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Vicente Sarmiento
Vicente Sarmiento is a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 2. He assumed office on January 2, 2023. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Sarmiento ran for election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors to represent District 2 in California. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Sarmiento represented District 8 on the Orange County Water Board from 2013 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2020. District 8 is one of three seats appointed by the city councils of Anaheim, Fullerton, and Santa Ana.[1]
Although municipal elections in Orange County are nonpartisan, Sarmiento described himself in 2016 as a lifelong Democrat.[2]
Biography
Vicente Sarmiento earned a B.S. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. Sarmiento's career experience includes working as an attorney and owning a law practice.[3]
Elections
2022
Orange County Board of Supervisors
See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2
Vicente Sarmiento defeated Kim Nguyen-Penaloza in the general election for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vicente Sarmiento (Nonpartisan) | 51.7 | 49,459 |
 | Kim Nguyen-Penaloza (Nonpartisan) | 48.3 | 46,248 | |
| Total votes: 95,707 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2
Vicente Sarmiento and Kim Nguyen-Penaloza defeated Cecilia Iglesias, Jon Dumitru, and Juan Villegas in the primary for Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicente Sarmiento (Nonpartisan) | 35.0 | 21,916 |
| ✔ | | Kim Nguyen-Penaloza (Nonpartisan) | 22.3 | 13,923 |
 | Cecilia Iglesias (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 10,635 | |
| Jon Dumitru (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 10,321 | ||
 | Juan Villegas (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 5,733 | |
| Total votes: 62,528 | |||
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Mayor of Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento did not file to run for re-election.
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Santa Ana, California (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Santa Ana
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Santa Ana on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicente Sarmiento (Nonpartisan) | 33.1 | 29,493 |
| Claudia Alvarez (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 19,247 | ||
| Cecilia Iglesias (Nonpartisan) | 21.0 | 18,713 | |
 | Jose Solorio (Nonpartisan) | 16.3 | 14,585 | |
| George Collins (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 5,217 | ||
| Mark Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 1,950 | ||
| Total votes: 89,205 | |||
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2016
The city of Santa Ana, California, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 12, 2016. Three of the six city council seats were up for election.[4]
Incumbent Vicente Sarmiento defeated Jessica Cha in the general election for the Ward 1 seat on the Santa Ana City Council.[5]| Santa Ana City Council, Ward 1 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Vicente Sarmiento Incumbent |
55.56% | 36,486 |
| Jessica Cha | 44.44% | 29,183 |
| Total Votes | 65,669 | |
| Source: Orange County Elections, "Official Results for Election," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Endorsements
U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) endorsed Sarmiento on September 13, 2016.[6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Vicente Sarmiento did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Vicente Sarmiento did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Orange County Water District, "Service area & board of directors," accessed March 5, 2019
- ↑ New Santa Ana, "Council Member Sarmiento endorsed by various local Democratic Party organizations," archived November 8, 2016
- ↑ The City of Santa Ana, "Mayor Vicente Sarmiento," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archives," accessed September 16, 2021
- ↑ City of Santa Ana, "City Elections," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Voice of OC, "Loretta Sanchez Endorses Re-Election of Santa Ana Councilmember Vicente Sarmiento," September 16, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Katrina Foley |
Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Miguel Pulido |
Mayor of Santa Ana 2020-2022 |
Succeeded by Valerie Amezcua |
| Preceded by - |
Orange County Water District District 8 2016-2020 |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Santa Ana City Council Ward 1 2007-2020 |
Succeeded by Thai Viet Phan |
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