Nicholas Shestople
Nicholas Shestople was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 75 of the California State Assembly.
Campaign themes
2014
Shestople's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
The Salton Sea
- Excerpt: "The Salton Sea is a disaster just waiting to overtake the population of Riverside, Imperial and San Diego counties."
California is falling apart
- Excerpt: "Our roads, our water and sewer systems, our older school buildings, are coming apart all around us."
It's only going to get worse
- Excerpt: "Vote YES for the $7.5 Billion Water Bond, but that is only the beginning!"
Modify Prop 13
- Excerpt: "The big boys – commercial interests – are getting away with highway robbery at the expense of homeowners!"
Tuition should be affordable
- Excerpt: "California used to be the model for education in the US. There's no reason it cannot be the model again."
Elections
2014
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Incumbent Marie Waldron (R) and write-in candidate Nicholas Shestople (D) defeated write-in candidate Mike Paster (L) in the blanket primary.[2] Waldron defeated Shestople in the general election.[3][4][5]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | ![]() |
69% | 66,152 | |
Democratic | Nicholas Shestople | 31% | 29,761 | |
Total Votes | 95,913 |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Nicholas + Shestople + California + House"
See also
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly District 75
- California State Assembly elections, 2014
- California State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ democracy.com, "Issues," accessed September 23, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Write-in Candidates for the June 3, 2014, Statewide Direct Primary Election," accessed May 24, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014