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Star Moffatt
Star Moffatt was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 21 of the California State Senate.
Biography
Moffatt previously worked as an executive director of a community-based organization that helped handicapped people and handicapped homeless people. She is a member of the PTA, Adviser of the Palmdale Superintendents Advisory Council, and was selected 2009 by the FBI to be a member of their FBI InfraGard Program. She served six years in the U.S. Military and attained the rank of E4.[1]
Moffatt earned associate degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies and Legal Assistant Studies from LA Mission College and completed her first year of law school at the William Howard Taft University School of Law.[1]
Campaign themes
2012
Moffatt's campaign website listed the following issues:[2]
- Protection of our Public Educational System
- Protection of Jobs
- Protection of Voter rights
- Healthcare
- Disenfranchised small to midsize business owners
- Elderly members of racial and ethnic minority groups
- People with disabilities
- Veterans
- Higher pay and case load reduction for Public Defenders
- Property Taxes
- How to create jobs even while our economy is still in a recession-depression
- Disproportionate arrests having a back-lash to all persons and how it affects our community
Elections
2016
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[3] Incumbent Sharon Runner (R) did not seek re-election.
Scott Wilk defeated Johnathon Ervin in the California State Senate District 21 general election.[4][5]
| California State Senate, District 21 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Scott Wilk |
52.83% | 160,043 | |
| Democratic | Johnathon Ervin | 47.17% | 142,886 | |
| Total Votes | 302,929 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Scott Wilk and Johnathon Ervin defeated Steve Hill and Star Moffatt in the California State Senate District 21 Blanket primary.[6][7]
| California State Senate, District 21 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Scott Wilk |
46.69% | 69,403 | |
| Democratic | Johnathon Ervin |
33.69% | 50,078 | |
| Democratic | Steve Hill | 11.93% | 17,735 | |
| Republican | Star Moffatt | 7.69% | 11,439 | |
| Total Votes | 148,655 | |||
2012
- See also: California State Senate elections, 2012
Moffatt ran in the 2012 election for California State Senate District 21. She and Stephen Knight (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012. She was then defeated in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Knight |
57.6% | 153,412 | |
| Democratic | Star Moffatt | 42.4% | 112,780 | |
| Total Votes | 266,192 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- California State Senate
- California State Senate District 21
- California State Senate elections, 2016
- California State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biographical information submitted to Ballotpedia, May 5, 2012
- ↑ Star Moffatt, "Issues Affecting the 21st District," accessed March 29, 2016 (Archived)
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 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
