Louis J. Marinelli, III

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Louis J. Marinelli, III

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Buffalo, N.Y.

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Louis J. Marinelli, III (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of California. He did not appear on the ballot for the recall election on September 14, 2021.

Marinelli completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Louis Marinelli was born in Buffalo, New York.

Elections

2021

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Gavin Newsom recall, 2021

Gavin Newsom won the Governor of California recall election on September 14, 2021.

			Recall  Vote	%	Votes
			Yes	38.1	4,894,473
		✔	No	61.9	7,944,092
			Total Votes		12,838,565

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General election

Special general election for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Governor of California on September 14, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		Larry Elder (R)	48.4	3,563,867
		Kevin Paffrath (D)	9.6	706,778
		Kevin Faulconer (R)	8.0	590,346
		Brandon Ross (D)	5.3	392,029
		John Cox (R)	4.1	305,095
		Kevin Kiley (R)	3.5	255,490
		Jacqueline McGowan (D)	2.9	214,242
		Joel Ventresca (D)	2.5	186,345
		Daniel Watts (D)	2.3	167,355
		Holly Baade (D)	1.3	92,218
		Patrick Kilpatrick (D)	1.2	86,617
		Armando Perez-Serrato (D)	1.2	85,061
		Caitlyn Jenner (R)	1.0	75,215
		John Drake (D)	0.9	68,545
		Daniel Kapelovitz (G)	0.9	64,375
		Jeff Hewitt (L)	0.7	50,378
		Ted Gaines (R)	0.7	47,937
		Angelyne (No party preference)	0.5	35,900
		David Moore (No party preference)	0.4	31,224
		Anthony Trimino (R)	0.4	28,101
		Doug Ose (R) (Unofficially withdrew)	0.4	26,204
		Michael Loebs (No party preference)	0.3	25,468
		Heather Collins (G)	0.3	24,260
		Major Singh (No party preference)	0.3	21,394
		David Lozano (R)	0.3	19,945
		Denver Stoner (R)	0.3	19,588
		Samuel Gallucci (R)	0.2	18,134
		Steven Chavez Lodge (R)	0.2	17,435
		Jenny Rae Le Roux (R)	0.2	16,032
		David Bramante (R)	0.2	11,501
		Diego Martinez (R)	0.1	10,860
		Robert Newman (R)	0.1	10,602
		Sarah Stephens (R)	0.1	10,583
		Dennis Richter (No party preference)	0.1	10,468
		Major Williams (R) (Write-in)	0.1	8,965
		Denis Lucey (No party preference)	0.1	8,182
		James Hanink (No party preference)	0.1	7,193
		Daniel Mercuri (R)	0.1	7,110
		Chauncey Killens (R)	0.1	6,879
		Leo Zacky (R)	0.1	6,099
		Kevin Kaul (No party preference)	0.1	5,600
		David Hillberg (R)	0.1	4,435
		Adam Papagan (No party preference)	0.1	4,021
		Rhonda Furin (R)	0.1	3,964
		Nickolas Wildstar (R)	0.1	3,811
		Jeremiah Marciniak (No party preference)	0.0	2,894
		Joe Symmon (R)	0.0	2,397
	Submit photo	Miki Habryn (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	137
	Submit photo	Roxanne (D) (Write-in)	0.0	116
	Submit photo	Stacy Smith (D) (Write-in)	0.0	81
	Submit photo	Vivek Mohan (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	68
	Submit photo	Thuy Hugens (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in)	0.0	19
	Submit photo	Vince Lundgren (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	5

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Karen Blake (R)
• Mariana Dawson (No party preference)
• Veronika Fimbres (G)
• Elizabeth Floyd (No party preference)
• Wayne Frazier (R)
• Timothy Herode (R)
• Luis Huang (D)
• Jimih Jones (R)
• Paul Mesrop Kurdian (No party preference)
• Carla Canada (No party preference)
• Mary Cook (No party preference)
• Torr Leonard (D)
• Jeremy Lupoli (D)
• Louis J. Marinelli, III (R)
• Christopher Mason (R)
• John Pierce (R)
• Patrick Rakus Jr. (R)
• Frank Wade (D)
• Marc Roth (No party preference)
• Christopher Carlson (G)
• Douglas Deitch (D)
• Bryan Farley (D)
• Justin Hubbard (R)
• Jason Dixon (D)
• Sean Harrison (R)
• Ronald Palmieri (D)
• Ben Zandpour (No party preference)
• Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
• A. Shantz (G)
• Adam Hadjinian (No party preference)
• Michael Lynn Gabriel (No party preference)
• Hilaire Shioura (No party preference)
• Lee Olson (No party preference)
• Joseph Luciano (R)
• Steven Fitzgerald (R)
• Anthony Fanara (D)
• Jemiss Nazar (No party preference)
• Kevin Abushi (R)
• Joseph Amey (American Independent Party of California)

2016

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the California State Assembly 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.

Incumbent Lorena Gonzalez defeated Lincoln Pickard in the California State Assembly District 80 general election.

California State Assembly, District 80 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez Incumbent	77.85%	108,655
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard	22.15%	30,917
Total Votes				139,572
Source: California Secretary of State

Incumbent Lorena Gonzalez and Lincoln Pickard defeated Louis J. Marinelli, III in the California State Assembly District 80 Blanket primary.

California State Assembly, District 80 Blanket Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lorena Gonzalez Incumbent	74.61%	55,150
	Republican	Lincoln Pickard	18.96%	14,015
	Independent	Louis J. Marinelli, III	6.43%	4,753
Total Votes				73,918

Campaign themes

2021

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Louis J. Marinelli, III completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marinelli's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Louis Marinelli is the founder of the California Independence Movement and the first president of the Yes California Independence Campaign which became known around the world as Calexit. Marinelli, 35, has a wife and a four-month-old daughter with whom he is currently living in Russia, where he is a kindergarten teacher and runs the California Embassy and Culture Center in Moscow. Louis is returning to California, where he has maintained residency while living abroad, once his daughter receives her US birth certificate and passport through the US Embassy in Moscow and other immigration matters are resolved.

Louis Marinelli is a Republican by party affiliation, but is not a conservative ideologue. He supports a taxpayer-funded public healthcare option to provide basic health care  services for all, universal Pre-K from the age of three, eighteen months of paid maternity leave to allow mothers to bond with their newborn children, comprehensive police and criminal justice reforms, and a legal status for undocumented immigrants living and paying taxes in California.

Meanwhile, Marinelli opposes the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools and likewise opposes paying out reparations. He supports school choice, parental rights, the right to bear arms, efforts to limit government power, and although he is not religious, he is pro-life. Louis has been a vocal opponent of government lockdowns and mask mandates during the pandemic and opposes mandatory vaccination.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Independence will be on the ballot this year in California.
• A vote for Marinelli is a vote for #Calexit.
• An Independence leader for the next generation of Californians.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a kindergarten teacher, Louis is passionate about family issues such as maternity leave and access to Pre-K from a young age. He wants to expand maternity leave to include eighteen months of paid time off to allow parents to bond with their new children, and offer Pre-K to all children from the age of three.

Louis Marinelli is passionate about protecting civil liberties just as much as he cares about protecting civil rights. That's why he supports medical freedom, the decriminalization of drugs, and the legalization of sex work. He wants to enact comprehensive police and criminal justice reform, and demilitarize the police.

Louis Marinelli is also passionate about California becoming an independent country. He wants to use the platform of the governorship to advance the cause of California Independence and declare California an independent country.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

I would recommend people read "1984" to understand how important it is to resist the growth of totalitarianism, to protect society from falling under the sway of propaganda, to preserve one's identity and protect one's independence, to encourage people to question more, to encourage upward mobility in society, to avoid censorship and the rewriting of history, and to preserve the right to free speech. We need to recognize in our laws that the Internet is the public square of the 21st Century.

What legacy would you like to leave?

That we did what we could to leave this world in better shape when we turn it over to the next generation, than when we inherited it from the last generation.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first historical event I remember occurring in my lifetime is the invasion of Iraq during the Gulf War. I was about five years old at the time and remember watching the invasion on CNN. Now I am 35 years old and my country is still at war in the Middle East.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Baby Shark. I teach 4-year-olds in a private kindergarten.

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

I believe the most important responsibility of the the governor is to serve as a check against the one-party rule in the State Legislature in order to protect civil liberties as much as we protect civil rights.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

The greatest challenges California faces over the next decade are water availability, producing enough power to meet demand, climate change, homelessness, and housing costs.

We need to invest in more infrastructure and technology to collect, store, and transport water across California and we need to properly manage our forests. We need to balance the importance of combating climate change and shifting towards greener and cleaner energy production with the necessity of avoiding rolling blackouts. We need to come up with innovative solutions in addition to taking obvious steps to tackle the homelessness crisis, and we need to get government out of the way of building more housing. We also need to create an incentive program that encourages the construction and purchasing of homes in inland California.

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