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James Spencer (California)
James A. Spencer (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 35. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: California State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Senate District 35
Laura Richardson defeated Michelle Chambers in the general election for California State Senate District 35 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Laura Richardson (D) | 50.6 | 122,862 |
 | Michelle Chambers (D) | 49.4 | 120,144 | |
| Total votes: 243,006 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 35
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Senate District 35 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Richardson (D) | 27.8 | 26,916 |
| ✔ | | Michelle Chambers (D) | 24.5 | 23,670 |
| James A. Spencer (R) | 18.8 | 18,193 | ||
 | Albert Robles (D) | 8.5 | 8,263 | |
 | Alex Monteiro (D) | 6.0 | 5,840 | |
 | Jennifer Trichelle-Marie Williams (D) | 5.4 | 5,242 | |
 | Nilo Vega Michelin (D) | 4.8 | 4,628 | |
| Lamar Lyons (D) | 4.1 | 3,959 | ||
| Total votes: 96,711 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Spencer received the following endorsements.
2022
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 61
Incumbent Tina McKinnor defeated Robert Pullen-Miles in the general election for California State Assembly District 61 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tina McKinnor (D) | 63.6 | 58,888 |
 | Robert Pullen-Miles (D) | 36.4 | 33,691 | |
| Total votes: 92,579 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 61
Robert Pullen-Miles and incumbent Tina McKinnor defeated James A. Spencer, Angie Reyes English, and Nico Ruderman in the primary for California State Assembly District 61 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Pullen-Miles (D) | 38.6 | 24,322 |
| ✔ | | Tina McKinnor (D) | 32.5 | 20,478 |
| James A. Spencer (R) | 14.2 | 8,942 | ||
 | Angie Reyes English (D) | 10.7 | 6,777 | |
 | Nico Ruderman (D) | 4.0 | 2,540 | |
| Total votes: 63,059 | |||
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Campaign finance
2014
Isadore Hall, III (D) defeated Louis L. Dominguez (D), Hector Serrano (D) and James Spencer (R) in the special election on December 9, 2014.[1][2]
The seat was vacant following Roderick Wright's (D) resignation on September 22, 2014, after he was convicted in a perjury and voting fraud case.[3]
A special election for the position of California State Senate District 35 was called for December 9, with a runoff on February 10, 2015, if necessary. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was October 17, 2014.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Isadore Hall, III |
55.9% | 17,951 | |
| Republican | James Spencer | 25% | 8,014 | |
| Democratic | Louis L. Dominguez | 12.7% | 4,067 | |
| Democratic | Hector Serrano | 6.4% | 2,069 | |
| Total Votes | 32,101 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James A. Spencer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
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Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Spencer was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[5] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.
California primary results
| California Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
74.7% | 1,582,099 | 172 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 201,441 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 242,073 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,938 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 3.7% | 77,417 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,117,968 | 172 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Notice to Candidates," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Sen. Wright to resign Sept. 22, start sentence Oct. 31," September 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "State Senate District 35 - Special Election," accessed September 29, 2014
- ↑ CA GOP, "Updated delegate list," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
