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Jovanka Beckles
Jovanka Beckles was a member of the AC Transit District Board of Directors in California, representing Ward 1. She assumed office on December 4, 2020. She left office on January 6, 2025.
Beckles (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 7. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: California State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Senate District 7
Jesse Arreguín defeated Jovanka Beckles in the general election for California State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesse Arreguín (D) | 57.2 | 199,423 |
 | Jovanka Beckles (D) | 42.8 | 149,415 | |
| Total votes: 348,838 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 7
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Senate District 7 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse Arreguín (D) | 32.1 | 61,892 |
| ✔ | | Jovanka Beckles (D) | 17.7 | 34,085 |
 | Dan Kalb (D) | 15.0 | 28,881 | |
 | Kathryn Lybarger (D) | 14.6 | 28,070 | |
 | Sandré Swanson (D) | 11.9 | 22,907 | |
 | Jeanne Solnordal (R) | 8.7 | 16,855 | |
| Total votes: 192,690 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Beckles received the following endorsements.
- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent)
- California Working Families Party
- Our Revolution
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2020)
General election
General election for AC Transit District Board of Directors Ward 1
Jovanka Beckles defeated Ben Fong and incumbent Joe Wallace in the general election for AC Transit District Board of Directors Ward 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jovanka Beckles (Nonpartisan) | 48.3 | 25,600 |
| Ben Fong (Nonpartisan) | 34.9 | 18,496 | ||
| Joe Wallace (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 8,803 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 69 | ||
| Total votes: 52,968 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 15
Buffy Wicks defeated Jovanka Beckles in the general election for California State Assembly District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Buffy Wicks (D) | 53.6 | 104,583 |
| Jovanka Beckles (D) | 46.4 | 90,405 | |
| Total votes: 194,988 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 15
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 15 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Buffy Wicks (D) | 31.4 | 37,141 |
| ✔ | | Jovanka Beckles (D) | 15.8 | 18,733 |
| Dan Kalb (D) | 15.2 | 18,007 | |
 | Judith Appel (D) | 11.5 | 13,591 | |
| Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto (D) | 8.3 | 9,826 | ||
| Pranav Jandhyala (R) | 5.9 | 6,946 | ||
| Andy Katz (D) | 5.2 | 6,209 | ||
| Ben Bartlett (D) | 3.3 | 3,949 | ||
 | Cheryl Sudduth (D) | 1.3 | 1,493 | |
| Raquella Thaman (D) | 0.9 | 1,007 | ||
| Owen Poindexter (D) | 0.7 | 819 | ||
| Sergey Vikramsingh Piterman (D) | 0.6 | 689 | ||
| Total votes: 118,410 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jovanka Beckles did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jovanka Beckles did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Jovanka Beckles participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 1, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jovanka Beckles's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Affordable housing 2) Single-payer health care |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | My vision focuses on the most vulnerable among us. My priorities include housing, education, health care, criminal justice reform, environmental justice and a transition to a clean energy economy, and preserving vital public services. The all-out assault being carried out by conservatives against organized workers, and government workers in particular, is not something that blue California is immune to. Right-wing conservatives are making every effort to strip workers – public- and private- sector – of their pay, rights and benefits. The wage gap between the average American worker and the ultra-wealthy is at an all-time high, and it continues to grow. Expert economists have said a robust economy thrives on a strong middle class, but ours has been rapidly shrinking. As a result of government policy changes and court decisions, those of us who might be considered hard-working middle-class Americans are being crushed by Corporate America, Big Pharma and Tea Party-initiated budget cuts. To combat this, unions and legislators must foster closer ties to protect our communities. I am one of only two card-carrying union members in this race, and I have the backing of my union, Teamsters Joint Council 7. Moreover, as a career Contra Costa County Mental Health Counselor, I am attuned to day-to-day labor issues and concerns.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate California State Senate District 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Jovanka Beckles's responses," March 1, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
