Matthew Nelson (California)
Matthew Nelson (Republican Party) (also known as Matt) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 4. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Nelson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matthew Nelson pursued his undergraduate education at Santa Rosa Junior College, Mendocino Junior College, and Yuba College. He is the founder and president of the Lake County Disaster Alliance Response Team.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 4
Incumbent Cecilia Aguiar-Curry defeated Matthew Nelson in the general election for California State Assembly District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) | 66.7 | 150,157 |
 | Matthew Nelson (R)  | 33.3 | 75,110 | |
| Total votes: 225,267 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 4
Incumbent Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Matthew Nelson defeated Sophia Racke in the primary for California State Assembly District 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) | 58.5 | 83,861 |
| ✔ | | Matthew Nelson (R) | 30.0 | 42,960 |
| Sophia Racke (D) | 11.6 | 16,570 | ||
| Total votes: 143,391 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matthew Nelson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nelson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Born in Petaluma, California raise in Redwood Valley California. Graduated from Ukiah High School in 1997.
I possess the Common Sense California needs and the Courage to Stand Up and Fight for The People of Assembly District 4 .
- RETURN THE POWER BACK TO CALIFORNIANS
- IMMIGRATION
- WATER STORAGE
We need someone with common sense. Someone who will not be subject to influencial compromises. Someone who will not be bought, for example, PG&E paid the current Assembly woman $8800.00 toward her campaign. When she was asked about it, her Exact response (recorded at a townhall was, "I donate to fire departments. I sleep good at night." When in fact, supporting documents prove otherwise. She has donated $100.00 ONCE to South Lake Fire.
We are sick of the lies, the games, the promises which are never kept. Agriculture is suffering, the homeless crisis is overwhelming, the crime rate is rising, due to the manipulative Prop 47 passage. SB54 and AB5 MUST be repealed!
PROP 13 (circa 1978) MUST BE PROTECTED
People want affordability, stability and freedom.
People do not want to sell and leave California. However, they're being forced to.
JOIN ME toMAKE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN AGAIN
SAVE OUR STATE and to
When elected, the pages will begin to write themselves. It will be a book written Of, For and By The People of California.
NEVER VOTE PRESSURED BY PARTY
VOTE BY THE WILL OF THE CONSTITUENTS
BE ACTIVE IN THE REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
DO NOT MAKE PEOPLE WAIT. ANSWER THEIR CALLS & EMAILS.
I will not allow political games to be played, which may attempt to silence constituents voices. The Voters WILL be heard, as I Truly Represent them in THEIR SEAT in California's 4th Assembly District.
Give your Constituents Voice's a Fighting Chance to be heard in the Capitol.
Unfortunately, the history we sought, was overcome with sorrow, as we witnessed the space vehicle explode as it was ascending into the Heavens.
President Ronald Reagan's speech, following the tragedy, was one of the most profound and heartfelt, any President has ever given.
For an 8 year old boy, who loved space, always reading about the history of NASAs Space Program, I lost seven heroes that day. Every year since, on the anniversary, I think about where I was, how I felt, how my classmates shared the same hurt, confusion and sadness.
Living with the deterioration of our once strong and great State.
Homeless crisis, Water and Power control, overtaxing, running people and businesses out of California, have all been the results of the current legislative decisions in California.
However, using "fake relationships " to push dangerous and or unnecessary taxation, is control over the People.
Homeless Drug Mental Health Housing Committee
Medical Freedom Committee
Water Storage Agriculture & Residential Committee
She is phenomenal!
I have spoken with a local grocery store owner, who has lost over 200,000 in perishable merchandise in 2019 alone, simply due to the PSPS power shutoffs.
The business owners, who are being shoplifted frequently, by blatant thieves, who know that under Prop 47, the crime is a misdemeanor, unstackable.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 9, 2020
