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Steve Rocco
Steve Rocco ran in a special election to the Orange Unified Board of Education to represent Trustee Area 7 in California. He lost in the special general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Orange Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
Special general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7
Incumbent Stephen Glass defeated Steve Rocco in the special general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephen Glass (Nonpartisan) | 80.8 | 64,760 | |
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 19.2 | 15,410 | ||
| Total votes: 80,170 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rocco in this election.
2022
Rancho Santiago Community College District
See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Rancho Santiago Community College District District 2
Incumbent John Hanna defeated Steve Rocco in the general election for Rancho Santiago Community College District District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Hanna (Nonpartisan) | 78.0 | 9,033 | |
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 2,548 | ||
| Total votes: 11,581 | |||
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Orange County Clerk-Recorder
See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Clerk-Recorder
Incumbent Hugh Nguyen won election outright against Sandy Kimble and Steve Rocco in the primary for Orange County Clerk-Recorder on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hugh Nguyen (Nonpartisan) | 84.6 | 453,783 | |
| Sandy Kimble (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 43,435 | ||
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 39,227 | ||
| Total votes: 536,445 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2020)
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Education District 1
Incumbent Rebecca Gomez defeated Jim Palmer and Steve Rocco in the general election for Orange County Board of Education District 1 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rebecca Gomez (Nonpartisan) | 58.9 | 49,576 | |
| Jim Palmer (Nonpartisan) | 33.6 | 28,312 | ||
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 6,320 | ||
| Total votes: 84,208 | |||
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2018
Orange Unified School District
General election
General election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7
Incumbent Rick Ledesma defeated Sean Griffin and Steve Rocco in the general election for Orange Unified Board of Education Trustee Area 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Ledesma (Nonpartisan) | 49.6 | 32,953 |
| Sean Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 39.2 | 26,036 | ||
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 11.2 | 7,404 | ||
| Total votes: 66,393 | |||
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Orange County Clerk-Recorder
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Clerk-Recorder
Incumbent Hugh Nguyen won election outright against Steve Rocco in the primary for Orange County Clerk-Recorder on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hugh Nguyen (Nonpartisan) | 79.1 | 407,638 | |
| Steve Rocco (Nonpartisan) | 20.9 | 107,926 | ||
| Total votes: 515,564 | |||
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2016
Mayor of Santa Ana
| Mayor of Santa Ana, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Miguel Pulido Incumbent |
50.71% | 34,317 |
| Ben Vazquez | 36.32% | 24,576 |
| Steve Rocco | 12.97% | 8,774 |
| Total Votes | 67,667 | |
| Source: Orange County Elections, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Orange County Commission
| Orange County Board of Supervisors, District 1 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Michele Martinez |
38.06% | 34,235 |
| Andrew Do Incumbent |
34.34% | 30,888 |
| Phat Bui | 18.54% | 16,677 |
| Steve Rocco | 9.07% | 8,155 |
| Total Votes | 89,955 | |
| Source: Orange County, "2016 Presidential Primary Election," accessed September 8, 2016 | ||
2014
The election in Orange Unified featured four seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
The four incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 4, 5 and 7 ran for re-election. Trustee Area 1 incumbent Diane Singer ran unopposed and won re-election. In the Trustee Area 4 race, incumbent Kathryn A. Moffat defeated challengers Brian Harrington and Larry D. Cohn. Incumbent Timothy Surridge defeated challenger Florice Hoffman for the Trustee Area 5 seat, and in Trustee Area 7, incumbent Rick Ledesma won re-election against challengers Steve Rocco and Tim Perez.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Rick Ledesma Incumbent |
56.6% | 22,235 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tim Perez | 32.6% | 12,812 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Rocco | 10.7% | 4,213 | |
| Total Votes | 39,260 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election: November 4, 2014," accessed December 23, 2014 | ||||
Funding
The Orange County Registrar of Voters did not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Rocco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Rancho Santiago Community College District
Steve Rocco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Orange County Clerk-Recorder
Steve Rocco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Steve Rocco did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
