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Linda Valdez
Linda Valdez ran for election to the Long Beach City Council to represent District 5 in California. Valdez lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Valdez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Long Beach, California (2022)
General election
General election for Long Beach City Council District 5
Megan Kerr defeated Ian Patton in the general election for Long Beach City Council District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Megan Kerr (Nonpartisan) | 54.8 | 11,517 |
 | Ian Patton (Nonpartisan)  | 45.2 | 9,514 | |
| Total votes: 21,031 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Long Beach City Council District 5
Megan Kerr and Ian Patton defeated Jeannine Bedard and Linda Valdez in the primary for Long Beach City Council District 5 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Megan Kerr (Nonpartisan) | 48.5 | 7,211 |
| ✔ | | Ian Patton (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 4,575 |
| Jeannine Bedard (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 1,580 | ||
 | Linda Valdez (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 1,507 | |
| Total votes: 14,873 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Linda Valdez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Valdez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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For over18 years I produced events geared towards the Latino market for clients such as Ford, Nestle and Valvoline. I moved onto education as the Assistant Director of Admissions at The Art Institute of LA. Currently I am an Independent Contractor for a seed company, managing over 100 accounts.
My public service includes advocating for the homeless, visiting deported veterans, delivering provisions to refugees at the border, and co-organizing many demonstrations. I led the first Families Belong Together demonstration in Long Beach and assisted in the larger FBT action in the streets of Long Beach. More recently I belonged to the Protection not Detention Coalition, which was formed when 300 refugee children were detained at the local Convention Center. I led actions including engaging State and local officials demanding immediate reunification of the children with family or sponsor, transparency, and oversight, and demanding no increased ICE presence in LB. I am a working person and proudly live in a union household. I am entirely independent from party machines, chambers of commerce, real estate developers and the corporate donor class.- Homelessness. There are many circumstances in which a person becomes unhoused. Medical bankruptcy, mental illness, PTSD, addiction, family rejection, etc. I would give priority to proven successful programs such as the City’s REACH team. REACH has made great strides in meeting the physical and mental health needs of our unhoused neighbors. We need to help people help themselves by respecting them as human beings who are struggling, not cycle them through the overburdened criminal justice system. The causes of homelessness are multiple and complex, and we must address those causes with empathy and persistence.
- Environment. The planet is heating, and our state is burning before our very eyes, and it is LONG past due to give climate action priority. Long Beach is uniquely situated to be a leader in giving us, and our children, a chance to survive. I am proud to be endorsed by Sunrise Movement and have taken the “No Fossil Fuel Money” pledge. I would push to accelerate the slated phase-out of oil extraction to be as fast as legally possible and fight for the City to declare a climate emergency as suggested by the Long Beach Sustainability Commission. We must be steadfast in our focus to phase-out the grip big oil has on our city and residents.
- Workers' rights. The nation and the areas served by the ports of LA and Long Beach have benefited from generations of Long Beach workers. However, local leaders have forgotten what is necessary to restore the backbone of the middle class; replacing 30,000 harbor related jobs lost to the trade policies of the last four decades. While city councilmembers cannot undo those national and global policies, few officials even acknowledge their impact. We desperately need more young people to enter the skilled trades and replenish the public sector workforce. This requires budgetary priority be given to trades programs. We must preemptively mitigate worker displacement from automation, and partner with labor to shape the next generation .
This is a people powered campaign, relying on other dedicated citizens who expect their elected officials to advocate for the human beings living in the city. I am entirely independent and will not take a dime from lobbyists or corporations, because your elected officials should not be driven by special interests. I am accountable solely to you. This office is not a stepping-stone to a higher office for me, it’s a service to Long Beach. I humbly ask for your support to represent District 5.
Linda didn't follow the traditional rules of decorum. She wrote her own rules. Not only did she uplift other women, she also successfully collaborated with them every chance she could.
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See also
2022 Elections
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