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Joel Block

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Joel Block
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Joel Block was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 72 of the California State Assembly.

Campaign themes

2014

Block's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Our Economy

  • Excerpt: "We must improve purchasing power by (1) setting the minimum wage to keep up with inflation, (2) establishing purchasing websites to permit consumers to bargain for discounted group prices, and (3) reducing sales and other taxes which hit the poor the hardest."

Our Educational System

  • Excerpt: "We need to increase California per-student K-12 spending to the U.S. average; establish higher entry-level standards for teachers along with higher pay-scales; give slower- learners extra individual attention through in-class tutoring/mentoring by top students; and fully integrate internet technology skills into the basic curriculum. "

Our Environment

  • Excerpt: "We can create “carrot and stick” incentives for the largest consumers of water to dramatically reduce consumption; establish a moratorium on new California fracking until research is concluded on its effects on our water and soil; create new low-cost mass-transit systems utilizing internet-dispatched zero- emission wifi-equiped mini-buses."

Elections

2014

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Travis Allen (R) and Joel Block (D) defeated Albert Ayala (D) in the blanket primary. Allen defeated Block in the general election.[2][3][4]

California State Assembly, District 72, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Allen Incumbent 65.5% 66,150
     Democratic Joel Block 34.5% 34,793
Total Votes 100,943
California State Assembly, District 72 Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Allen Incumbent 65.5% 36,677
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Block 20.6% 11,556
     Democratic Albert Ayala 13.8% 7,733
Total Votes 55,966

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Block's endorsements included the following:[5]

  • Congressman Alan Lowenthal
  • The California Democratic Party
  • The Democratic Party of Orange County
  • The California Labor Federation
  • The Orange County Labor Federation
  • The Southern California District Council of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
  • Orange County Employees Association
  • California Faculty Association
  • Americans for Democratic Action, Southern California

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Joel + Block + California + Assembly"

Joel Block News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ blockforassembly.com, "Issues," accessed September 23, 2014
  2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
  3. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
  4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
  5. ↑ blockforassembly.com, "Endorsements," accessed September 23, 2014


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