James Coleman (California)
James Coleman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 21. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Coleman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
James Coleman was born in California. Coleman earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 2021. His career experience includes being a city councilmember for the City of South San Francisco.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 21
Diane Papan defeated Giselle Hale (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for California State Assembly District 21 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Diane Papan (D) | 72.4 | 94,676 |
| Giselle Hale (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | 27.6 | 36,014 | ||
| Total votes: 130,690 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 21
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 21 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Diane Papan (D) | 41.3 | 40,434 |
| ✔ | Giselle Hale (D) | 19.8 | 19,400 | |
 | Mark Gilham (R) | 19.5 | 19,078 | |
 | James Coleman (D) | 11.5 | 11,269 | |
 | Alison Madden (D) | 3.4 | 3,359 | |
| Maurice Goodman (D) | 2.7 | 2,664 | ||
 | Tania Solé (G) | 1.7 | 1,620 | |
| Total votes: 97,824 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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James Coleman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Coleman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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At a young age James experienced what it was like to fall through the cracks. He wanted to study biology to learn how people could heal from chronic injuries; and he wanted to work to make sure that our government and medical system worked for everyone. In the middle of his junior year at Harvard University, he was evacuated from campus and returned back to his hometown of South San Francisco. James saw how COVID disproportionately affected the working families in his community, in housing, healthcare, childcare, and our education system. And, James successfully ran for city council to bring the change and justice that he wanted to see in his community, becoming the city’s youngest ever and first openly LGBTQ+ identifying council member in the city’s history.
Now James is running for state assembly with a very clear purpose—Sacramento can’t just work for the wealthy and well connected. It has to work for everyone.- Affordable Housing and Homelessness - James believes housing is a human right. But, cities in San Mateo County have only built a third of California’s affordable housing goals in the last eight years and the cost of living has skyrocketed, making it much harder for young people and working families to continue living in our communities. California and San Mateo County need to make housing truly affordable and available, as well as invest in infrastructure to support our growing populations. James will fight to build housing at all income levels, maximize the affordability of the housing that is being built, and work to protect our renters from unfair evictions and outrageous rent hikes.
- A Wealth Tax on Billionaires - California is home to some of the wealthiest people in the world, including dozens of billionaires. At the same time, tens of thousands of residents in San Mateo county and millions across California are working multiple jobs and barely making ends meet. During the COVID pandemic when countless working people were struggling, billionaires collectively saw their wealth grow by over $1 trillion. We need to reduce the outrageous levels of inequality in our society and ensure that working people have enough to thrive in our communities. James will fight for a wealth tax on billionaires and corporations so that they pay their fair share and our working families can pay less.
- Aggressive Action on Climate Change and Holding PG&E Accountable - Communities in San Mateo County are no strangers to the worsening effects of climate change. Our bay-side communities are at increased risk of sea level rise, neighborhoods in wooded areas face the persistent risk of fires—especially those caused by investor-owned utilities like PG&E, and our community has had to endure smoke and ash-filled air and hotter, dryer summers. We need a bold plan to keep San Mateo County resilient and our communities safe from climate change. James will fight to invest in renewable energy infrastructure, a just transition for all our communities and workers, and real accountability for our public utilities.
James doesn't just talk about childcare—he has already gotten results. In South San Francisco, James has led a coalition of parents, teachers, and advocates on a ballot measure that would tax the largest corporations in South San Francisco to fund universal preschool and childcare for every family and worker in the city. And not only that, it would raise the wages of our childcare teachers to a living wage. Now James wants to bring this initiative for every child, family, and teacher in California.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 11, 2022
