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Rudy Ramirez
Rudy Ramirez was a member of the Chula Vista City Council in California, representing District 1. He assumed office in 2006. He left office in 2015.
Ramirez ran for election to the Chula Vista City Council to represent District 4 in California. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ramirez earned his B.A. in international relations with minors in economics and Spanish from California State University at Chico. His professional experience includes working at San Diego Architectural Metals.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Chula Vista, California (2024)
General election
General election for Chula Vista City Council District 4
Cesar Fernandez defeated Rudy Ramirez in the general election for Chula Vista City Council District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cesar Fernandez (Nonpartisan) | 60.7 | 13,401 | |
 | Rudy Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 39.3 | 8,659 | |
| Total votes: 22,060 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Chula Vista City Council District 4
The following candidates ran in the primary for Chula Vista City Council District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cesar Fernandez (Nonpartisan) | 23.5 | 1,867 | |
| ✔ | | Rudy Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 1,585 |
 | Delfina Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 19.1 | 1,521 | |
| Christine Brady (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 1,318 | ||
| Andrea Cardenas (Nonpartisan) | 15.2 | 1,212 | ||
| José Sarmiento (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 432 | ||
 | Leticia Lares (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.3 | 23 | |
| Total votes: 7,958 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ramirez in this election.
2022
See also: Mayoral election in Chula Vista, California (2022)
General election
General election for Mayor of Chula Vista
John McCann defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar in the general election for Mayor of Chula Vista on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John McCann (Nonpartisan) | 52.1 | 33,992 |
 | Ammar Campa-Najjar (Nonpartisan) | 47.9 | 31,280 | |
| Total votes: 65,272 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Chula Vista
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Chula Vista on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John McCann (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 13,580 |
| ✔ | | Ammar Campa-Najjar (Nonpartisan) | 22.6 | 9,943 |
 | Jill Galvez (Nonpartisan) | 19.7 | 8,689 | |
| Zaneta Encarnacion (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 5,974 | ||
| Rudy Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 3,008 | |
| Spencer Cash (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 2,840 | ||
| Christine Brady (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 35 | ||
| Total votes: 44,069 | |||
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2016
The city of Chula Vista, California, held elections for two seats on the Chula Vista City Council in 2016. The general election occurred on June 7, 2016. A runoff election was held on November 8, 2016. Mike Diaz defeated Rudy Ramirez in the runoff for the District 4 seat of the Chula Vista City Council.[2]
| Chula Vista District 4 City Council Runoff Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mike Diaz |
52.16% | 10,205 |
| Rudy Ramirez | 47.84% | 9,358 |
| Total Votes | 19,563 | |
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Official 2016 General Election Results," accessed December 8, 2016 | ||
| Chula Vista District 4 City Council General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Rudy Ramirez |
27.81% | 2,913 |
| Mike Diaz |
27.32% | 2,861 |
| Eduardo Reyes | 25.93% | 2,716 |
| Emmanuel Soto | 18.93% | 1,983 |
| Total Votes | 10,473 | |
| Source: San Diego Registrar of Voters, "Official 2016 Primary Election Results," July 6, 2016 | ||
2014
Three seats on the Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. No incumbents filed to run for re-election, leaving all three seats open to newcomers. Four candidates, Barbara Majchrzak, Francisco Tamayo, George Cameron and Hector Gastelum, ran for the Trustee Area 1 seat. The Trustee Area 3 election featured candidates Leslie Ray Bunker and Rudy Ramirez, and candidates Willard "Doc" Howard, Eduardo Reyes and Joshua R. Smith ran for the Trustee Area 5 seat.
In Trustee Area 1, Tamayo defeated his three fellow candidates to win the election. Bunker won the Trustee Area 3 seat, and Reyes was elected to Trustee Area 5.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Leslie Ray Bunker |
61.2% | 24,657 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Ramirez | 38.8% | 15,605 | |
| Total Votes | 40,262 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election," accessed December 22, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Ramirez reported $12,172.04 in contributions and $10,650.00 in expenditures to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, leaving his campaign with $1,522.04 cash on hand as of October 18, 2014.[3]
Endorsements
Ramirez did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
2012
Ramirez ran in the 2012 election for California State Assembly District 79. He was eliminated in the blanket primary on June 5, 2012.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Rudy Ramirez | 11.3% | 7,533 | |
| Democratic | Sid Voorakkara | 7.6% | 5,060 | |
| Democratic | Patricia Ann Washington | 8.1% | 5,401 | |
| Democratic | Shirley Weber |
30.5% | 20,293 | |
| Republican | Mary England |
29.1% | 19,313 | |
| Republican | Matt Mendoza | 13.3% | 8,857 | |
| Total Votes | 66,457 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rudy Ramirez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Rudy Ramirez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
KPBS News interviewed the 2016 candidates for District 4 of the Chula Vista City Council on five issues facing the city:[7]
Mayor and council pay raise
| “ | When I was on the Council during tough budgetary times, I gave up my car allowance and didn’t take the automatic pay increase. I donated it to the Library and Animal Care Facility. If I had to take the vote last September, I would have voted against it and not have taken the raise.[8] | ” |
| —Rudy Ramirez[7] | ||
Medical marijuana ban
| “ | Chula Vista has one of the lowest staffed police departments in the entire state. Apart from our police department, generally speaking, our city staff is not equipped to take on the job of managing this new land use. We should let other cities sort out the issues with managing and regulating dispensaries and learn from their experience in case it is necessary to allow this use sometime in the future because of state law. Legitimate medical marijuana users have many options for obtaining their prescriptions close by. Chula Vista has more important basic problems to handle first.[8] | ” |
| —Rudy Ramirez[7] | ||
Bayfront development
| “ | I was part of the Citizens Advisory Committee on bayfront development. It was a years long process that involved some 24 stakeholders. In my opinion it was a model of civic engagement that exemplified a diverse collaborative process. At the end of the process, the group came to consensus and the plan, the largest coastal development in California, was unanimously approved by the California Coastal Commission. I spoke at that meeting and spoke at many other meetings and my primary focus was to ensure public access to the water and other amenities. Our bayfront development needs to be integrated into Western Chula Vista and provide incentives for revitalization of our aging urban core.[8] | ” |
| —Rudy Ramirez[7] | ||
Olympic training center
| “ | The jury is still out on this one. I support it only if the benefits to residents from this new city enterprise can be set affirmatively. What I mean to say is that the goals and objectives that benefit the residents need to be stated more clearly and there should be a companion implementation plan that can be monitored. Chula Vista is home to the Little League champions, the International Friendship Games, and countless other amateur sport activities. If we can use this to spin off private enterprise in sports medicine or other activities that could dovetail with our plans for a university, then maybe we’ll have something going. This, though, may not happen simply by chance. We can, however, achieve degrees of greatness through active work by city staff, local chambers of commerce, and other related nonprofits.[8] | ” |
| —Rudy Ramirez[7] | ||
Sales tax increase
| “ | The city of Chula Vista has failed to confront and fix its two biggest problems; jobs housing balance and sales tax leakage. These are the two things we need in order to be fiscally sustainable and not have to rely on new taxes. These two issues are also, fundamentally, a result of poor land use decisions and a better path has not yet been set by city officials. Until the city decides to seriously tackle these fundamental problems, a new tax is just an expensive temporary fix for a long-term problem.[8] | ” |
| —Rudy Ramirez[7] | ||
2012
On his campaign website, Ramirez outlined the following campaign themes:
| “ | As a lifelong resident of this region, successful business owner, long-time community volunteer and Chula Vista City Council member, I have been deeply involved in the civic life of our town and its residents.
Whether it has been as a member of the Chula Vista City Council or as the organizer of the International Friendship Games, I remain committed to the following:
I look forward to meeting you, working for you and serving our neighborhoods.[8] |
” |
| —Rudy Ramirez's campaign website, (2012)[9] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Chula Vista City Council District 4 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Rudy Ramirez, "Meet Rudy" accessed May 22, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ City of Chula Vista, "Log of qualified candidates," accessed March 22, 2016
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Campaign Finance Disclosure Search: RAMIREZ FOR CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY 2014," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 KPBS, "Chula Vista District 4 Candidates On The Issues," May 12, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Rudy Ramirez Chula Vista, "Rudy Ramirez," accessed September 15, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Chula Vista City Council, Seat 1 2006–2015 |
Succeeded by John McCann |
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