Gary Michaels
Gary Michaels (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 47. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Michaels completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gary Michaels was born in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree from New England College in 1980. He earned a degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2016. Michaels' career experience includes working in the broadcasting and telecommunications industries. He has served with Santa Maria Bonita School District Measure "T" Citizens Bond Oversight Committee.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 47
Greg Wallis defeated Christy Holstege in the general election for California State Assembly District 47 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Wallis (R) | 50.0 | 84,752 |
 | Christy Holstege (D)  | 50.0 | 84,667 | |
| Total votes: 169,419 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 47
Christy Holstege and Greg Wallis defeated Gary Michaels and Jamie Swain in the primary for California State Assembly District 47 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christy Holstege (D) | 46.5 | 51,169 |
| ✔ | | Greg Wallis (R) | 34.5 | 37,996 |
 | Gary Michaels (R) | 11.6 | 12,716 | |
| Jamie Swain (D) | 7.4 | 8,200 | ||
| Total votes: 110,081 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: California State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Senate District 19
S. Monique Limón defeated Gary Michaels in the general election for California State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | S. Monique Limón (D) | 64.5 | 272,442 |
| Gary Michaels (R) | 35.5 | 150,089 | |
| Total votes: 422,531 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 19
S. Monique Limón and Gary Michaels defeated Anastasia Stone in the primary for California State Senate District 19 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | S. Monique Limón (D) | 61.1 | 152,745 |
| ✔ | | Gary Michaels (R) | 33.0 | 82,466 |
| Anastasia Stone (Unaffiliated) | 5.9 | 14,734 | ||
| Total votes: 249,945 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gary Michaels completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Michaels' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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During my long career in broadcasting, cable, digital media and the IT marketplace, as well as my experience on Republican County committees, on school board and state senate races - I know how to connect to voters.
I am the right candidate at the right time to begin reversing the downward losing trend and move the Republican party and our conservative ideals forward as our state legislator.
My approach is to work with everyone – including liberals and progressive left, and to support conservative Democrats, if there are any, to bolster conservative thinking in Sacramento. To be clear, as a conservative I support smaller government, lower taxes and lower spending. A vote for me is a vote for the American freedoms to speak your opinions out loud, to run a business, to self-protection and to educate your children without the anti-America propaganda and age-inappropriate sex education.
The path to victory lies in plain old hard work, commitment, and the belief we can make a comeback, and bring California back into balance and efficiency. I would be honored to have your vote.
- The path to victory lies in plain old hard work, commitment, and the belief we can make a comeback, and bring California back into balance and efficiency
- I’ll strongly oppose ‘Defunding the Police’ and ‘Sanctuary Cities,’ and will fight to secure our border.
- I’ll support middle-class and small business tax cuts, and work to attract and retain businesses and good paying jobs.
In the Assembly today, there are 61 Democrats, 19 Republicans and independent Chad Mayes. Republican Assembly members are in the minority. So the area of public policy I am most passionate about is the area that concerns taxation policy and constitutional amendments but this in only achieved by flipping seats. However, I believe flipping seven seats in the Assembly is achievable by 2030 if Republicans step up their involvement in campaigning, fundraising and communicating directly to voters.
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Year: 1997
It is a movie that portrays the daily life of unemployed people in England and their struggle to stop depending on the state. Not just a libel for financial independence, but also a delicate and good-humored look on the challenges faced by parents in a society weakened by unemployment and the lack of meaning in life.
Being mindful of and caring for the underprivileged in society.
Prioritizing the growth and well-being of individuals in our district.
I am the right candidate at the right time to begin reversing the downward losing trend and move the Republican party and our conservative ideals forward as our state legislator.
This outcome is being touted as a victory by ethnic activists, but it means that voters are being assigned electoral districts based in part on race or ethnicity. The idea is that voters of a particular race should be grouped together to increase their collective voting power. That sometimes requires rearranging other boundaries (like the city of San Jose, which is cut into four districts).
But while race-based “packing” increases a group’s influence in some districts, it reduces it in others. Hispanics make up about 36% of California’s adult population, for example, but less than 28% in half of the new districts. A similar pattern is present for blacks and Asians, who make up roughly 6% and 16% of the population respectively, but a smaller share in the median district.
Such racial sorting is common and probably legal under the Supreme Court’s current application of its Thornburg v. Gingles (1986) precedent interpreting the Voting Rights Act. But it has the effect of amplifying identity politics, including white identity politics. When jurisdictions are carved along ethnic lines, politicians in both parties have less need to build multiethnic coalitions.
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2020
Note: Michaels submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on September 20, 2020. Note: Michaels submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on February 5, 2020.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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