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Robert Lucero
Robert Lucero (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 34th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
On April 12, 2023, Lucero announced that he was joining the leadership team of 2024 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[1]
On December 10, 2024, Lucero notified Ballotpedia that he changed party affiliation from Republican to the American Independent Party of California in 2023 and from American Independent Party of California to Democrat in December 2024.[2]
Biography
Robert Lucero was born in Madera, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Long Beach in 2014 and a graduate degree from University of Southern California in 2017. Lucero's career experience includes working as an executive consultant. He also worked as the fundraising co-director for the 2024 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[2][3]
Elections
2026
See also: California's 34th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House California District 34
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House California District 34 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Jimmy Gomez (D) | |
 | Arthur Dixon (D)  | |
 | David Ferrell (D) | |
 | Angela Gonzales-Torres (D) | |
 | Robert Lucero (D) | |
| Loren Colin (No party preference) | ||
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: California's 28th Congressional District election, 2024
California's 28th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 28
Incumbent Judy Chu defeated April Verlato in the general election for U.S. House California District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Judy Chu (D) | 64.9 | 204,489 |
 | April Verlato (R) | 35.1 | 110,455 | |
| Total votes: 314,944 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 28
Incumbent Judy Chu and April Verlato defeated William Patterson and Jose Castaneda in the primary for U.S. House California District 28 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Judy Chu (D) | 62.7 | 99,261 |
| ✔ | | April Verlato (R) | 33.1 | 52,369 |
 | William Patterson (Peace and Freedom Party) | 2.2 | 3,503 | |
| Jose Castaneda (L) | 2.0 | 3,156 | ||
| Total votes: 158,289 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bonnie Wallace (R)
- Kerry Lewis (R)
- Robert Lucero (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lucero in this election.
2022
See also: United States Senate election in California, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate California
Incumbent Alex Padilla defeated Mark Meuser in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alex Padilla (D) | 61.1 | 6,621,621 |
 | Mark Meuser (R) | 38.9 | 4,222,029 | |
| Total votes: 10,843,650 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Padilla (D) | 54.1 | 3,725,544 |
| ✔ | | Mark Meuser (R) | 14.9 | 1,028,374 |
 | Cordie Williams (R) | 6.9 | 474,321 | |
 | Jonathan Elist (R) | 4.2 | 289,716 | |
 | Chuck Smith (R) | 3.9 | 266,766 | |
 | James P. Bradley (R) | 3.4 | 235,788 | |
 | Douglas Howard Pierce (D) | 1.7 | 116,771 | |
 | John Parker (Peace and Freedom Party) | 1.5 | 105,477 | |
 | Sarah Sun Liew (R) | 1.1 | 76,994 | |
 | Dan O'Dowd (D) | 1.1 | 74,916 | |
 | Akinyemi Agbede (D) | 1.0 | 70,971 | |
 | Myron Hall (R) | 1.0 | 66,161 | |
 | Timothy Ursich Jr. (D) | 0.8 | 58,348 | |
| Robert Lucero (R) | 0.8 | 53,398 | |
 | James Henry Conn (G) | 0.5 | 35,983 | |
 | Eleanor Garcia (Independent) | 0.5 | 34,625 | |
 | Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R) | 0.5 | 33,870 | |
 | Pamela Elizondo (G) | 0.5 | 31,981 | |
 | Enrique Petris (R) | 0.5 | 31,883 | |
 | Obaidul Huq Pirjada (D) | 0.4 | 27,889 | |
 | Daphne Bradford (Independent) | 0.4 | 26,900 | |
 | Don Grundmann (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,181 | |
 | Deon Jenkins (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,936 | |
 | Mark Ruzon (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 206 | |
 | Lily Zhou (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 58 | |
| Irene Ratliff (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Marc Roth (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 6,884,065 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chloe Hollett-Billingsley (D)
- Dhruva Herle (D)
- Chris Theodore (D)
- Ernest Taylor (D)
- Brant John-Michael Williams (Independent)
- Marie Encar Arnold (D)
- Peter Liu (R)
- Brian Ainsworth (R)
- Yvonne Girard (R)
- Elizabeth Heng (R)
- Erik Urbina (R)
- Denard Ingram (D)
- Ellerton Whitney (L)
- Danny Fabricant (R)
- Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Independent)
- Paul Gutierrez (R)
- Mary Glory Thach (Independent)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
Robert Lucero did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Robert Lucero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lucero's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Create the $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank! Public Credit without new debt
- Solve the homeless disaster
- Address the new crime and new violence wave effectively
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, “Robert Lucero," accessed August 14, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Robert Lucero," December 11, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 7, 2021
