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Rex Richardson
2022 - Present
2026
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Rex Richardson is the Mayor of Long Beach in California. He assumed office on December 20, 2022. His current term ends on December 15, 2026.
Richardson ran for election for Mayor of Long Beach in California. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Municipal elections in Long Beach are nonpartisan. Richardson is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1][2][3]
Biography
Rex Richardson earned bachelor's degree from California State University at Dominguez Hills. Richardson's career experience includes working as the manager of government affairs with Crown Castle, a chief of staff with the 9th council district of the City of Long Beach, the president of the Southern California Association of Governments, and the political and community coordinator with SEIU Local 721. He has served on the governing board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.[4][5][6]
Elections
2022
See also: Mayoral election in Long Beach, California (2022)
General election
General election for Mayor of Long Beach
Rex Richardson defeated Susan Price in the general election for Mayor of Long Beach on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rex Richardson (Nonpartisan) | 56.6 | 63,184 |
 | Susan Price (Nonpartisan) | 43.4 | 48,352 | |
| Total votes: 111,536 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Long Beach
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Long Beach on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rex Richardson (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 33,791 |
| ✔ | | Susan Price (Nonpartisan) | 37.0 | 28,331 |
 | Joshua Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 6,286 | |
| J. Raul Cedillo (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 4,563 | ||
| Franklin I. Sims (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 2,121 | ||
 | Deb Mozer (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 1,511 | |
| Total votes: 76,603 | |||
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2018
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Rex Richardson won election in the general election for Long Beach City Council District 9.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Long Beach City Council District 9
Incumbent Rex Richardson defeated Mineo Gonzalez in the primary for Long Beach City Council District 9 on April 10, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rex Richardson (Nonpartisan) | 79.8 | 1,938 |
| Mineo Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 490 | ||
| Total votes: 2,428 | |||
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2014
The city of Long Beach, California held city council elections on June 3, 2014. A primary election took place on April 8. Because one candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the District 9 primary, the general election was called off. Rex Richardson defeated Benjimin C. Daugherty.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Rex Richardson |
73.2% | 2,029 | |
| Nonpartisan | Benjimin C. Daugherty | 26.8% | 743 | |
| Total Votes | 2,772 | |||
| Source: City of Long Beach | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rex Richardson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of Long Beach |
Officeholder Mayor of Long Beach |
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Rex Richardson: Experience," accessed November 17, 2022
- ↑ Twitter, "Rex Richardson on November 4, 2022," accessed November 17, 2022
- ↑ Long Beach Press-Telegram, "Don't name North Long Beach Library after Michelle Obama," December 16, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Rex Richardson," accessed December 1, 2022
- ↑ FORTHE, "Rex Richardson – Long Beach Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire 2022," accessed November 11, 2022
- ↑ Office of Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, "Meet Rex Richardson," accessed November 11, 2022
- ↑ Long Beach Press-Telegram "Long Beach council races see commanding wins and runoffs," April 8, 2014
- ↑ Long Beach Post "LIVE: Long Beach Election 2014," April 8, 2014
- ↑ City of Long Beach "Long Beach Primary Nominating Election - April 8, 2014 - Unofficial Results," accessed April 9, 2014
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| Preceded by Robert Garcia |
Mayor of Long Beach 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Long Beach City Council District 9 2014-2022 |
Succeeded by Joni Ricks-Oddie |
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