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Hector Gastelum
Hector Gastelum was a member of the Otay Water District Governing Board in California, representing Division 4. Gastelum left office in 2020.
Gastelum ran for election to the Otay Water District Governing Board to represent Division 3 in California. Gastelum lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Gastelum was a candidate for the Trustee Area 1 seat on the Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education in California. He ran against Barbara Majchrzak, George Cameron and Francisco Tamayo in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] Hector Gastelum lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Gastelum was a 2014 nonpartisan candidate for the city council of Chula Vista, California. He was defeated by Patricia Aguilar and Dan Smith. Gastelum also ran unsuccessfully for District 40 of the California State Senate in a 2013 special election.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Otay Water District Governing Board Division 3
Incumbent Gary Croucher defeated Hector Gastelum in the general election for Otay Water District Governing Board Division 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gary Croucher (Nonpartisan) | 56.1 | 6,316 | |
 | Hector Gastelum (Nonpartisan) | 43.9 | 4,942 | |
| Total votes: 11,258 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in San Diego County, California (2020)
General election
General election for Otay Water District Governing Board Division 4
Jose Lopez defeated incumbent Hector Gastelum, Michael Monaco, and Patricia Mallen in the general election for Otay Water District Governing Board Division 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jose Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 44.2 | 8,393 | |
| Hector Gastelum (Nonpartisan) | 30.4 | 5,773 | |
| Michael Monaco (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 2,484 | ||
| Patricia Mallen (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 2,325 | ||
| Total votes: 18,975 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Mayor of Chula Vista
Incumbent Mary Salas defeated Hector Gastelum in the general election for Mayor of Chula Vista on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Salas (Nonpartisan) | 71.9 | 54,062 |
| Hector Gastelum (Nonpartisan) | 28.1 | 21,175 | |
| Total votes: 75,237 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Chula Vista
Incumbent Mary Salas and Hector Gastelum defeated Daniel Schreck and Arthur Kende in the primary for Mayor of Chula Vista on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Salas (Nonpartisan) | 62.7 | 24,572 |
| ✔ | | Hector Gastelum (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 6,676 |
 | Daniel Schreck (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 4,408 | |
| Arthur Kende (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 3,547 | ||
| Total votes: 39,203 | |||
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2014
Chula Vista Elementary Board of Education election
- See also: Chula Vista Elementary School District elections (2014)Three seats on the Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. No incumbents filed to run for re-election, leaving all three seats open to newcomers. Four candidates, Barbara Majchrzak, Francisco Tamayo, George Cameron and Hector Gastelum,
ran for the Trustee Area 1 seat. The Trustee Area 3 election featured candidates Leslie Ray Bunker and Rudy Ramirez, and candidates Willard "Doc" Howard, Eduardo Reyes and Joshua R. Smith ran for the Trustee Area 5 seat.
In Trustee Area 1, Tamayo defeated his three fellow candidates to win the election. Bunker won the Trustee Area 3 seat, and Reyes was elected to Trustee Area 5.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Francisco Tamayo |
37.6% | 15,329 | |
| Nonpartisan | Barbara Majchrzak | 28% | 11,408 | |
| Nonpartisan | George Cameron | 20% | 8,136 | |
| Nonpartisan | Hector Gastelum | 14.4% | 5,877 | |
| Total Votes | 40,750 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election," accessed December 22, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Gastelum had not reported any contributions or expenditures to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters as of October 28, 2014.[3]
Endorsements
Gastelum received the endorsement of the Republican Party of San Diego County.[4]
Chula Vista City Council election
The city of Chula Vista, California held city council elections on June 3, 2014. Incumbent Patricia Aguilar faced Hector Gastelum, David Gonzalez, Jr., Willie Harris, Dan Smith and Michael Spethman in the general election. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Aguilar and Smith - met in a runoff election on November 4, 2014. Aguilar defeated Smith in the runoff.[5][6][7][8]
| Chula Vista City Council, Seat 2, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Patricia Aguilar |
57.6% | 20,638 | |
| Dan Smith | 42.4% | 15,215 | |
| Total Votes | 35,853 | ||
| Source: County of San Diego - 2014 Election Results | |||
| Chula Vista City Council, Seat 2, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Patricia Aguilar |
48.2% | 10,265 | |
| Dan Smith |
16.7% | 3,562 | |
| Hector Gastelum | 10% | 2,131 | |
| David Gonzalez, Jr. | 10.8% | 2,303 | |
| Willie Harris | 6.5% | 1,393 | |
| Michael Spethman | 7.8% | 1,652 | |
| Total Votes | 19,654 | ||
| Source: County of San Diego - 2014 Election Results | |||
2013
Gastelum ran in a special election for California State Senate District 40. The seat was vacant following Juan Vargas's (D) election to the 51st Congressional District of California on November 6, 2012. Gastelum was defeated by Ben Hueso (D) in the special election on March 12, 2013.[2][9][10][11]
| California State Senate, District 40, Special Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ben Hueso |
53.1% | 29,367 | |
| Democratic | Anna Nevenic | 10.4% | 5,740 | |
| Republican | Hector Gastelum | 21.6% | 11,951 | |
| Republican | Xanthi Gionis | 14.9% | 8,243 | |
| Total Votes | 55,301 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Hector Gastelum did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Hector Gastelum did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Candidate List," accessed August 19, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 sos.ca.gov, "Official special election results," accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search: HECTOR RAUL GASTELUM," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ Republican Party of San Diego County, "Endorsements," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ City of Chula Vista "Candidate Log - June 3, 2014 General Municipal Election," accessed April 3, 2014
- ↑ San Diego Source, "Chula Vista mayor's race, council seat 1 undecided," June 3, 2014
- ↑ KPBS, "June 3, 2014 Primary Election Results," June 3, 2014
- ↑ San Diego County, "2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Imperial Valley Press, "Special election will fill seat vacated by Vargas," November 14, 2012
- ↑ U-T San Diego, "2 REPUBLICANS JOIN STATE SENATE RACE," January 19, 2013
- ↑ SCPR.org, "32nd Senate District race heads to a May runoff to represent Pomona, Fontana and Ontario," March 13, 2013
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