Tepring Michelle Piquado
Tepring Michelle Piquado (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 54. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Piquado also ran in a special election to the California State Assembly to represent District 54. She lost in the special primary on April 3, 2018.
Elections
2018
California State Assembly regular election
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 54
Incumbent Sydney Kamlager-Dove defeated Tepring Michelle Piquado in the general election for California State Assembly District 54 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) | 62.3 | 95,643 |
 | Tepring Michelle Piquado (D) | 37.7 | 57,760 | |
| Total votes: 153,403 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 54
The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 54 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) | 55.5 | 41,838 |
| ✔ | | Tepring Michelle Piquado (D) | 15.4 | 11,615 |
 | Glen Ratcliff (R) | 12.4 | 9,359 | |
 | Steve Dunwoody (D) (Write-in) | 8.5 | 6,409 | |
| Lamar Lyons (D) | 6.5 | 4,899 | ||
| Breon Dupree Hollie (D) | 1.6 | 1,223 | ||
| Total votes: 75,343 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
California State Assembly special election
A special primary election for the position of California State Assembly District 54 was called for April 3, 2018. Democrat Sydney Kamlager won the seat outright in the primary by receiving a majority of the votes. If no candidate had received a majority of the votes, the top two vote-getters would have advanced to a special general election on June 5, 2018.[1][2]
To qualify for the race, candidates had to obtain nomination documents from election officials in their county of residence by February 8, 2018. Candidates could have qualified by paying a $1,072.42 filing fee. Candidates could have also qualified by submitting petition signatures by January 9, 2018. The filing deadline for write-in candidates was March 20, 2018.[3]
The seat became vacant following Sebastian Ridley-Thomas' (D) resignation on December 27, 2017. He said he resigned due to persistent health issues.[4]
Four candidates—three Democrats and one Republican—filed to run in the race.[5]
General election
Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 54
Sydney Kamlager-Dove won election outright against Tepring Michelle Piquado, Glen Ratcliff, and Grayson Pangilinan in the special primary for California State Assembly District 54 on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) | 70.0 | 22,605 |
| Tepring Michelle Piquado (D) | 14.5 | 4,673 | |
| Glen Ratcliff (R) | 11.9 | 3,826 | |
| Grayson Pangilinan (D) | 3.7 | 1,182 | ||
| Total votes: 32,286 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- California State Assembly elections, 2018
- California State Assembly District 54
- California state legislative special elections, 2018
- California State Assembly
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Calendar of Events: Assembly Districts 45 and 54 Special Primary Elections," accessed February 9, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "State Assembly District 54 - Districtwide Results," accessed April 4, 2018
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Special Election Calendar: Special Primary Election April 3, 2018 California State Assembly, 54th District (Sebastian Ridley-Thomas)," accessed January 11, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas is resigning," December 27, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official Certified List of Candidates: State Assembly Member District 54," accessed March 29, 2018
