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Juan Rey
Juan Rey (No party preference) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 37th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Rey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rey's professional experience includes working as a train mechanic at L.A. Metro and as an elected union steward.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: California's 37th Congressional District election, 2024
California's 37th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 37
Incumbent Sydney Kamlager-Dove defeated Juan Rey in the general election for U.S. House California District 37 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) | 78.3 | 160,364 |
 | Juan Rey (No party preference)  | 21.7 | 44,450 | |
| Total votes: 204,814 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 37
Incumbent Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Juan Rey defeated Adam Carmichael, John Parker, and Baltazar Fedalizo in the primary for U.S. House California District 37 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) | 71.8 | 62,413 |
| ✔ | | Juan Rey (No party preference) | 10.3 | 8,917 |
 | Adam Carmichael (D) | 8.7 | 7,520 | |
 | John Parker (Peace and Freedom Party) | 8.4 | 7,316 | |
 | Baltazar Fedalizo (R) (Write-in) | 0.9 | 752 | |
| Total votes: 86,918 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rey in this election.
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 29
Incumbent Tony Cárdenas defeated Benito Bernal in the general election for U.S. House California District 29 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tony Cárdenas (D) | 80.6 | 124,697 |
 | Benito Bernal (R) | 19.4 | 29,995 | |
| Total votes: 154,692 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 29
Incumbent Tony Cárdenas and Benito Bernal defeated Joseph Shammas, Angélica María Dueñas, and Juan Rey in the primary for U.S. House California District 29 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Cárdenas (D) | 66.7 | 43,579 |
| ✔ | | Benito Bernal (R) | 17.4 | 11,353 |
 | Joseph Shammas (D) | 8.1 | 5,278 | |
 | Angélica María Dueñas (G) | 6.4 | 4,164 | |
| Juan Rey (Independent) | 1.4 | 944 | |
| Total votes: 65,318 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Juan Rey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Working people have to fight to get what we need and take the money from big corporations’ profits.
- Both the Democrats and Republicans serve the interests of the wealthy.
- To unite all workers, we need a working-class party.
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Campaign website
Rey's campaign website stated the following:
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I am running because:
To address these problems, working people need:
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| —Juan Rey's campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Working Class Fight, "California: Juan Rey for U.S. Congress," accessed May 23, 2018
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 6, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Juan Rey's campaign website, "Juan Rey: A Worker for Congress," accessed September 19, 2024
