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Lori Saldaña
Lori Saldaña (Democratic Party) was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 76. She assumed office in 2004. She left office in 2010.
Saldaña ran for election to the San Diego City Council to represent District 2 in California. She lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Saldaña served as Speaker Pro Tempore in the California State Assembly.
Biography
Saldana earned her B.S. in physical education and her M.S. in education from San Diego State University. Her professional experience includes working as a coach at Clairemont High School, San Diego City College and Madison High School, professor at San Diego Community College, and associate dean and director of the Service Learning Program at San Diego Mesa College. Saldana chaired a local chapter of the Sierra Club and co-founded and chaired San Diego Earth Day Celebrations. Additionally, she was a presidential appointee to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission.[1]
Committee assignments
Saldana was a member of these legislative committees:
- Select Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Assembly Legislative Ethics
- Elections and Redistricting Committee, California General Assembly
- Housing and Community Development Committee, California General Assembly
- Select Committee on Ports
- Revenue and Taxation Committee, California General Assembly
- Veterans Affairs Committee, California General Assembly
- Select Committee on Wine
Policy positions
Saldana is an advocate of environmental legislation. She co-authored the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), which sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while instituting renewable energy mandates. She also sought to decrease the use of fossil fuels while making solar energy more affordable by co-authoring the Million Dollar Solar Initiative. Additionally, she authored legislation to increase California's Environmental Fund, which included increasing the use of hybrid vehicles and reduced-emission buses.[1]
Initiative rights
In the 2009 session of the state legislature, Saldana introduced three bills that would have restricted California's ballot initiative process:
- Assembly Bill 6, which would have required petition drive management companies to pay an annual fee and register with the California Secretary of State.
- Assembly Bill 426, which would have increased the fee that proponents of an initiative measure are required to pay at the time of submitting the draft of the measure to the Attorney General from $200 to $2,000.
- Assembly Bill 1068, which would have forbidden contracts with signature gatherers premised upon whether or not the measure qualifies for the ballot.[2]
Sponsored legislation
Saldana's sponsored legislation includes:
- AB 330 - Elections: voting devices
- AB 436 - Elections: initiatives
- AB 1068 - Petitions: signature gathering
For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in San Diego, California (2022)
General election
General election for San Diego City Council District 2
Incumbent Jennifer Campbell defeated Linda Lukacs in the general election for San Diego City Council District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jennifer Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 56.5 | 28,379 |
 | Linda Lukacs (Nonpartisan)  | 43.5 | 21,854 | |
| Total votes: 50,233 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego City Council District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for San Diego City Council District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Campbell (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 10,832 |
| ✔ | | Linda Lukacs (Nonpartisan) | 25.4 | 9,211 |
| Lori Saldaña (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 6,603 | ||
| Joel Day (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 5,130 | ||
| Mandy Havlik (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 3,027 | ||
 | Dan Smiechowski (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 1,532 | |
| Total votes: 36,335 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4
Nathan Fletcher defeated Bonnie Dumanis in the general election for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nathan Fletcher (Nonpartisan) | 67.4 | 142,785 |
| Bonnie Dumanis (Nonpartisan) | 32.6 | 69,145 | ||
| Total votes: 211,930 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4
Nathan Fletcher and Bonnie Dumanis defeated Lori Saldaña, Omar Passons, and Ken Malbrough in the primary for San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathan Fletcher (Nonpartisan) | 29.2 | 36,513 |
| ✔ | Bonnie Dumanis (Nonpartisan) | 26.1 | 32,554 | |
| Lori Saldaña (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 27,038 | ||
| Omar Passons (Nonpartisan) | 18.9 | 23,557 | ||
| Ken Malbrough (Nonpartisan) | 4.2 | 5,267 | ||
| Total votes: 124,929 | |||
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2016
The mayor's chair and five of the nine seats on the San Diego City Council were up for election on June 7, 2016.
While the June election was called a primary, it was functionally a general election. The only races where no candidate won a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast in the primary advanced to the election on November 8, 2016. The November election was called a general election, but it was functionally a runoff election. Incumbent Kevin Faulconer defeated Lori Saldaña, Ed Harris, and Gita Appelbaum (write-in candidate) in the primary election for Mayor of San Diego.
| Mayor of San Diego, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kevin Faulconer Incumbent |
58.20% | 108,653 |
| Lori Saldaña | 22.46% | 41,934 |
| Ed Harris | 19.34% | 36,117 |
| Gita Appelbaum (write-in candidate) | 0.00% | 0 |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 186,704 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Presidential Primary Election, Tuesday, June 7, 2016," June 8, 2016 | ||
2012
Saldana ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 52nd District. She was defeated in the open primary on June 5, 2012.[3][4]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Brian Bilbray (R) Incumbent |
43.1% | 61,930 |
| Scott Peters (D) |
23.7% | 34,106 |
| Lori Saldana (D) | 23.2% | 33,387 |
| John Stahl (R) | 3.8% | 5,502 |
| Wayne Iverson (R) | 3.1% | 4,476 |
| Shirley Decourt-Park (D) | 1.6% | 2,368 |
| John Subka (R) | 0.8% | 1,091 |
| Gene Hamilton Carswell (R) | 0.6% | 828 |
| Total Votes | 143,688 | |
2010
Saldana was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 due to the term limits of the California State Assembly.
2008
In 2008, Saldana was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 76. Saldana (D) finished with 113,754 votes and was followed by Denney Ralph (R) with 55,128 votes and Daniel Baehr (L) with 8,224 votes.[5]
| California State Assembly District 76 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Lori Saldana (D)
|
113,754 | |||
| Denney Ralph (R) | 55,128 | |||
| Daniel Baehr (L) | 8,224 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lori Saldaña did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Legislative scorecard
Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.[6][7]
On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Saldana ranked as a 97.[8]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 lorisaldana.com, "Issues," accessed December 10, 2014
- ↑ California Catholic Daily, "Death by a thousand cuts," June 16, 2009
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "Capitol Weekly's Legislative Scorecard," December 17, 2009
- ↑ Fox and Hounds Daily, "Random Thoughts on the Political Scene," December 18, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "2009 Capitol Weekly State Legislative Scorecard (Archived)," accessed March 13, 2014
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California State Assembly District 76 2004–2010 |
Succeeded by Toni Atkins |
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