Marisa Calderon
Marisa Calderon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 50th Congressional District. She lost in the primary on March 3, 2020. Calderon unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the primary election ballot on March 3, 2020.
Calderon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Calderon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Marisa Calderon earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Calderon's career experience includes working as an executive director for the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: California's 50th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 50
Darrell Issa defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar in the general election for U.S. House California District 50 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Darrell Issa (R) | 54.0 | 195,521 |
 | Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) | 46.0 | 166,869 | |
| Total votes: 362,390 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 50
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 50 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ammar Campa-Najjar (D) | 36.5 | 74,121 |
| ✔ | | Darrell Issa (R) | 23.1 | 47,036 |
 | Carl DeMaio (R) | 19.9 | 40,347 | |
 | Brian Jones (R) | 10.6 | 21,495 | |
 | Marisa Calderon (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | 5.7 | 11,557 | |
| Nathan Wilkins (R) | 2.1 | 4,276 | ||
 | Jose Cortes (Peace and Freedom Party of California) | 0.9 | 1,821 | |
 | Helen Horvath (Independent) | 0.6 | 1,249 | |
| Henry Ota (Independent) | 0.4 | 908 | ||
 | Lucinda Jahn (Independent) | 0.2 | 410 | |
| Total votes: 203,220 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Rahn (R)
- Larry Wilske (R)
- Sam Abed (R)
- Duncan Hunter (R)
- Bill Wells (R)
- Hunter Spears Duncan (R)
- David Edick (Independent)
- Alex Balkin (D)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Marisa Calderon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Calderon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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issues. In her decade at NAHREP, Marisa has been a champion for working families, and a respected voice in San Diego's business community, where she has advocated for policies that promote economic growth and prosperity. In 2019, Marisa was named to SP200's list of The Most Powerful People in the Residential Real Estate Brokerage Industry. In 2018, she was recognized as a Housingwire Woman of Influence. In addition to her work for NAHREP, Marisa has served on several boards, including the Advisory Board of the Banc of California, the Fannie Mae Affordable Housing Advisory Council, the California Wilderness Coalition, and the NAHREP Foundation Board.
- Addressing San Diego's affordable housing crisis.
- Work to fix our nation's immigration system.
- Protect our environment.
I'm running because it's time for a Congress that reflects the changing electorate, that has representatives who are ready with solutions to create affordable housing, solve our immigration crisis, and create opportunity for all Americans to achieve their American Dream. We need more affordable housing, immigration reform that doesn't put children in cages, health care that doesn't bankrupt families, and communities that are free of gun violence.
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Campaign website
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Our community and country are at a crossroads. Housing costs are increasingly unaffordable, making it difficult to find an affordable place to rent, and even more difficult to save enough to purchase a home. The partisan rhetoric on immigration reform focuses ever more on divisive politics with no end in sight for the millions of undocumented immigrants who have been working and contributing to their community for a decade or more. I’m running because it’s time for a Congress that reflects the changing electorate, that has representatives who are ready with solutions to create affordable housing, solve our immigration crisis, and create opportunities for all Americans to achieve their American Dream. We need more affordable housing, immigration reform that doesn’t put children in cages, healthcare that doesn’t bankrupt families, and communities that are free of gun violence. I will bring unique expertise to Congress as a leading national advocate for housing and immigration reform – and an underrepresented perspective through my Mexican immigrant heritage. I’m not a career candidate or a wealthy political insider. I’m running to bring my experience working effectively “outside the system” on behalf of working families to Congress. THE ISSUES Affordable Housing At a time when housing affordability has reached crisis levels in Southern California, no candidate is better equipped to turn her extensive professional expertise into increased opportunities for San Diego’s working families. Immigration Both of Marisa's grandfathers lived their American Dream when they immigrated to California from Mexico as part of the Bracero farm-labor program. And as a business professional and thought leader, Marisa has traveled the country addressing the moral and economic imperatives for immigration reform. That's why in Congress she'll fight to protect our DREAMers, fix our broken immigration system, and help every hardworking family achieve their American Dream. Economic Opportunity As a business leader and mother, Marisa is focused on pocketbook issues. In addition to allowing for an economy that employs more workers and raises wages, Marisa is passionate about allowing families to prosper, which includes ensuring their Social Security and Medicare are protected, and that they never go bankrupt due to healthcare costs. Healthcare Marisa understands how rising costs of prescription drugs, deductibles, and surprise medical bills are putting the squeeze on working families. Our leaders need to act — and that is what Marisa will do in Congress. She is committed to expanding affordable, accessible healthcare to all of Southern California's working families, and will work to lower costs for those with insurance, and expand affordable insurance to Californians without coverage. Protecting Our Environment Marisa’s community organizing experience includes working with groups such as the Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, and the California Wilderness Coalition to pass an important revision to the California Desert Protection Act. Servicemembers & Veterans Marisa’s parents both served lifelong careers in the Air Force, raising Marisa to appreciate the value of hard work and service from an early age. With a sister and niece currently in the service, Marisa maintains strong ties to the region’s military and veteran communities and understands the distinct issues facing servicemembers and their families. [3] |
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| —Marisa Calderon's 2020 campaign website[4] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 6, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email communication with Calderon campaign manager Grigs Crawford," November 18, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marisa Calderon's 2020 campaign website, "Priorities," accessed January 30, 2020
