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Joey Acuña Jr.
Joey Acuña Jr. is a member of the Coachella Valley Unified School District school board in California, representing Area 1. He assumed office in 2022. His current term ends in 2026.
Acuña (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 36. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Acuña ran unsuccessfully for the District 80 seat in the California State Assembly in the 1998 and 2002 general elections.[1][2] After he lost the 2002 election, he worked for Assembly Speaker Herb J. Wesson Jr.'s Office of Member Services in Coachella, California.[3] Acuña is a former student of the Coachella Valley Unified School District and is now the father of a student in the district.[4]
Elections
2024
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 36
Jeff Gonzalez defeated Joey Acuña Jr. in the general election for California State Assembly District 36 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Gonzalez (R) | 51.8 | 79,477 |
 | Joey Acuña Jr. (D) | 48.2 | 73,926 | |
| Total votes: 153,403 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 36
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 36 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Gonzalez (R) | 35.1 | 21,626 |
| ✔ | | Joey Acuña Jr. (D) | 19.9 | 12,262 |
| Edgard Garcia (D) | 12.8 | 7,889 | ||
| Kalin Morse (R) | 11.3 | 6,985 | ||
| Waymond Fermon (D) | 7.8 | 4,838 | ||
| Tomas Oliva (D) | 7.5 | 4,624 | ||
 | Eric Rodriguez (D) | 5.6 | 3,458 | |
| Total votes: 61,682 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Acuña in this election.
2014
Three seats were up for general election on the Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Education on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Anna Lisa Vargas and challengers Karen C. Hernandez, Blanca Torres Hall, Trinidad Arredondo, Rudy Gutierrez, Alma Delia Silva and Joey Acuña Jr. ran for two seats in Trustee Area 1. Hall and Acuña won the election. Incumbent Meagan Caress ran unopposed and won re-election to Trustee Area 2.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Joey Acuña Jr. |
17.3% | 1,984 | |
| Nonpartisan | Blanca Torres Hall |
17.1% | 1,963 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anna Lisa Vargas Incumbent | 17% | 1,952 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen C. Hernandez | 15.3% | 1,761 | |
| Nonpartisan | Trinidad Arredondo | 12.9% | 1,478 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alma Delia Silva | 12% | 1,377 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Gutierrez | 8.5% | 980 | |
| Total Votes | 11,495 | |||
| Source: Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated General Election, November 4, 2014," accessed December 22, 2014 and Imperial County Elections, "Official Final Results," accessed November 23, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Acuña reported $3,368.04 in contributions and $1,651.41 in expenditures to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, leaving $1,716.63 cash on hand for his campaign as of October 25, 2014.[5]
Endorsements
Acuña received endorsements from the following organizations:[6][7][8][9][10]
- Riverside County Democratic Party
- Desert Stonewall Democrats
- Democratic Women of the Desert
- San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Central Labor Council
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest
- Coachella Valley Teachers Association
- The Desert Sun
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joey Acuña Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Candidate Status in Riverside County, CA," accessed August 11, 2014
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Candidate Status in Riverside County, CA," accessed August 11, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Assembly Speaker Opens Coachella Office," April 8, 2003
- ↑ Joey Acuña, "Bio," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Viewing filing activity for Acuna, Joey," accessed October 26, 2014
- ↑ Desert Stonewall Democrats, "2014 Candidate Endorsements," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ The Desert Sun, "Our Voice: CVUSD board needs strong new voices," October 7, 2014
- ↑ Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Action Funds, "Election Info From PPAFPSW," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ The Desert Sun, "Meet Coachella Valley candidates at 'political pop up,'" September 20, 2014
- ↑ Joey Acuña, "Endorsements," accessed October 21, 2014
