Erik Rydberg
Erik Rydberg (Green Party) ran for election for California Secretary of State. He lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for California Secretary of State
Incumbent Alex Padilla defeated Mark Meuser in the general election for California Secretary of State on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alex Padilla (D) | 64.5 | 7,909,521 |
 | Mark Meuser (R) | 35.5 | 4,362,545 | |
| Total votes: 12,272,066 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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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 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Padilla (D) | 52.6 | 3,475,633 |
| ✔ | | Mark Meuser (R) | 31.0 | 2,047,903 |
 | Ruben Major (D) | 5.4 | 355,036 | |
| Raul Rodriguez Jr. (R) | 5.0 | 330,460 | ||
 | Gail Lightfoot (L) | 2.4 | 155,879 | |
 | Michael Feinstein (G) | 2.1 | 136,725 | |
 | C.T. Weber (Peace and Freedom Party) | 0.9 | 61,375 | |
 | Erik Rydberg (G) | 0.7 | 48,705 | |
| Total votes: 6,611,716 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Erik Rydberg participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Erik Rydberg's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Erik Rydberg's responses," March 29, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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