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Frances Motiwalla
Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 34th Congressional District. She lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Motiwalla completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Motiwalla was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Wheaton College in Illinois, graduating in 2000.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 34
Incumbent Jimmy Gomez defeated David Kim in the general election for U.S. House California District 34 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jimmy Gomez (D)  | 53.0 | 108,792 |
 | David Kim (D) | 47.0 | 96,554 | |
| Total votes: 205,346 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 34
Incumbent Jimmy Gomez and David Kim defeated Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla, Joanne Wright, and Keanakay Scott in the primary for U.S. House California District 34 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jimmy Gomez (D) | 52.0 | 57,066 |
| ✔ | | David Kim (D) | 21.0 | 23,055 |
 | Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla (D) | 13.6 | 14,961 | |
 | Joanne Wright (R) | 7.7 | 8,482 | |
 | Keanakay Scott (D) | 5.6 | 6,089 | |
| Total votes: 109,653 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shannel Pittman (G)
- Vanessa Aramayo (D)
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Motiwalla's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Formerly, I served as the Deputy Director of Development for Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots peace network. For over a decade, through community-centered lobbying, strategic campaigns and direct action, I organized for an end to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen; the New START Treaty and the Iran Nuclear Deal; and diplomatic instead of military approaches to Syria, North Korea and Venezuela.
After the 2016 election, I co-founded The Constituents, a group focused on raising local civic engagement and understanding of our electoral system. You can find our zine, The Constituent's Guide to Civic Engagement online at TheConstituentsLA.com
Until I found that my Representative was not living up to his progressive promises, I had not planned to run for office. But I knew someone had to step up - and that I had the expertise to do it. Unlike my opponent, I wont take any corporate PAC money. Instead, my campaign will be energized by direct collaboration with grassroots organizations and increasing civic engagement across the district.
- We can end the homelessness crisis, with the will to enact common sense systemic reform.
- We must overturn Citizens United and reduce the influence of corporate interests in politics.
- We have to shift to a sustainable energy policy and foreign policy if we are to survive.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 6, 2019
