Sukhee Kang
Sukhee Kang was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 29 of the California State Senate.
Kang was a 2012 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 45th Congressional District of California. King lost in the general election.[1]
Campaign themes
2012
Kang's campaign website listed the following issues:[2]
- Creating Jobs and Getting Our Economy Moving Again
- Excerpt: "The current recession has impacted every American while Congress plays partisan games to protect their own jobs. We were losing 700,000 jobs per month when the President took office and although we have begun to climb back more must be done to help businesses grow and create good-paying jobs."
- Fiscal Responsibility and Balancing the Budget
- Excerpt: "There is a lot of talk in Washington about balancing the budget. As Mayor of Irvine, I balanced the budget in the depths of the worst recession in recent times. Two things enabled me to balance the budget – financial discipline during tough times and the foresight to build a reserve fund during better times. These are the same common sense principles that must be applied to balancing our federal budget."
- Protecting Social Security and Medicare
- Excerpt: "Our seniors paid into Social Security and Medicare throughout their working lives and are entitled to receive the benefits that they have been promised and deserve."
- Improving Education and Opportunity
- Excerpt: "Our country is falling behind in the race to prepare students to enter an educated workforce that can compete in the 21st century knowledge-based economy. American companies increasingly look for college-educated employees from other countries to fill jobs."
- Protecting National Security
- Excerpt: "We must provide our military and intelligence services the tools they need to keep us safe. We also must combine military force and intelligence gathering with diplomacy, improvements in homeland security, and intelligence reform to stabilize countries and prevent failed states from becoming havens for anti-American terrorists."
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 Bob Huff (R) did not seek re-election.
Josh Newman defeated Ling-Ling Chang in the California State Senate District 29 general election.[4][5]
| California State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Josh Newman |
50.39% | 160,230 | |
| Republican | Ling-Ling Chang | 49.61% | 157,732 | |
| Total Votes | 317,962 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Ling-Ling Chang and Josh Newman defeated Sukhee Kang in the California State Senate District 29 Blanket primary.[6][7]
| California State Senate, District 29 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ling-Ling Chang |
44.01% | 73,514 | |
| Democratic | Josh Newman |
29.19% | 48,754 | |
| Democratic | Sukhee Kang | 26.80% | 44,766 | |
| Total Votes | 167,034 | |||
2012
Kang ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 45th District. He and district 48 incumbent John Campbell (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating John Webb (R). They faced off in the November 6, 2012, general election and Campbell won.[1][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Campbell Incumbent |
58.5% | 171,417 | |
| Democratic | Sukhee Kang | 41.5% | 121,814 | |
| Total Votes | 293,231 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
John Campbell (R) Incumbent |
51% | 54,346 |
| Sukhee Kang (D) |
33% | 35,182 |
| John Webb (R) | 16% | 17,014 |
| Total Votes | 106,542 | |
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Kang and his wife, Joanne, have two children.[10]
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See also
- California State Senate
- California State Senate District 29
- California State Senate elections, 2016
- California State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN, "California Districts Race - 2012 Election Center," accessed December 1, 2012
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ 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, "Unofficial election results," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 2, 2014
