Rene Pineda
Rene Pineda was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 19 of the California State Assembly.
Campaign themes
2014
Pineda's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Keep Gas Prices Down!
- Excerpt: "We have enough oil for our own need. Let's start drilling and not depend on foreign countries for our energy needs."
Free College Education
- Excerpt: "I earned a six year B.S. Computer Engineering Degree on full scholarship at the University of the City of Manila (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila or PLM). It is the first free city university in the Philippines. If it can be done in a third world city, it surely can be done in the great State of California."
Jobs - Bring them back!
- Excerpt: "Higher taxes and restrictive laws and regulations are driving companies and corporations out of California. Let us stop the bleeding. Lower taxes and business friendly laws and regulations are needed to bring back prosperity to California. Californians need jobs, not handouts."
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 Phil Ting (D) and Rene Pineda (R) were unopposed in the blanket primary. Ting defeated Pineda in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Phil Ting Incumbent |
77% | 81,103 | |
| Republican | Rene Pineda | 23% | 24,170 | |
| Total Votes | 105,273 | |||
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Pineda was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[5] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.
California primary results
| California Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
74.7% | 1,582,099 | 172 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 201,441 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 242,073 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,938 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 3.7% | 77,417 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,117,968 | 172 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Rene + Pineda + California + Assembly"
See also
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly elections, 2014
- California State Legislature
- California State Assembly District 19
External links
- Official campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ democracy.com, "Issues," accessed September 22, 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
- ↑ CA GOP, "Updated delegate list," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
