Patty Lopez
Patty Lopez (Democratic Party) was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 39.
Lopez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 39. She lost in the primary on June 5, 2018.
Lopez also ran in a special election to the California State Assembly to represent District 39. She lost in the special primary on April 3, 2018.
Lopez is a former Democratic member of the California State Assembly. She represented District 39 from 2014 to 2016.
Lopez was a candidate for District 6 representative on the Los Angeles Unified School District school board in California. Lopez was defeated in the by-district nonpartisan primary election on March 7, 2017.
Biography
Lopez was born in Michoacán, Mexico. She moved to the United States when she was 10 years old. Before she was elected to the California State Assembly in 2014, she worked on an assembly line in Valencia. She and her husband have two adult daughters. She also raised two of her nieces.[1]
Elections
2018
California State Assembly regular election
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 39
Incumbent Luz Maria Rivas defeated Ricardo Benitez in the general election for California State Assembly District 39 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 77.7 | 85,027 |
 | Ricardo Benitez (R) | 22.3 | 24,468 | |
| Total votes: 109,495 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 39
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 39 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 43.9 | 20,453 |
| ✔ | | Ricardo Benitez (R) | 25.1 | 11,679 |
 | Patty Lopez (D) | 14.6 | 6,783 | |
 | Antonio Sanchez (D) | 10.1 | 4,705 | |
 | Patrea Patrick (D) | 3.7 | 1,740 | |
| Bonnie Corwin (D) | 2.6 | 1,220 | ||
| Total votes: 46,580 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Martha Medrano (D)
- Robert Payne (R)
California State Assembly special election
General election
Special general election for California State Assembly District 39
Luz Maria Rivas defeated Ricardo Benitez in the special general election for California State Assembly District 39 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 70.8 | 31,851 |
| Ricardo Benitez (R) | 29.2 | 13,165 | |
| Total votes: 45,016 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 39
The following candidates ran in the special primary for California State Assembly District 39 on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Maria Rivas (D) | 42.9 | 8,222 |
| ✔ | | Ricardo Benitez (R) | 20.1 | 3,862 |
| Antonio Sanchez (D) | 19.8 | 3,802 | |
| Patty Lopez (D) | 9.9 | 1,907 | |
| Yolie Anguiano (D) | 4.8 | 922 | ||
| Patrea Patrick (D) | 2.4 | 467 | |
| Total votes: 19,182 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bonnie Corwin (D)
- Robert Payne (R)
- Jaime Lazo (D)
- Richard Flores (D)
- Martha Medrano (D)
- Jaime Herrera (Independent)
2017
Three seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on March 7, 2017. A general election was held on May 16, 2017, for the District 4 and 6 seats. In her bid for re-election to the District 2 seat, incumbent Mónica García defeated challengers Lisa Alva and Carl Petersen and won another term outright by receiving a majority of votes in the primary. In District 4, board President Steve Zimmer advanced to the general election with challenger Nick Melvoin after they defeated Gregory Martayan and Allison Holdorff Polhill. Melvoin defeated Zimmer in the general election. Six candidates—Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez, Patty Lopez, Imelda Padilla, Araz Parseghian, Gwendolyn Posey, and Jose Sandoval—filed to run for the open District 6 seat in the primary. Fitzpatrick-Gonez and Padilla advanced to the general election, where Fitzpatrick-Gonez won the seat. District 6 incumbent Monica Ratliff opted not to run for re-election to the board and instead ran for a Los Angeles City Council seat.[2][3][4][5]
Results
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 6 Primary Election, 5-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez |
37.16% | 15,984 |
| Imelda Padilla |
31.13% | 13,390 |
| Patty Lopez | 11.99% | 5,159 |
| Araz Parseghian | 8.96% | 3,853 |
| Gwendolyn Posey | 5.77% | 2,483 |
| Jose Sandoval | 5.00% | 2,149 |
| Total Votes | 43,018 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results: Consolidated Municipal and Special Elections March 7, 2017," accessed March 30, 2017 | ||
Funding
Lopez reported no contributions or expenditures to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission in the election.[6]
Endorsements
Lopez was endorsed by District 2 challenger Carl Petersen.[7]
2016
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[8]
Raul Bocanegra defeated incumbent Patty Lopez in the California State Assembly District 39 general election.[9][10]
| California State Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Raul Bocanegra |
60.12% | 74,834 | |
| Democratic | Patty Lopez Incumbent | 39.88% | 49,649 | |
| Total Votes | 124,483 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the California State Assembly District 39 Blanket primary.[11][12]
| California State Assembly, District 39 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Raul Bocanegra |
44.38% | 30,119 | |
| Democratic | Patty Lopez Incumbent |
27.22% | 18,472 | |
| Democratic | Joel Fajardo | 10.07% | 6,831 | |
| Democratic | Joanne Fernandez | 6.69% | 4,538 | |
| Democratic | Mina Creswell | 6.51% | 4,418 | |
| Democratic | Kevin J. Suscavage | 5.14% | 3,489 | |
| Total Votes | 67,867 | |||
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 Raul Bocanegra (D) and Patty Lopez (D) defeated Kevin J. Suscavage (D) and write-in candidate Michael B. Boyd (R) in the blanket primary. Lopez defeated Bocanegra in the general election.[13][14][15][16]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Patty Lopez |
50.5% | 22,750 | |
| Democratic | Raul Bocanegra Incumbent | 49.5% | 22,284 | |
| Total Votes | 45,034 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
Raul Bocanegra Incumbent |
62.5% | 13,069 | |
| Democratic | Patty Lopez |
23.6% | 4,940 | |
| Democratic | Kevin J. Suscavage | 13.7% | 2,876 | |
| Republican | Michael B. Boyd (Write-in) | 0.2% | 36 | |
| Total Votes | 20,921 | |||
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Service with California State Assembly
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lopez served on the following committees:
| California committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Aging and Long-Term Care |
| • Housing and Community Development |
| • Human Services |
| • Water, Parks and Wildlife |
Sponsored legislation
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2016
In 2016, the California State Legislature was in session from January 4 through August 31. The formal session ended on August 31, but constitutionally the session adjourned sine die on November 30.
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2015
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See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- California State Assembly elections, 2018
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly District 39
- California state legislative special elections, 2018
- Los Angeles Unified School District, California
- Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2017)
- California State Legislature
- California Assembly Committees
- California state legislative districts
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- California State Assembly
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Campaign website for LAUSD
- School board campaign Facebook page
- Profile from the California State Assembly
- Campaign website for California State Assembly
Footnotes
- ↑ LA Weekly, "What Happens When a Random Citizen Becomes a California Legislator?" June 15, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk, "2017 Primary Nominating Election Candidates: Nominating Petition Filing Status," accessed December 13, 2016
- ↑ 98.3 KPCC, "Crowded field for Los Angeles primary election in March, but no serious threat yet for Garcetti," December 8, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results: Consolidated Municipal and Special Elections March 7, 2017," accessed March 8, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk, "Election Night Results (Unofficial): May 16, 2017," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2017 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed August 1, 2017
- ↑ Carl J. Petersen for LAUSD School Board District 2, "PRESS RELEASE: Patty Lopez and Carl J. Petersen Announce Mutual Endorsements," February 16, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 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
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Raul Bocanegra (D) |
California State Assembly District 39 2014–2016 |
Succeeded by Raul Bocanegra (D) |
| Los Angeles Unified School District elections in 2017 | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | Primary election: March 7, 2017 • General election: May 16, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Mónica García • Lisa Alva • Carl Petersen District 4: • Incumbent, Steve Zimmer • Gregory Martayan • Nick Melvoin • Allison Holdorff Polhill District 6: • Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez • Patty Lopez • Imelda Padilla • Araz Parseghian • Gwendolyn Posey • Jose Sandoval |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
