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Denise Pedrow
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Denise Pedrow (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 44. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Pedrow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Denise Pedrow was born in San Pedro, California. She pursued her undergraduate education at Oxnard Community College and Pacific Union College. Pedrow’s career experience includes working as a construction coordinator for multi-family housing projects.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 44
Incumbent Jacqui Irwin defeated Denise Pedrow in the general election for California State Assembly District 44 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jacqui Irwin (D) | 60.7 | 132,679 |
 | Denise Pedrow (R)  | 39.3 | 86,051 | |
| Total votes: 218,730 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 44
Incumbent Jacqui Irwin and Denise Pedrow advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 44 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacqui Irwin (D) | 62.2 | 73,294 |
| ✔ | | Denise Pedrow (R) | 37.8 | 44,534 |
| Total votes: 117,828 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Denise Pedrow completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pedrow's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I was born and raised in Southern California. I attended Oxnard Community College and then Pacific Union College in Northern California. I come from a large, Hispanic family with a strong tradition of military and Law Enforcement service. I have worked for many years in the building industry in Los Angeles County. As a Construction Coordinator I worked daily to maintain OSHA safety requirements among our subcontractors on jobsites. I worked with many professionals in construction trades, city departments, city inspectors, unions, delivery companies and vendors. I streamlined processes for tracking critical contract and insurance requirements. I provided critical support in the construction of many multi-family developments in the Southern California region. These projects together totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in project costs and providing thousands of housing units for California Senior Citizens and families. I have been involved in local politics for several years. I've worked to improve local elementary schools common core shortfalls. I've been a voice for conservative Hispanics who believe that SB54 is not the best practice to make our communities safer. The Democratic party promotes values that are opposite to my own and many other conservative Hispanic citizens. We are pro-life, pro-family, pro-children, pro-faith, hard working and believe in the rule of law.
- I will fight to stop the wastefulness of our tax dollars in Sacramento. Billions are spent on special interest projects while our dams, water reservoirs and infrastructure are crumbling from lack of proper maintenance. Shasta and Oro dams in Northern California need immediate repair and expansion to properly save the snowpack and rainfall that California is now experiencing. The billions spent on the high-speed train would solve a large portion of our homeless crisis by opening mental health facilities and drug treatment centers.
- I believe that we must strengthen our weak-on-crime laws. These newly enacted laws allow greater freedoms for criminal and predator behaviors. Victims and their families are finding the penalties and sentencing for crimes in our state to be continually lightened and time-served shortened. Proposition 47 has succeeded in increasing petty theft, vandalism and ""smash and grab"" crime sprees across our state. Many businesses are leaving our state due to this Sacramento Supermajority attitude of ""soft on criminals and ignore the victims"".
- Correct legislative overreach that affects millions of workers in our "" Right to Work "" state. Single-parent households, families, students and military families are feeling the financial burden imposed upon them from AB5 the unfair (side) ""Gig"" law. At its core, this bill mostly strengthens union control over California workers. The state legislature also needs to block all PLA's (Project Labor Agreements) that are forced upon the construction industries by unions who seek unfair advantages over minority owned private contractor companies.
California is experiencing a crisis of freedom versus socialist-agenda policy. Our Democratic Supermajority in Sacramento are gleefully pushing through hundreds of bills that limit Californian's right to work, water usage, energy choices, educational choices and parental rights. I am passionate about repealing oppressive and often ridiculous laws that do nothing address the real problems facing our state.
I believe that a strong sense of self, who you are and what you stand for are among the most important characteristics of an elected official. Always know where your boundaries are; respect and protect them.
I am a natural for networking, sharing ideas and information. I care about the ideas and rights of others and seek to protect them as I would protect my own.
To do a good job for the people of a district, the elected official must listen to the voice of the people and address crisis and concerns promptly. To simply 'vote along the party line' is an outrageous violation of the constitutional rights of a districts citizens.
I would like to be among the group of Republicans that return our state legislature to a more balanced representation of California's people. I would like to repeal many cumbersome regulations that do nothing but waste taxpayer dollars on administration costs and do little to help solve current issues. I would like to invest the necessary funds into updating our water storage and distribution systems and repair our roads. I would like to change current legislation that is burdening our business community and middle-class families with impossibly high taxes and regulations.
When I was twelve years old, I recall watching on the television the mob of college students who were breaking into our American Embassy in Tehran, Iran. It struck closer to home with me because I had heard through the family grapevine that we had a cousin who was stationed in that embassy. Marine Sergeant James Lopez and my mother's family are from Globe, Arizona. Throughout the 444 days, we prayed earnestly for his safety and that of the other hostages. We rejoiced when the hostages were freed. I remember my stomach burning in anger as I watched the mob form a gauntlet that the hostages had to walk through to reach their bus. The mob hit and punched Sgt. Lopez and the other Americans just because they could reach them. I am still proud of them to this day for their courage and endurance against overwhelmingly terrifying circumstances. I stand with Americans, especially those from Hispanic origins, to be proud of our country and our flag. As Sgt. Lopez wrote on the wall of the American Embassy in Tehran, "Viva La Roja, Blanca y Azul"..."Long Live The Red, White And Blue".
The Holy Bible has made the most difference in my life. It sounds trite, but I do try to read a chapter each day. It comforts and strengthens me to read about Esther, Joshua and other biblical characters who faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles . Through courage, faith and hard work, they were victorious. The Bible's message of hope has helped me tremendously over my lifetime when I found myself in difficult circumstances.
I was thinking last night, about 3:00 am, about how AB5 the "Gig" law is driving independent musicians out of our state. I kept hearing Don Mclean's "The Day The Music Died" (American Pie).
I believe that the lower house, the Assembly, is the real voice of the people. In California we have 80 representatives over districts throughout our state. I feel that this is the closest connection between "the people" and our state leadership.
I do not feel that it is important for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics. In fact, it seems to be true that the longer a politician stays in a government seat, the less and less in touch with the people they become. Special interest groups powerfully influence incumbents with large campaign donations. This is never in the best interest of the majority of the voters. By electing people with various backgrounds and experiences, the state legislature is a more realistic representation of the people of the state. Jobs can be learned. Paperwork, policy and procedures can be mastered. There is nothing in a state representatives job description that would bar the average business person, teacher, professional or independent contractor from performing well. In my opinion it is an elitist mindset that demands prior law or government job experience in order to effectively listen and represent the citizens of a district.
We need to end taxpayer waste. We waste billions on Green Initiatives and the obsessive race to be "first place" in the nation for Green Energy and environmental regulation. While being responsible towards the environment is everyone's job, California's "all or nothing" stand for Green Energy is a costly blunder. We are spending millions everyday to import oil from other countries while shutting down our own oil drilling and nuclear plants. These cheaper energy sources are better supplied here, inside California where strict quality and environmental controls can safeguard our state. By purchasing more and more electricity from neighboring states and being forced to rely on foreign oil, we place ourselves at a greater National Security risk. When the "lights go out" in California, as we just experienced during our devastating fires, how strong are we to defend our cities? This weakened state of our state should be avoided at all costs. How would we be able to protect not only ourselves but also the western boundary of the United States if we rely totally on unreliable electricity? We need balance between historically less expensive, more stable oil/nuclear energy resources while keeping an eye on new green technology that will continue to perfect products and make them more competitively priced.
Recently I was having a discussion with a licensed therapist who serves our military personnel on California bases. She works on the base within a suicide prevention program. This program identifies three main areas of stressors that can trigger suicide among our military members: occupational, financial and relationship stress. The new AB5, (side) "Gig" law has only been in force for a few weeks. She states that they are already seeing an increase of military personnel coming to their offices asking for support or resources to help them make it to the end of each month. The side-gig jobs help thousands of our military families make ends meet till the end of the month. This terrible law is causing new, unnecessary stress upon those we owe the most to: our military members. I will fight in the state legislature to rid California of this terrible law.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 16, 2020
Current members of the California State Assembly
Leadership
Majority Leader:Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Minority Leader:James Gallagher
Representatives
District 1
Heather Hadwick (R)
District 2
Chris Rogers (D)
District 3
James Gallagher (R)
District 4
District 5
Joe Patterson (R)
District 6
Maggy Krell (D)
District 7
Josh Hoover (R)
District 8
David Tangipa (R)
District 9
Heath Flora (R)
District 10
Stephanie Nguyen (D)
District 11
Lori Wilson (D)
District 12
Damon Connolly (D)
District 13
Rhodesia Ransom (D)
District 14
Buffy Wicks (D)
District 15
District 16
District 17
Matt Haney (D)
District 18
Mia Bonta (D)
District 19
District 20
Liz Ortega (D)
District 21
Diane Papan (D)
District 22
Juan Alanis (R)
District 23
Marc Berman (D)
District 24
Alex Lee (D)
District 25
Ash Kalra (D)
District 26
Patrick Ahrens (D)
District 27
Esmeralda Soria (D)
District 28
Gail Pellerin (D)
District 29
Robert Rivas (D)
District 30
Dawn Addis (D)
District 31
Joaquin Arambula (D)
District 32
Stan Ellis (R)
District 33
Alexandra Macedo (R)
District 34
Tom Lackey (R)
District 35
Jasmeet Bains (D)
District 36
Jeff Gonzalez (R)
District 37
Gregg Hart (D)
District 38
Steve Bennett (D)
District 39
Juan Carrillo (D)
District 40
Pilar Schiavo (D)
District 41
John Harabedian (D)
District 42
Jacqui Irwin (D)
District 43
District 44
Nick Schultz (D)
District 45
James Ramos (D)
District 46
Jesse Gabriel (D)
District 47
Greg Wallis (R)
District 48
Blanca Rubio (D)
District 49
Mike Fong (D)
District 50
Robert Garcia (D)
District 51
Rick Zbur (D)
District 52
Jessica Caloza (D)
District 53
District 54
Mark Gonzalez (D)
District 55
Isaac Bryan (D)
District 56
Lisa Calderon (D)
District 57
Sade Elhawary (D)
District 58
Leticia Castillo (R)
District 59
Phillip Chen (R)
District 60
Corey Jackson (D)
District 61
Tina McKinnor (D)
District 62
Jose Solache (D)
District 63
Natasha Johnson (R)
District 64
Blanca Pacheco (D)
District 65
Mike Gipson (D)
District 66
Al Muratsuchi (D)
District 67
District 68
Avelino Valencia (D)
District 69
Josh Lowenthal (D)
District 70
Tri Ta (R)
District 71
Kate Sanchez (R)
District 72
Diane Dixon (R)
District 73
District 74
Laurie Davies (R)
District 75
Carl DeMaio (R)
District 76
Darshana Patel (D)
District 77
Tasha Horvath (D)
District 78
Christopher Ward (D)
District 79
District 80
David Alvarez (D)
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