Suja Lowenthal
Suja Lowenthal is a former member of the Long Beach City Council in California, representing District 2 from 2006 to 2016. Lowenthal served as the vice-mayor of Long Beach from 2010 to 2012. The Long Beach City Council reelected her to the position on July 15, 2014, in a 5-4 vote.[1][2]
Lowenthal was previously a board member of the Long Beach Unified School District from 2001-2006.[1]
In 2014, Lowenthal was a Democratic candidate for District 70 of the California State Assembly.
Biography
Lowenthal was born in Madras, India. She holds a B.S. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MBA from California State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Her professional experience includes working for the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, the Central Basin Municipal Water District, the West Basin Municipal Water District and the Water Replenishment District of Southern California. She has also worked as an adjunct professor of geological sciences at the University of California, Long Beach.[1]
Elections
2014
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Patrick O'Donnell (D) and John C. Goya (R) defeated Suja Lowenthal (D) in the blanket primary. O'Donnell defeated Goya in the general election.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Patrick O'Donnell |
63.8% | 48,978 | |
| Republican | John C. Goya | 36.2% | 27,755 | |
| Total Votes | 76,733 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
Patrick O'Donnell |
40.6% | 21,949 | |
| Republican | John C. Goya |
32.2% | 17,367 | |
| Democratic | Suja Lowenthal | 27.2% | 14,697 | |
| Total Votes | 54,013 | |||
Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Lowenthal's endorsements included the following:[6]
- State Senator Ben Hueso
- State Senator Ricardo Lara
- Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez
- Assemblymember Roger Hernandez
- Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez
- Assemblymember Das Willliams
- Councilmember Laura Friedman, City of Glendale
- Councilmember Paul Koretz, City of Los Angeles
- Councilmember Susan Rubio, City of Baldwin Park
- LBUSD Board President John McGinnis
- LBUSD Board Member Felton Williams, Ph.D.
- Asian American Small Business PAC
- California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV)
- CALIFORNIALIST
- EMILY’s List
- Leadership for a Clean Economy
- Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club
- Los Angeles County Young Democrats (LACYD)
- National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC)
- Planned Parenthood
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Suja + Lowenthal + Long + Beach"
See also
- Long Beach, California
- Cities in California
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly elections, 2014
- California State Legislature
- California State Assembly District 70
External links
- City of Long Beach
- Personal Website
- Social Media
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Long Beach City Council, "District 2," accessed December 8, 2014
- ↑ Press Telegram, "Long Beach inauguration of Mayor Robert Garcia, city council reflects the city’s rich diversity," July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
- ↑ sujalowenthal.org, "Endorsements," accessed May 13, 2014
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