Elsa Granados
Elsa Granados (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 37. She lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Granados completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Elsa Granados earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1989 and a graduate degree from San Francisco State University in 1995. Granados’s career experience includes working as the Executive Director of Standing Together to End Sexual Assault, as a social worker for San Diego County Social Services, and as a researcher for the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Children, Youth, and Families. She has also served as the Affirmative Action Commissioner for Santa Barbara County.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 37
Steve Bennett defeated Charles Cole in the general election for California State Assembly District 37 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Bennett (D) | 67.6 | 166,015 |
Charles Cole (R)  | 32.4 | 79,661 | ||
| Total votes: 245,676 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 37
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 37 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charles Cole (R) | 27.5 | 41,945 | |
| ✔ | | Steve Bennett (D) | 24.6 | 37,516 |
| Cathy Murillo (D) | 19.4 | 29,498 | ||
 | Jonathan Abboud (D) | 7.9 | 12,039 | |
| Jason Dominguez (D) | 7.3 | 11,177 | ||
 | Elsa Granados (D) | 7.1 | 10,840 | |
| Stephen Blum (D) | 6.1 | 9,278 | ||
| Total votes: 152,293 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elsa Granados completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Granados' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have dedicated my adult life to addressing issues of sexual assault and domestic violence and advocating for civil rights for working-class families and under-represented communities. For the past 23 years, I have served as the Executive Director of Standing Together to End Sexual Assault, formerly known as Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center. But I know I can do more for our community. I want to use that same energy and the experience I've gained to work on a broader level. I want to directly affect public policy, especially from a strong feminist perspective. We must preserve our democracy and work fiercely to ensure that we are addressing issues that affect our daily lives. I will work with residents of the 37th District and other legislators to develop and implement solutions to our most pressing social, economic and environmental issues.
In California, we have the opportunity to continue to create a future that reflects our values of caring for each other and caring for our natural resources. If elected to represent the residents of the 37th Assembly District, I would be honored to fight for all of our communities like I have my entire life.- Expand access to affordable housing and health care
- Strengthen education from pre-K through college
- Protect our coastline and stand up to the oil and gas industry
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 27, 2020
