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Nico Ruderman
Candidate, California State Senate District 24
Elections and appointments
Last election
June 7, 2022
Next election
November 3, 2026
Personal
Profession
Local, independent business owner
Contact

Nico Ruderman (Democratic Party) is running for election to the California State Senate to represent District 24. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Biography

Nico Ruderman's career experience includes working as a local, independent business owner. [1]

Elections

2026

See also: California State Senate elections, 2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for California State Senate District 24

Sion Roy and Nico Ruderman are running in the general election for California State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2026.


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2022

Regular

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 61

Incumbent Tina McKinnor defeated Robert Pullen-Miles in the general election for California State Assembly District 61 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tina McKinnor
Tina McKinnor (D)
 
63.6
 
58,888
Image of Robert Pullen-Miles
Robert Pullen-Miles (D)
 
36.4
 
33,691

Total votes: 92,579
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 61

Robert Pullen-Miles and incumbent Tina McKinnor defeated James A. Spencer, Angie Reyes English, and Nico Ruderman in the primary for California State Assembly District 61 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert Pullen-Miles
Robert Pullen-Miles (D)
 
38.6
 
24,322
Image of Tina McKinnor
Tina McKinnor (D)
 
32.5
 
20,478
James A. Spencer (R)
 
14.2
 
8,942
Image of Angie Reyes English
Angie Reyes English (D)
 
10.7
 
6,777
Image of Nico Ruderman
Nico Ruderman (D)
 
4.0
 
2,540

Total votes: 63,059
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Campaign finance

Special

See also: California state legislative special elections, 2022

General election

Special general election for California State Assembly District 62

Tina McKinnor defeated Robert Pullen-Miles in the special general election for California State Assembly District 62 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tina McKinnor
Tina McKinnor (D)
 
52.5
 
31,348
Image of Robert Pullen-Miles
Robert Pullen-Miles (D) Candidate Connection
 
47.5
 
28,359

Total votes: 59,707
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 62

Tina McKinnor and Robert Pullen-Miles defeated Nico Ruderman and Angie Reyes English in the special primary for California State Assembly District 62 on April 5, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tina McKinnor
Tina McKinnor (D)
 
39.0
 
11,213
Image of Robert Pullen-Miles
Robert Pullen-Miles (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.6
 
9,945
Image of Nico Ruderman
Nico Ruderman (D) Candidate Connection
 
13.2
 
3,794
Image of Angie Reyes English
Angie Reyes English (D) Candidate Connection
 
13.1
 
3,777

Total votes: 28,729
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Campaign themes

2026

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2022

Regular

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Special

Candidate Connection

Nico Ruderman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ruderman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I’m a father, husband, and owner of a local, independently-owned business. I’m not a political insider or a political party operative, unlike my opponents.

I got involved with the government while I worked to put up stop signs in my community and remove homeless encampments near schools and children’s playgrounds. Then I was elected to the neighborhood council.

I’m running for State Assembly because we need a real leader that will go to the Capitol and represent our communities by addressing the issues we see in front of our homes and throughout our communities day-in and day-out.

As your next Assemblymember, I will:

- Address the humanitarian crisis of homelessness, and fight to remove homeless encampments from around schools, libraries, and children’s playgrounds. - Work to expand the Clean California Grants to remove litter and transform public spaces throughout the district. - Work to implement the California CARE Court plan and get homeless individuals off the streets and into housing, treatment, and care. - Increase funding to mental health programs and hospitals. - Prioritize public safety to decrease retail crime and gun violence by reforming Prop 47.

- Address the housing affordability crisis while allowing communities to maintain their character.
  • I’m a lifelong Democrat, father, husband, and neighborhood council board member. I’m running for State Assembly because we need real change. I'm the only candidate running in the race that isn't a political insider or someone seeking a next step in their political career.
  • As a father, I’m committed to enacting policies that address both the root causes of crime as well as the problems we see in our streets today.
  • We must end the humanitarian crisis of homelessness. I will work tirelessly to bring resources into our district to give every person the care they deserve. By leveraging the state budget process, I will also fight to reinvest in mental health programs and hospitals cut by the Reagan Administration.
Clean Up Our Neighborhoods:

- Remove homeless encampments from next to schools, libraries, and children's playgrounds so that students can have safe schools and a healthy learning environment
- Expand Governor Newsom’s Clean California grants to $1 billion to remove litter and transform public spaces into points of pride in communities throughout the district

Taking Care of Our Homeless Residents:
- Reinvest in mental health programs and hospitals cut by the Reagan Administration
- Expand and improve Governor Newsom’s Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court program

Getting Smarter on Crime:
- Expand Governor Newsom’s Real Public Safety Plan to $1 billion in grants to local law enforcement agencies to increase their presence at retail locations and combat organized, retail crime so community members and small businesses across the district can feel safe
- Incentivize municipalities to put more funding into programs that divert people in crisis from the criminal justice system and emergency rooms to places of care and treatment
- Work with Attorney General Rob Bonta to reform Proposition 47 and battle organized, retail crime
- Lower the threshold for shoplifting felonies from $950 to $400

Recall District Attorney George Gascón for fighting to eliminate sentencing enhancements in criminal hate crime cases
Keep local jobs in Los Angeles

Transparency in local government, Los Angeles is tired of the insider political games
During college, Nico began working in the entertainment industry. His first job was in New York as an intern on an indie film in the Grip and Electric Departments. He continued to work in both of those departments and as a stagehand. As his career went on, he bounced around departments – including the Camera and Art Departments, before eventually settling in the Sound Department, which is where he has been for 19 years.

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Campaign finance summary


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Nico Ruderman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022California State Assembly District 61Lost primary$21,510 $19,341
2022California State Assembly District 62Lost primary$107,716 $107,292
Grand total$129,226 $126,632
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 10, 2022


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