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Joanna Garcia Rose
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

California State University, Fresno, 2008

Law

San Joaquin College of Law, 2013

Personal
Birthplace
Concord, Calif.
Religion
Baptist
Profession
Accounting
Contact

Joanna Garcia Rose (Republican Party) (formerly Joanna Botelho) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 27. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Garcia Rose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Joanna Garcia Rose was born in Concord, California. She earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture business from California State University, Fresno, in 2008 and a law degree from San Joaquin College of Law in 2013. Garcia Rose's career experience includes working as a farmer, contractor, tax auditor, real estate broker, and accountant.[1][2]

Elections

2024

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 27

Incumbent Esmeralda Soria defeated Joanna Garcia Rose in the general election for California State Assembly District 27 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Esmeralda Soria
Esmeralda Soria (D)
 
53.9
 
75,559
Image of Joanna Garcia Rose
Joanna Garcia Rose (R) Candidate Connection
 
46.1
 
64,576

Total votes: 140,135
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 27

Joanna Garcia Rose and incumbent Esmeralda Soria advanced from the primary for California State Assembly District 27 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joanna Garcia Rose
Joanna Garcia Rose (R) Candidate Connection
 
50.9
 
29,457
Image of Esmeralda Soria
Esmeralda Soria (D)
 
49.1
 
28,402

Total votes: 57,859
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2014

See also: California's 16th Congressional District elections, 2014

Botelho ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 16th District. Botelho was defeated in the blanket primary on June 3, 2014.[3]

U.S. House, California District 16 Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJim Costa Incumbent 44.3% 25,586
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohnny Tacherra 21.7% 12,542
     Republican Steve Crass 15.4% 8,877
     Republican Mel Levey 7.9% 4,565
     Republican Joanna Garcia-Botelho 6.6% 3,827
     Democratic Job Melton 4.1% 2,370
Total Votes 57,767
Source: California Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Joanna Garcia Rose completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garcia Rose's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Growing up, I remember the nights spent at our kitchen table, working on my homework alongside my father, who was pursuing his own education. He would say that life isn’t always easy and often unfair, but you can do anything you put your mind to if you work hard. He instilled in me the belief that with hard work, there are no limits to what we can achieve. That’s why I’m running for Assembly – to ensure there is plenty of opportunity for people who work hard and want to get ahead.

I graduated from CSU Fresno with a degree in Agricultural Business. In my early twenties, I put my degree to the test, farming corn, oat hay, and alfalfa while also running a water drilling business. I encountered a maze of unfair laws, regulations, fees, and taxes that make life impossible for the average farmer and their family. I watched the ‘water wars’ that stripped the value of my friend’s land. Despite my best efforts, I lost the farm - a heartbreaking experience shared by too many hardworking farmers in the Valley.

I landed back on my feet, pursuing a career as a tax auditor for the California Employment Development Department. During this time, I met my husband working at his small business in Merced. We started a family, and my life seemed to return to “normal.” Increasingly concerned about our state’s direction and discovering that the politicians in Sacramento were a big part of the problem. That’s when I decided to run for State Assembly, determined to turn our state around.
  • I am a professional auditor, and it’s my mission to investigate and make public the failures of the Democrat supermajority. I will audit the waste, fraud, and corruption at our state’s capitol.
  • I’m running for Assembly to change the direction of our state before it’s too late, and that means changing who runs the state. What have we gotten from the liberal Democrat supermajority and Governor? Increased crime, homelessness, failing schools, higher gas, food, and housing prices.
  • Joanna’s vision to uplift middle-class families and create more opportunities for hard-working people who want to get ahead. Joanna Garcia Rose believes to turn our state around, California needs to have a lower cost of living, more affordable gas prices, and a safer place to live and raise a family.
Finding waste, fraud, and corruption.

Changing the direction of our state before it’s too late, and that means changing who runs the state. That includes stopping the increasing crime, homelessness, failing schools, higher gas, food, and housing prices. To be part of a new generation of GOP officeholders who finally return some common sense to Sacramento.
 

I will be a voice for our farmers, opposing excessive regulations and working for policies that protect the Central Valley's agricultural industry. I will fight to ensure that farmers can preserve their way of life for generations to come.
Diverse real world business private and public sector experience and the willingness to be a team player even during opposition.
One my son will be proud of, that will lead working class people to prosperity!
On October 17, 1989, the San Francisco Bay area in California was jolted by the Loma Prieta earthquake. The quake's epicenter was near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The magnitude 6.9 quake was the most powerful the state had experienced in several years. I was almost 5 years old. I was with my family at swim practice at Antioch High School after school. I recall the water rushing out of the pool and running toward brick buildings until another parent pointed out that was probably dangerous. We then evacuated to the football field with everyone else on campus after hours.
The next major event
Newspaper delivery route at approximately 12 years old. Had the job until they changed from bicycle routes to vehicles about 2-3 years.
A civilized working relationship with balance and reasonable give and take.
Eliminating the supermajority to allow for balance and common sense to return to California. Without balance and common sense we will continue to suffer from increased crime, homelessness, failing schools, higher gas, food, and housing prices.
We need politicians to be for the people and by the people with practical common sense experience. We do not need more career politicians whose only experience after college is working on campaigns learning to line their own pockets while accomplishing personal or party agendas that hurt working class Americans!
Yes, we must come together for the greater good to improve the lives of all Californians and our constituents.
Not at this time. My focus is my family abd where I can do the most good to benefit my son and his future in California, while still being able to be present in his life daily.
Too many to count honestly. There are so many good people in California suffering from a lack of leadership and balance to create real solutions to everyday problems.
Yes. We must find common ground and unite to accomplish goals that benefit the community as a whole.
Congressman John Duarte

Congressman Tom McClintock
Former Congresswoman Connie Conway
Assemblyman Heath Flora
Assemblyman Jim Patterson
Assemblyman Devon Mathis
Assemblyman Vince Fong

Assemblyman James Gallagher
Agriculture

Banking and Finance
Budget
Business and Professions
Education
Health
Higher Education
Housing and Community Development
Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy
Public Safety
Natural Resources
Revenue and Tax
Transportation
Utilities and Energy

Water, Parks and Wildlife

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2014

Botelho's campaign website listed the following issues:[4]

  • Obamacare: "We are just now beginning to see and feel the full effects of the federal law that’s come to be known as “Obamacare.” These effects include massive job losses, reduced work hours, and increases in all the costs associated with health insurance. We knew something was wrong with this bill that hired 17,000 new IRS agents when what we needed was 17,000 new DOCTORS."
  • The water crisis: " Water policy, as with many other critical issues affecting agriculture, is controlled in Washington, DC, by urban interests. For too long, our incumbent Congressman has been cozy with those interests."
  • The "Bullet Train.": "There is no way the people of California can afford to build this boondoggle, and there is no way the taxpayers can afford to subsidize its operations and maintenance into perpetuity. It is a budget buster for California. The way it is being implemented now is also illegal, since it violates just about every requirement of the enabling legislation (Proposition 1A) passed by the voters in 2008."

[5]

—Joanna Botelho's campaign website, http://www.botelhoforcongress.com/

Campaign finance summary


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Joanna Garcia Rose campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* California State Assembly District 27Lost general$1,294,460 $996,326
Grand total$1,294,460 $996,326
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Campaign website, "Meet Joanna," accessed April 16, 2014
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 27, 2023
  3. The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 3, 2014
  4. Campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 16, 2014
  5. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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