the major concerns of District 11 and its constituents.
2) To understand the major concerns of the state of California and its residents.
3) To understand the balance and interplay between these two sometimes overlapping, sometimes conflicting set of interests and make the best possible decisions based on that understanding.
4) To serve on appropriate committees that research and advise on select issues.
5) To reach out to other California senators and form coalitions to write, sponsor, and pass bills.
6) To provide live opportunities for constituents of District 11 to meet, share their concerns, and be apprised of new legislation and trends in the legislature.
Politicians of all parties must renew their commitment to improving the well-being of the working class...because without a strong working class that believes in the system, believes in paying taxes to support that system, believes that leaders are focused on improving their lives, societies falter.
●The rise of identitarian ideology
Coming to terms with the fact that many members of our up and coming managerial and administrative class are "True Believers" in the new secular ideology of identitarianism...believing that the current status quo is irredeemable and must go, believing in a hierarchy of oppressor vs. oppressed in-groups versus individual rights AND individual accountability as understood in the U.S. Constitution.
●Affordable housing
Only 15% of Californians can afford to buy a median priced home costing $843,600 as of the 3rd qtr of 2023. And, the average monthly rent in California for a two-bedroom apartment was $2,197 U.S. dollars in 2023...which makes rent in California for a 2-bedroom apartment higher than that of any other state in the U.S.
●Political leaders must focus relentlessly on decreasing both home ownership costs and rent costs in the coming years, while ensuring that seniors are not priced out of their homes or apartments.
●Public Safety
And, I would even go farther than that. I would say that those legislators who are able to draw in co-sponsors from the opposition party may even be more effective.
But, soon after the latter surgery, Richard Anumene realized he had made a profound mistake. First, he realized that this operation had sterilized him, and that he would never be able to naturally father children. Second, he came to understand that his SRS surgery had actually been botched, and that he would regularly experience dangerous UTI's (urinary tract infections) for the rest of his life. And, third, and most importantly, he realized that he never truly was a woman...just a very confused and vulnerable young man who had been lead astray.
There is an tidal wave of deaths caused by drug overdoses...
essentially fentynal poisonings...across the state of California, and more particularly in the city of San Francisco. This is an abomination, and must be addressed immediately.
I would introduce a bill to fund beds in long term (>1 year) comprehensive drug treatment programs that reject the harm reduction approach, and instead provide sober living spaces and services that require frequent drug testing.
As beds in such programs would be very expensive, I would first focus on drug users who have already experienced at least 1 drug overdose (in other words, those most at risk from dying from another overdose). I would also require that such at-risk drug users be enrolled in such drug treatment programs before receiving any other public assistance. And, in the same legislation, I would require that dealers who sell illegal drugs that result in overdoses and death be subject to arrest and felony charges.
Appropriations
Education
Housing
Insurance
Select Committees:
Career Technology & the New Economy
Mental Health & Addiction
Joint Committees:
Transparency, required for trust, encourages open communication and effective collaboration. And it's extremely important to be open about challenges, failures, and how failure can actually provide valuable information about how to move forward in the future.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 14, 2024
