Sara Brink
Sara Brink (independent) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 15. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Brink completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sara Brink was born in Oak Park, Illinois. She pursued her undergraduate education at Macalester College and DePaul University. Brink's career experience includes working in retail sales and as a filmmaker.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 15
Incumbent Buffy Wicks defeated Sara Brink in the general election for California State Assembly District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Buffy Wicks (D) | 84.7 | 204,108 |
 | Sara Brink (Independent)  | 15.3 | 36,732 | |
| Total votes: 240,840 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 15
Incumbent Buffy Wicks and Sara Brink defeated Jeanne Solnordal in the primary for California State Assembly District 15 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Buffy Wicks (D) | 83.6 | 135,623 |
| ✔ | | Sara Brink (Independent) | 8.5 | 13,841 |
 | Jeanne Solnordal (R) | 7.9 | 12,791 | |
| Total votes: 162,255 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sara Brink completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brink's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Most people are shut out of politics and policy-making, even though we are directly affected by those decisions in a way that most of the decision-makers are not.
- Political power should be dispersed among the people. (i.e. publicly funded elections, public participation models)
- Most of what is wrong in our community is a result of the concentration of political power among the people who have the most. (Money, property, connections, etc.)
Re-thinking public safety to put it in the hands of communities, not the state. Reducing crime off at its source, which is poverty and inequality.
Climate change and centering young people in policymaking.
Breaking the power of the ultra-rich.
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
I also want my willingness to acknowledge my role and responsibility in benefitting from and perpetuating white supremacy to sit with white people for a long time and make them uncomfortable. White people's unwillingness to tolerate discomfort is the reason that Trump is occupying the White House right now. We are the beneficiaries of great evils and it's time to repair all the damage that's been caused in our names.
At the same time, I believe it's beneficial to be selective about who you associate with. If you're building with people who don't share your fundamental values, then the integrity of what you build is compromised.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 10, 2020
