Johnnie Nguyen
Johnnie Nguyen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the University of Colorado Board of Regents to represent District 1. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.
Nguyen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Colorado State Board of Regents election, 2022
General election
General election for University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1
Wanda James defeated Amy Naes and Ben Pope in the general election for University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wanda James (D)  | 78.6 | 213,030 |
| Amy Naes (R) | 21.4 | 57,953 | ||
 | Ben Pope (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 51 | |
| Total votes: 271,034 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1
Wanda James defeated Johnnie Nguyen in the Democratic primary for University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wanda James | 51.3 | 45,617 |
 | Johnnie Nguyen | 48.7 | 43,334 | |
| Total votes: 88,951 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Scott Mangino (D)
- Jason Robinson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1
Amy Naes advanced from the Republican primary for University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amy Naes | 100.0 | 19,386 | |
| Total votes: 19,386 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Nguyen's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Johnnie Nguyen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nguyen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My journey has made me passionate about public service and advancing access to education. I am grateful for the opportunities I've had. However, I recognize that not every first-generation student gets as lucky as me. I want to give back to CU by addressing the mental health of our students, faculty and staff, the health care systems we provide for students at all of our campuses and by strengthening resources for BIPOC and first-generation students to achieve their academic goals at CU.
If elected I will be the first openly-gay regent and the only democrat who also is a lawyer, on the board. I walked the campuses during COVID-19 and built a strong relationship with the CU community, I know what we need from our leaders, and I am ready to step up and take charge.
- Concerns around mental health for our students, staff and faculty needs to be addressed. Students are expected to excel at school all the while housing prices are soaring, school loans are dampening their economic and personal goals, and on top of all of this, they have had to navigate a global pandemic. As CU Regent, I want to work to alleviate these barriers to success for everyone at CU.
- At CU, leadership has been pushing for education equity and diversity but have fallen short on supplying diverse leaders and proper outreach for CU to provide for all BIPOC and first-generation students. As CU Regent I want to reinvigorate that push towards diversity of education equity so all Coloradans can see CU as an attainable, affordable and supportive school.
- Currently, the CU Denver is the only campus that does not provide health-care for their students. On top of all the burdens students have, alleviating health-care is an important step we can make to support our students to focus on their educational and future successes. As CU Regent, I will make it a priority to bring health-care to students at the CU Denver campus.
I am passionate about policy that alleviates burdens for working-class families while promoting diversity and equity for our communities.
To start, we need to work on closing the racial wealth. I don’t intend to discount how much the University of Colorado has done towards advancing racial justice. However, there is so much more work to do. We need to allocate more funding towards each campus’ offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion and work with companies, non-profits, and government entities that are eager to employ diverse Colorado graduates.
Student loan debt hurts everyone. My generation was told to finish high school, go to college, take on massive loads of debt, and then enter a damaged economy where jobs don’t pay enough to make a living wage. The effect of student loan debt has a chokehold on the economy. We need to forgive student loan debt.
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See also
2022 Elections
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