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Allan Marson
Allan Marson (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 23. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Marson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Allan Marson was born in Leavenworth, Washington. Marson's professional experience includes working as an attorney and business owner. He earned a degree from Columbia University and a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Marc Berman defeated Lydia Kou in the general election for California State Assembly District 23 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marc Berman (D)  | 59.8 | 115,833 |
 | Lydia Kou (D) | 40.2 | 77,949 | |
| Total votes: 193,782 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Marc Berman and Lydia Kou defeated Gus Mattammal and Allan Marson in the primary for California State Assembly District 23 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marc Berman (D) | 57.4 | 67,177 |
| ✔ | | Lydia Kou (D) | 20.3 | 23,723 |
 | Gus Mattammal (R) | 11.4 | 13,290 | |
 | Allan Marson (R) | 11.0 | 12,900 | |
| Total votes: 117,090 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Marson in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Allan Marson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- After decades of progressive policies from the State Legislature, California's problems of homelessness, drug addiction, high housing costs, increasing crime and low education scores have only become worse. It is time to get California back on the right path. It is time to elect a conservative Assembly Member for District 23.
- Ideologues have worked to indoctrinate our children and hide gender choices from loving parents while neglecting basics like writing and math, and eliminating accelerated programs for gifted children in the name of "equity". We can protect at-risk students without encouraging minors to take life altering drugs and undergo surgeries. Students should be challenged at all levels of ability but hard work and merit should be rewarded to motivate the next generation of world-leading scientists and entrepreneurs. Families should have choice in education.
- California has bountiful resources. We can offer jobs to everyone and finance social programs without the deficits that are contributing to inflation, but high taxes and special interests stand in the way. We must cancel the war on the single family homes, and encourage development at the fringes of suburbs, instead of just “in-fills” that destroys existing neighborhoods. We must leverage improvements in fossil fuel and nuclear technologies, supplemented by renewables, and let market forces give us the energy we need at a cost we can afford. Rational regulations and taxes will stem the flow of talented workers and businesses out of California.
- Reducing crime and homelessness through fair but strict laws that are consistently enforced, coupled with workable drug rehabilitation and mental health programs.
- Republican Assemblies of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
- Silicon Valley Association of Conservative Voters
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
