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Diana Rodriguez-Suruki

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Diana Rodriguez-Suruki
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Diana Rodriguez-Suruki was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 9 of the California State Assembly.

Campaign themes

2014

Rodriguez-Suruki's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Providing a High Quality Education for Every Child

  • Excerpt: "Diana believes providing a high quality education for every child should be our state’s top priority. Unfortunately, California ranks near the bottom in the amount we spend per student. If elected, Diana will build upon her work in the education field by putting more funding into education and making sure existing resources are properly spent in the classroom."

Reducing Health Care Costs

  • Excerpt: "Diana is a strong supporter of establishing a universal single payer health care system in California. However, until such a system can be established, she will utilize her experience as a manager in the State of California’s Health and Human Services Agency to lower costs by reducing Medi-Cal fraud and recovering funds from private health care providers who intentionally overbill the state for health care services."

Improving Public Safety

  • Excerpt: "[I]f elected, she will utilize her knowledge of corrections issues to invest in programs that reduce youth gang activity, provide mental health treatment to non-violent offenders, and offer training programs for those who have completed their prison sentences so they can lead productive lives upon re-entering society rather than engaging in crime and illegal activity."

Fair Taxation

  • Excerpt: "If elected, Diana will oppose tax increases that are harmful and unfair to working class families, while supporting changes to the tax code that ensure wealthy individuals pay their fair share in taxes."

Gender Equality

  • Excerpt: "If elected, Diana will stand for equal pay for equal work policies in both public and private sector employment."

Elections

2014

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Jim Cooper (D) and Darrell R. Fong (D) defeated Diana Rodriguez-Suruki (D), Tim Gorsulowsky (R) and Manuel J. Martin (R) in the blanket primary. Cooper defeated Fong in the general election.[2][3][4]

California State Assembly, District 9, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim Cooper 55.5% 50,188
     Democratic Darrell R. Fong 44.5% 40,220
Total Votes 90,408
California State Assembly, District 9 Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim Cooper 31.1% 18,923
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDarrell R. Fong 29.2% 17,752
     Republican Tim Gorsulowsky 18% 10,938
     Republican Manuel J. Martin 13.3% 8,111
     Democratic Diana Rodriguez-Suruki 8.4% 5,080
Total Votes 60,804

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Rodriguez-Suruki's endorsements included the following:[5]

  • State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
  • Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante (Retired)
  • State Senator Norma Torres
  • State Senator Ben Hueso
  • State Assmemblymember Luis Alejo
  • State Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez
  • State Assemblymember Roger Hernandez
  • Former Senator Richard Polanco
  • Former Assemblymember Tony Mendoza
  • Sacramento City Unified School Board Member Gustavo Arroyo
  • Sacramento City Unified School Board Member Christina Pritchett
  • Sacramento City Unified School Board Member Darrel Woo
  • Sacramento County Board of Education Member Brian Rivas
  • Elk Grove Unified School Board Member Tony Perez
  • Twin Rivers Unified School Board Member Rebecca Sandoval
  • Twin Rivers Unified School Board Member Walter Kawamoto
  • Natomas Unified School Board Member Susan Heredia
  • Former Sacramento City Unified School Board Member Roy Grimes
  • Former Sacramento City Unified School Board Member Manny Hernandez
  • Pico Rivera Mayor Gustavo Camacho

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Diana + Rodriguez-Suruki + California + Assembly"

Diana Rodriguez-Suruki News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ dreamhosters.com "Issues," accessed May 8, 2014
  2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
  3. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
  4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
  5. ↑ dreamhosters.com "Endorsements," accessed May 8, 2014


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