Duke Cooney
Duke Cooney ran for election to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to represent District 2 in California. Cooney lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Cooney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Sacramento County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 2
Incumbent Patrick Kennedy won election outright against Duke Cooney in the primary for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patrick Kennedy (Nonpartisan) | 73.7 | 32,005 |
 | Duke Cooney (Nonpartisan)  | 26.3 | 11,408 | |
| Total votes: 43,413 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Duke Cooney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cooney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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His early legislative roles within the California Assembly and Senate allowed him to influence solutions for issues ranging from disability rights, to fair wages for inmate firefighters and other workers.
Duke lives in South Sacramento with his partner and daughter. He works as an Environmental Advocate, fighting for greater funding to support the environment and combat climate change.
Within the broader community, Duke serves as an Equity Advisor for Public Health Advocates (PHA) - working with cities across California to organize, advocate, and reform 911 response systems toward care-centered services.
- Sacramento County is not doing enough to support our homeless community and our neighborhoods are paying the price. We need to lead with delivering public health and permanent housing. Short-term solutions like housing sweeps and camp removals don't address the root cause of housing insecurity. We need resources that help transition our residents off of the streets.
- The Board of Supervisors has not acted yet to ban lead fuel at the Executive airport in South Sacramento. Our communities and children are at risk of lead fuel exposure.
- Neighborhoods in SOuth Sacramento have been completely left out of County Budgets. We need an equitable allocation of resources that addresses historical injustices and redlining.
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See also
2022 Elections
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