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Gene Yoon
Gene Yoon (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 2. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Yoon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gene Yoon was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1992 and a law degree from the New York University School of Law in 1997. His career experience includes working as a technology executive.[1]
Yoon has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Firewise, neighborhood group lead
- Lake County Prescribed Burn Association, board member
- The Forem
- Integrity Institute
- Aspen Tech Policy Hub
Elections
2022
See also: California State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Senate District 2
Incumbent Mike McGuire defeated Gene Yoon in the general election for California State Senate District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike McGuire (D) | 73.3 | 283,689 |
 | Gene Yoon (R)  | 26.7 | 103,333 | |
| Total votes: 387,022 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 2
Incumbent Mike McGuire and Gene Yoon advanced from the primary for California State Senate District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike McGuire (D) | 75.1 | 197,999 |
| ✔ | | Gene Yoon (R) | 24.9 | 65,762 |
| Total votes: 263,761 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gene Yoon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Yoon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Bring Back Civics: We must teach our children and ourselves about our civic duties.
- Stop State Graft: Politicians should not be allowed to accept donations from organizations that do business with the government.
- Put People First: Powerful tech companies have gone too far - it's time to put humans ahead of technology.
In art and life, I admire Michel de Montaigne, the 16th-century philosopher. He made a career in law and politics before retiring to the country in late middle age, where he spent the rest of his life writing. His essays are still read today, hundreds of years later, largely because he invented the form of writing that today we call an "essay."
In order to really do great things over time, you have to have real integrity to believe what you say, say what you do, and do what you believe.
Nobody thought we needed WiFi in offices until Airespace, a company I helped from incubation all the way to sale to Cisco. Nobody knew what the metaverse was until Linden Lab showed the world Second Life, an example that even today Facebook is trying to follow. Nobody wanted the job of fixing Google's ad policy problems, for which they got fined $500 million, until I took it on and fixed it. I didn't have experience in any of those fields until I jumped in and just got stuff done with relentless effort.
Four years from now, 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence! I know that our country and our world don't seem in great shape right now, but I believe we will once again stand united in our goals for this nation.
Our problems have become enormous - wildfires, drought, homelessness, crime, vast income inequality. I've been working in this state for 23 years, and every year these problems have gotten worse. We need to concentrate on competency and high-quality delivery of the services that our government keeps promising to the people.
I like state government better than federal government, as I think state government is more important in our daily lives. I love the district that I'm running in, and I've only got eyes for this district. Maybe if I do this job well enough, people will want me to run for governor - but personally, it's hard for me to look that far ahead. I like to just focus on the job in front of me.
"I'll have a glass of whiskey for me, and a thimble full for my friend here." He unzips the duffel bag, takes out a miniature piano, sets it on the bar. He reaches in again and gently takes out a doll - but it's not a doll! It's a real live gentleman, about a foot tall, wearing a tux with tails. The little guy sits down at the piano and starts playing a sonata.
"Amazing!" says the bartender, "but how ..."
Guy reaches into the bag again, takes out a lamp that looks just like the one in Aladdin. "There's a problem," he starts to explain, but the bartender eagerly snatches the magic lamp, rubs it, and makes a wish:
"I wish I had a million bucks!!" he yells.
QUACK QUACK QUACK. The bar is suddenly filled with ducks, flapping and feathers everywhere.
"What is this?? I didn't wish for a million ducks!!" the bartender cries.
The guy says: "Do you think I wished for a 12-inch pianist?"
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
