Ruben Hernandez

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Ruben Hernandez
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Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Riverside

Personal
Profession
Sales and Management
Contact

Personal website

Ruben "RJ" Hernandez was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 77 of the California State Assembly. He ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in 2012.

Biography

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Hernandez earned his B.A. in Sociology with an emphasis in Business Management from University of California Riverside.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Hernandez's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]

“ Some Solutions
  • Eliminate the Minimum Franchise Tax [equals] More businesses!
  • Eliminate registration tags and save millions.
  • I came up with the CopperCop, which in 2011 I have gifted to the City and the State. (Patent Pending)
  • Home Fire Safe Program: replace vulnerable roofs through a public:private partnership with businesses, cutting costs and preventing fires.
  • Controlled burns to mitigate fire dangers.
  • Small Business coalitions made up of different but similar small businesses that share resources to compete against larger firms in price, access and service.
  • Have a direct say in how your taxes are being spent including different tiers for different options.[3]
 ”

Elections

2014

See also: California State Assembly 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 Brian Maienschein (R) and Ruben "RJ" Hernandez (D) were unopposed in the blanket primary. Maienschein defeated Hernandez in the general election.[4][5][6]

California State Assembly, District 77, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Maienschein Incumbent 65.8% 82,987
     Democratic Ruben "RJ" Hernandez 34.2% 43,038
Total Votes 126,025

2012

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2012

Hernandez ran in the 2012 election for California State Assembly District 77. He advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating Dustin Steiner (R) and Greg Laskaris (I). Hernandez was defeated by Brian Maienschein (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[7][8][9]

California State Assembly, District 77, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Maienschein 60.1% 114,314
     Democratic Ruben "RJ" Hernandez 39.9% 75,824
Total Votes 190,138
California State Assembly, District 77 Blanket Primary, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRuben Hernandez 24.2% 23,075
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Maienschein 47.3% 45,071
     Republican Dustin Steiner 15.1% 14,406
     Independent Greg Laskaris 13.3% 12,639
Total Votes 95,191

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Ruben + Hernandez + California + Assembly"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ RJ Herandez, "Bio," accessed October 12, 2012
  2. ↑ rjhernandez.org, "Solutions," accessed September 23, 2014
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
  5. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
  6. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
  7. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
  8. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed March 13, 2014
  9. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014


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