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John Paul Drayer
John Paul Drayer ran for election to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California to represent District 5. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2024)
General election
General election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 5
Incumbent Vera Robles DeWitt defeated John Paul Drayer in the general election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vera Robles DeWitt (Nonpartisan) | 63.6 | 133,661 |
 | John Paul Drayer (Nonpartisan) | 36.4 | 76,437 | |
| Total votes: 210,098 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Drayer in this election.
2018
California State Senate special election
A special primary election for the position of California State Senate District 32 was called for June 5, 2018. Vanessa Delgado (D) and Rita Topalian (R), the top two vote-getters, advanced to the special general election that was held on August 7, 2018.[1][2] Delgado won the seat.[3]
To qualify for the race, candidates had to pay a filing fee by April 12, 2018, or they must have submitted petition signatures by March 13, 2018. [4]
The seat became vacant following Tony Mendoza's (D) resignation on February 22, 2018, due to sexual misconduct allegations against him. To read more about those allegations and his response, click here.
Mendoza filed to run for the special election along with 10 other candidates. A total of nine Democrats and two Republicans filed.[5]
General election
Special general election for California State Senate District 32
Vanessa Delgado defeated Rita Topalian in the special general election for California State Senate District 32 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Delgado (D) | 52.4 | 26,635 | |
 | Rita Topalian (R) | 47.6 | 24,240 | |
| Total votes: 50,875 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 32
The following candidates ran in the special primary for California State Senate District 32 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
 | Bob Archuleta (D) | |
| Rudy Bermudez (D) | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Delgado (D) | |
| John Paul Drayer (D) | |
| Darren Joseph Gendron (D) | ||
 | Tony Mendoza (D) | |
| Vivian Romero (D) | ||
| Vicky Santana (D) | ||
| Ion Sarega (R) | ||
 | Ali Taj (D) | |
| ✔ | | Rita Topalian (R) |
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California State Senate regular election
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 58
Incumbent Cristina Garcia defeated Michael Simpfenderfer in the general election for California State Assembly District 58 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cristina Garcia (D) | 70.4 | 84,003 |
 | Michael Simpfenderfer (R) | 29.6 | 35,301 | |
| Total votes: 119,304 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 58
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 58 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cristina Garcia (D) | 28.9 | 14,509 |
| ✔ | | Michael Simpfenderfer (R) | 26.4 | 13,246 |
| Pedro Aceituno (D) | 12.7 | 6,386 | ||
| Karla Salazar (D) | 9.2 | 4,603 | ||
| Friné Medrano (D) | 8.9 | 4,447 | ||
| Ivan Altamirano (D) | 7.6 | 3,809 | ||
| John Paul Drayer (D) | 3.3 | 1,653 | |
| Miguel Angel Alvarado (D) | 3.1 | 1,568 | ||
| Total votes: 50,221 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Paul Drayer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
John Paul Drayer participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 15, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and John Paul Drayer's responses follow below.[6]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1.Education 2. Affordable Housing & Healthcare 3. Public Safety[7][8] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As a retired Educator I very concerned about school safety in light all the recent School Shooting. As a Business Owner I see the need to cut red tape & over regulation that kills jobs & opportunity.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[8]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. John Paul Drayer answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | MLK[8] | ” |
| “ | The Candidate with Robert Redford.[8] | ” |
| “ | Preventing resigned public officials from running in the costly Special Elections they created by their resignation.[8] | ” |
| “ | I am an average guy, who is open to meet with all the people of my district. I have enjoyed meeting so many people walking door to door & at Special community events as well.[8] | ” |
| “ | To ask the right questions & have the pulse of your community to vote in their best interest.[8] | ” |
| “ | Responsive representation[8] | ” |
| “ | The day President JFK died in 1963.[8] | ” |
| “ | Working at a sports shop in Norwalk, CA.[8] | ” |
| “ | 4th of July.[8] | ” |
| “ | Constitutional Law[8] | ” |
| “ | My pool.[8] | ” |
| “ | Clean energy goals[8] | ” |
| “ | To keep an open door policy of communication at all times.[8] | ” |
| “ | Yes[8] | ” |
| “ | Non-partisan Commission[8] | ” |
| “ | Education, Business, environment[8] | ” |
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ CBS Sacramento, "Special Election Set To Replace California State Sen. Tony Mendoza," March 8, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "State Senate District 32 - Districtwide Results," accessed June 6, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "State Senate District 32 - Districtwide Results," accessed August 8, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Special Election Calendar: Special Primary Election June 5, 2018, California State Senate, 32nd District (Tony Mendoza)," accessed March 9, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Special Primary Election - June 5, 2018: Official Certified List of Candidates," April 18, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "John Paul Drayer's responses," May 15, 2018
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
