Sam Kang

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Sam Kang was a2014Democratic candidate forDistrict 15 of theCalifornia State Assembly.

Campaign themes

2014

Kang's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Changing California Schools So They Work for All Students

  • Excerpt: "In addition to increasing funding and making it more reliable by reforming our tax structure and making multinational corporations pay their fair share, Sam will work to make sure our schools deliver their promise to the students who need it most."

Finding Sustainable Revenue to Ensure California’s Future

  • Excerpt: "The revenue increases generated by Prop 30 are only temporary. So we must find a significant and sustainable source of revenue for the state. Creating a split roll system to tax residential and commercial property at different rates is a winnable issue."

Protecting the Environment and Creating a Green Economy

  • Excerpt: "Sam believes that everyone has the right to live in clean, healthy, and sustainable communities. That’s why he’s against fracking and will fight to stop it."

Providing Opportunities for Working Families, Local Communities & Small Businesses

  • Excerpt: "The quest for “job creation” has often times ignored the sources of it – wealth creation in local communities. This can be remedied by proliferating supplier diversity, the practice of targeting and contracting with minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned businesses."

Reducing Health Care Costs and Successfully Implementing the Affordable Care Act

  • Excerpt: "Sam believes that everyone has the right to affordable and accessible health care. That's why he believes we must continue to strive for a single-payer system health care system. "

Elections

2014

See also:California State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for theCalifornia State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014.Elizabeth Echols (D) andTony Thurmond (D) defeatedClarence Hunt (D),Sam Kang (D),Pamela Price (D),Rich Kinney (R),Eugene E. Ruyle (Peace & Freedom) andBernt Rainer Wahl (I) in the blanket primary. Thurmond defeated Echols in the general election.[2][3][4]

California State Assembly, District 15, General Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngTony Thurmond54.3%66,661
    Democratic Elizabeth Echols45.7%56,071
Total Votes122,732
California State Assembly, District 15 Blanket Primary, 2014
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Echols31.1%21,664
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngTony Thurmond24.4%16,963
    Democratic Pamela Price17.1%11,898
    Republican Rich Kinney10.8%7,531
    Democratic Sam Kang6.7%4,630
    Democratic Clarence Hunt4.8%3,329
    Peace and Freedom Eugene E. Ruyle3.5%2,426
    Independent Bernt Rainer Wahl1.6%1,132
Total Votes69,573

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Kang's endorsements include the following:[5]

  • California Asian & Pacific Islander (API) Legislative Caucus
  • Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP)
  • California Small Business Association
  • California Medical Association PAC
  • California Chiropractic Association
  • Crime Victims United of California
  • RULE (Residents United for a Livable Emeryville)
  • Korean American Democratic Club
  • Chinese American Democratic Club
  • Dave Jones, California Insurance Commissioner
  • Warren Furutani, former Assemblymember and API Legislative Caucus Chair
  • Carmen Chu, San Francisco City Assessor
  • Jac Asher, Mayor of Emeryville
  • Ann Cheng, former Mayor of El Cerrito
  • Stewart Chen, Alameda City Councilman
  • Josh Arce, SF Environmental Commissioner and Executive Director, Brightline Defense
  • Michael Chan, President, Asian Inc.
  • Anthony Chavez, Education & Community Outreach Consultant and grandson of civil rights hero Cesar Chavez
  • Natalie Cole, Publisher, Our Weekly
  • Earl “Skip” Cooper II, President and CEO, Black Business Association

Recent news

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