Jing Sun
Jing Sun ran for election to the Irvine City Council to represent District 3 in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Sun completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jing Sun earned a bachelor's degree from Peking University in 1992 and a graduate degree from the University of California, Irvine in 2003. His career experience includes working in education consulting and as a realtor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Irvine, California (2024)
General election
General election for Irvine City Council District 3
James Mai defeated Tom Chomyn and Jing Sun in the general election for Irvine City Council District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Mai (Nonpartisan)  | 44.0 | 8,968 |
 | Tom Chomyn (Nonpartisan) | 28.7 | 5,845 | |
 | Jing Sun (Nonpartisan) | 27.3 | 5,569 | |
| Total votes: 20,382 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jing Sun completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sun's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jing moved to Irvine as an MBA student at The Paul Merage School of Business at UCI after earning a Bachelor of Science in Math from Peking University in China and working briefly in Germany and Argentina. He has called Irvine home for over a decade, raising his two daughters here with his wife, all while deeply engaging with the city’s diverse community through activities such as volunteering at IUSD schools, leading an intercultural soccer club and a cultural festival gala. Jing also leads a parents’ book club and does outreach for community justice initiatives.
Jing has run seven marathons, but now he’s running for his community. On the Irvine City Council, Jing aims to continue his service, making sure that everyone can achieve their slice of the American Dream here in Irvine. His policies will ensure balanced growth of the city to meet the needs of residents from New Irvine and old Irvine, promoting the development of affordable housing while maintaining the community’s high standards of living and making the City of Irvine a leader in sustainability and innovation to fight climate change.- Integrity is the most important credential that any candidate for Irvine City Council should have. I value ethics as the indispensable attribute to qualify a public servicing people. Each time when I make a decision, I will think about this and put the residents' interests as the first priority.
- Experience will help people to navigate through different challenging time. By serving at the Irvine Community Services Commission for almost four years, I understand how to work with team to make good ideas achievable. I also learn how to listen from different perspectives to balance the needs from different parties to ensure an equitable allocation of city's resources to make more people happy.
- Vision is the key for a leader to give his best to the community. As a forward-looking person, I always try to grasp what other cities have done and see if city of Irvine can borrow some good ideas from them. Specifically, I see Irvine has potential to be a leader in sustainability to fight climate change. I will support the reduction of carbon footprint and make Irvine a true leader in Orange County in all environment-related issues.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 26, 2024
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