Gary Blenner
Gary Blenner (Green Party) ran for election for California Secretary of State. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Blenner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gary Blenner was born in Queens, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis in 1988 and a graduate degree from National University in 2006. His career experience includes working as a teacher.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: California Secretary of State election, 2022
General election
General election for California Secretary of State
Incumbent Shirley Weber defeated Robert Bernosky in the general election for California Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Shirley Weber (D) | 60.1 | 6,462,164 | |
| Robert Bernosky (R) | 39.9 | 4,298,530 | ||
| Total votes: 10,760,694 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the primary for California Secretary of State on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Shirley Weber (D) | 58.9 | 4,016,798 | |
| ✔ | Robert Bernosky (R) | 18.8 | 1,281,587 | |
| Rachel Hamm (R) | 12.1 | 822,978 | ||
 | James Paine (R) | 3.7 | 254,222 | |
| Gary Blenner (G) | 3.0 | 205,630 | ||
| Raul Rodriguez Jr. (R) | 2.6 | 176,059 | |
| Matthew Cinquanta (Independent) | 0.9 | 59,481 | ||
| Desmond Silveira (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 235 | ||
| Total votes: 6,816,990 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2016
| Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, District 4 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sue Frost |
29.88% | 17,083 |
| Mike Kozlowski |
20.30% | 11,603 |
| Kerri Howell | 20.04% | 11,458 |
| Gary Blenner | 18.02% | 10,304 |
| Teresa Stanley | 11.60% | 6,632 |
| Write-in votes | 0.16% | 91 |
| Total Votes | 57,171 | |
| Source: Sacramento County, "Official Results: Primary Election-June 7, 2016," June 29, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gary Blenner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Blenner's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have been a high school social science teacher for 28 years. From 2006-2010, I was a school board trustee on the Center Joint Unified School District in Antelope/Elverta in Sacramento County. I ran for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in 2012 and 2016.
- Proportional Representation in the State Assembly by political party with a 5% threshold.
- Ranked Choice Voting for all other single-member races
- Public financing of campaigns. End corporate personhood.
End the control of two corporate political parties in policy making decisions. We must open up the political process and expand democracy, not limit our ability to express our opinions at the ballot box.
Oversees elections, election integrity, and the incorporation process.
"Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In" by Bernie Sanders and "Breaking Through Power" by Ralph Nader.
The ability to bring diverse coalitions together
To make the world a better place to live.
I worked for Burger King in Fremont in 1983. I came to the realization that corporate America makes huge profits and pays their employees as little as possible, all in the name of profits. I quit after five weeks.
"One Night in Bangkok" by Murray Head
Not necessarily. They just need the courage of their convictions, and the integrity to maintain our democracy.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 9, 2022
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