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Lance Nishihira
Lance Nishihira was a member of the New Haven Unified Board of Education At-large in California. He assumed office in 2016.
Nishihira ran for election to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors to represent District 6 in California. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Nishihira completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lance Nishihira was born in Redwood City, California. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1992 to 1994. Nishihira earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Hayward in 1996. His career experience includes working as an executive.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 6
Incumbent Liz Ames defeated Lance Nishihira and Shyam Chetal in the general election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Liz Ames (Nonpartisan)  | 47.7 | 39,651 |
 | Lance Nishihira (Nonpartisan) | 32.4 | 26,924 | |
| Shyam Chetal (Nonpartisan) | 20.0 | 16,616 | ||
| Total votes: 83,191 | |||
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Endorsements
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2016
Three of the five seats on the New Haven Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Jonas Dino and Michael Ritchie were defeated by challengers Sharan Kaur, Lance Nishihira, and Jeff Wang.[2][3]
Results
| New Haven Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sharan Kaur |
27.92% | 13,853 |
| Lance Nishihira |
20.16% | 10,002 |
| Jeff Wang |
18.41% | 9,136 |
| Michael Ritchie Incumbent | 18.24% | 9,052 |
| Jonas Dino Incumbent | 15.00% | 7,444 |
| Write-in votes | 0.27% | 136 |
| Total Votes | 49,623 | |
| Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "General Election (Certified Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Nishihira reported $13,363.52 in contributions and $9,794.80 in expenditures to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, which left his campaign with $3,568.72 on hand in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Nishihira was endorsed by the Alameda County Democratic Party.[5]
2014
The election in New Haven Unified featured two seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
Two at-large incumbents, Linda Canlas and Sarabjit Cheema, were up for re-election. They defeated challengers Gwen Estes and Lance Nishihira.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Linda Canlas Incumbent |
28.4% | 5,932 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sarabjit Cheema Incumbent |
27.1% | 5,673 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gwen Estes | 24% | 5,028 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lance Nishihira | 20.2% | 4,220 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 64 | |
| Total Votes | 20,917 | |||
| Source: Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Certified Final Results - November 04, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Nishihira reported $15,480.00 in contributions and $4,714.00 in expenditures in the election, leaving his campaign with $13,063.00 on-hand.[6]
Endorsements
Nishihira was endorsed by the Alameda County Democratic Party and the Alameda County Republican Party.[7][8]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lance Nishihira completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nishihira's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I believe that BART should be safe, clean, reliable, and affordable. I ride BART just about every day, and I know we can do better.
I am qualified to lead. After serving our country as US Marine, I returned to the Bay Area and grew my career as a technology executive. In 2016, I was elected to the school board in Union City. I understand the role of a board member, and how to build partnerships and coalitions to get things the right things done.
That’s why I’ve been endorsed by The Democratic Party, a majority of the BART Board of Directors, the entire Union City City Council, and many Fremont, Newark, and Hayward leaders. I would appreciate your support in November.
\- Safety: I support increasing uniformed staff presence, including ambassadors and social workers, at stations and on trains to keep BART welcoming for all riders. I would be a vocal advocate of campaigns to address gender-based harassment on public transit. These are all new programs I would support, I would look to continue and expand these programs.
- Affordability: I am committed to expanding Clipper START, BART’s new low-income fare program we approved in 2019, so that more people can receive an even bigger discount if they qualify. I also support using BART land to build more affordable housing so Bay Area residents can afford to stay here.
- Better, more frequent service: I believe that the best way to bring riders back is by providing great transit service. Given the change in commute patterns due to the pandemic, I have prioritized and will continue to advocate for more trains on weekends, weekday evenings, and for SFO airport connections. I also support improving wayfinding and station signage to provide a better ridership experience.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 10, 2022
- ↑ Alameda County California "Candidate list," accessed August 13, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County, "General Election (Certified Results) - November 08, 2016," accessed November 30, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "County of Alameda Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ Alameda County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2016
- ↑ Alameda County Registrar of Voters, "Committee to Elect Lance Nishihira to NHUSD School Board 2014," October 6, 2014
- ↑ Alameda County Republican Party, "Official Republican Voter Guide," October 16, 2014
- ↑ Alameda County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 21, 2014
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