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Desmond Silveira

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Desmond Silveira
Image of Desmond Silveira

No party preference

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 7, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

California Polytechnic State University, 1999

Personal
Profession
Software engineer
Contact

Personal website

Desmond Silveira (No party preference) ran for election for California Secretary of State. He lost as a write-in in the primary on June 7, 2022.

Silveira was an independent candidate running for governor of California in the 2018 election.

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Silveira's academic, professional, and political career:[1]

  • 1999-Present: Software engineer
  • 1999: Graduated from California State Polytechnic University with a B.S. in computer science

Elections

2022

See also: California Secretary of State election, 2022

General election

General election for California Secretary of State

Incumbent Shirley Weber defeated Robert Bernosky in the general election for California Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Shirley Weber
Shirley Weber (D)
 
60.1
 
6,462,164
Image of Robert Bernosky
Robert Bernosky (R)
 
39.9
 
4,298,530

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,760,694
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the primary for California Secretary of State on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Shirley Weber
Shirley Weber (D)
 
58.9
 
4,016,798
✔
Image of Robert Bernosky
Robert Bernosky (R)
 
18.8
 
1,281,587
Image of Rachel Hamm
Rachel Hamm (R)
 
12.1
 
822,978
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James Paine (R)
 
3.7
 
254,222
Image of Gary Blenner
Gary Blenner (G) Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
205,630
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Raul Rodriguez Jr. (R)
 
2.6
 
176,059
Image of Matthew Cinquanta
Matthew Cinquanta (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
59,481
Image of Desmond Silveira
Desmond Silveira (No party preference) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
235

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,816,990
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2018

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom (D)
 
61.9
 
7,721,410
Image of John Cox
John Cox (R)
 
38.1
 
4,742,825

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,464,235
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom (D)
 
33.7
 
2,343,792
✔
Image of John Cox
John Cox (R)
 
25.4
 
1,766,488
Image of Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
 
13.3
 
926,394
Image of Travis Allen
Travis Allen (R)
 
9.5
 
658,798
Image of John Chiang
John Chiang (D)
 
9.4
 
655,920
Image of Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin (D) Candidate Connection
 
3.4
 
234,869
Image of Amanda Renteria
Amanda Renteria (D)
 
1.3
 
93,446
Image of Robert Newman
Robert Newman (R)
 
0.6
 
44,674
Image of Michael Shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger (D)
 
0.5
 
31,692
Image of Peter Liu
Peter Liu (R)
 
0.4
 
27,336
Image of Yvonne Girard
Yvonne Girard (R)
 
0.3
 
21,840
Image of Gloria La Riva
Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party)
 
0.3
 
19,075
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Juan Bribiesca (D)
 
0.3
 
17,586
Image of Josh Jones
Josh Jones (G)
 
0.2
 
16,131
Image of Zoltan Gyurko Istvan
Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L)
 
0.2
 
14,462
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Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D)
 
0.2
 
12,026
Image of Nickolas Wildstar
Nickolas Wildstar (L)
 
0.2
 
11,566
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Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
 
0.2
 
11,103
Image of Akinyemi Agbede
Akinyemi Agbede (D)
 
0.1
 
9,380
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Thomas Jefferson Cares (D)
 
0.1
 
8,937
Image of Christopher Carlson
Christopher Carlson (G) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
7,302
Image of Klement Tinaj
Klement Tinaj (D)
 
0.1
 
5,368
Image of Hakan Mikado
Hakan Mikado (Independent)
 
0.1
 
5,346
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Johnny Wattenburg (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,973
Image of Desmond Silveira
Desmond Silveira (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,633
Image of Shubham Goel
Shubham Goel (Independent)
 
0.1
 
4,020
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Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent)
 
0.1
 
3,973

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 6,961,130
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Desmond Silveira did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

Silveira stated the following about his political philosophy in a biographical submission to Ballotpedia:[1]

“ Solidarity. Sanctity and dignity of human life, social justice, environmental stewardship, and peace.[2] ”

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on February 12, 2018
    2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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