Rakesh Kumar Christian
Rakesh Kumar Christian was an American Public Party candidate for Governor of California in the 2014 elections.[1]
Elections
2014
- See also: California Gubernatorial election, 2014
Christian ran for election to the office of Governor of California. Christian unsuccessfully sought nomination in the June 3 top-two primary election. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Governor of California, Blanket Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jerry Brown Incumbent |
54.3% | 2,354,769 | |
| Republican | Neel Kashkari |
19.4% | 839,767 | |
| Republican | Tim Donnelly | 14.8% | 643,236 | |
| Republican | Andrew Blount | 2.1% | 89,749 | |
| Republican | Glenn Champ | 1.8% | 76,066 | |
| Green | Luis Rodriguez | 1.5% | 66,876 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Cindy L. Sheehan | 1.2% | 52,707 | |
| Republican | Alma Marie Winston | 1.1% | 46,042 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Newman | 1% | 44,120 | |
| Democratic | Akinyemi Agbede | 0.9% | 37,024 | |
| Republican | Richard Aguirre | 0.8% | 35,125 | |
| Nonpartisan | "Bo" Bogdan Ambrozewicz | 0.3% | 14,929 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janel Hyeshia Buycks | 0.3% | 12,136 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rakesh Kumar Christian | 0.3% | 11,142 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joe Leicht | 0.2% | 9,307 | |
| Total Votes | 4,332,995 | |||
| Election results California Secretary of State | ||||
Race background
Democratic incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown was elected to a record-breaking fourth non-consecutive term in the office.[2]
Including Brown, 15 candidates filed for the June 3 California gubernatorial primary election. Laguna Hills Mayor Andrew Blount (R) withdrew from the race one month before the primary due to health issues. Bount's exit left a total of 14 candidates.[3]
Throughout the primary campaign season, polls underscored projections that Brown would win another four-year term as California's chief executive in 2014. A Field Poll released in early April put Brown ahead of Tim Donnelly by a 40 percent margin. Brown drew 57 percent to Donnelly's 17 percent, with ex-candidate Blount at 3 percent and Kashkari at 2 percent. The final poll before the primary conducted for USC and the Los Angeles Times had Kashkari second place overall at 18 percent, with Donnelly at 13 percent and Brown at 50 percent.[4]
The California gubernatorial race was rated by the Cook Political Report as "Solid Democratic." Brown defeated Republican challenger Neel Kashkari in the November 4 general election by an 18 percent margin.[5]
Polls
General election
| Governor of California | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Jerry Brown * (D) | Neel Kashkari (R) | Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS News/YouGov October 16-23 | 55% | 37% | 9% | +/-2 | 7,463 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary and hypothetical match-ups
| Governor of California | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Jerry Brown* (D) | Tim Donnelly (R) | Neel Kashkari (R) (Not included in Poll 1 or 3) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| USC/LA Times Poll May 21-28, 2014 | 50% | 13% | 18% | 10% | +/-4.4 | 671 | |||||||||||||
| Survey USA/KABC/KFSN/KGTV/KPIX May 16-19, 2014 | 57% | 18% | 11% | 10% | +/-4.0 | 610 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Institute of California May 8-16, 2014 | 48% | 15% | 10% | 27% | +/-3.6 | 1,702 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Institute of California April 8-15, 2014 | 46% | 9% | 2% | 38% | +/-5.1 | 944 | |||||||||||||
| The Field Poll March 18-April 5, 2014 | 57% | 17% | 2% | 20% | +/-4.5 | 504 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Institute of California March 11-18, 2014 | 47% | 10% | 2% | 36% | +/-4.7 | 936 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Institute of California January 14-21, 2014 | 53% | 17% | 0% | 28% | +/-3.8 | 1,151 | |||||||||||||
| The Field Poll November 15-December 3, 2014 | 52% | 9% | 3% | 25% | +/-3.5 | 836 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Institute of California November 12-19, 2013 | 46% | 16% | 0% | 29% | +/-4.5 | 1,081 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 50.67% | 13.78% | 5.33% | 24.78% | +/-4.23 | 937.22 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: An asterisk (*) denotes incumbent status.
Campaign finance summary
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Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ American Public Party Official Website, "A New Foundation for Development and Progress," accessed September 11, 2013
- ↑ The Sacramento Bee, "Gov. Jerry Brown to become the longest-serving governor in California history," October 5, 2013
- ↑ The Orange County Register, "Laguna Hills mayor drops out of governor's race," April 29, 2014
- ↑ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, "New University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll," May 21-28, 2014
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 Governors Race Ratings," May 16, 2014
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