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Dulce Vasquez
Dulce Vasquez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 57. She lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Dulce Vasquez earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 2008. She earned a graduate degree from UCLA in 2020. Her career experience includes working as an educator.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 57
Sade Elhawary defeated Efren Martinez in the general election for California State Assembly District 57 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sade Elhawary (D)  | 61.1 | 54,117 |
| Efren Martinez (D) | 38.9 | 34,506 | ||
| Total votes: 88,623 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 57
Efren Martinez and Sade Elhawary defeated Dulce Vasquez, Greg Akili, and Tara Perry in the primary for California State Assembly District 57 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Efren Martinez (D) | 32.7 | 8,891 | |
| ✔ | | Sade Elhawary (D) | 31.1 | 8,443 |
 | Dulce Vasquez (D) | 13.4 | 3,648 | |
 | Greg Akili (D) | 11.4 | 3,088 | |
 | Tara Perry (D) | 11.4 | 3,083 | |
| Total votes: 27,153 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vasquez in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 9
Incumbent Curren De Mille Price Jr. won election outright against Dulce Vasquez in the primary for Los Angeles City Council District 9 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Curren De Mille Price Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 66.1 | 8,286 |
| Dulce Vasquez (Nonpartisan) | 33.9 | 4,242 | |
| Total votes: 12,528 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Vasquez's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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Dulce Vasquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vasquez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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She was born in Tampico, Mexico. Her parents brought her to the U.S. at age 7. After spending half of her childhood undocumented, cleaning houses with her mother, she attended Northwestern University as a Gates Millennium Scholar and received a B.A. in political science and philosophy. She also studied at The Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). She has a Master’s in Public Policy from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Dulce was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to serve as a Commissioner to El Pueblo Historic Monument, Los Angeles’ birthplace. She was publicly elected to represent her Assembly District on the Central Committee of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party—the largest local chapter in the country. She is also on the advisory board of the U.S.-Mexico Committee at the Pacific Council on International Policy, is on the board of directors at Amanecer Community Counseling Center, and is on the Board of Trustees at Zócalo Public Square.
She was called into public service after witnessing the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on her community. She is running to make a difference and to bring bold new leadership into City Hall.- Build More Housing
- Support Public Transit
- Uplift our Small Businesses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
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