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Shubham Goel was an independent candidate running for governor of California in the 2018 election.

Biography

Shubham Goel earned an undergraduate degree in economics and film from UCLA in 2017. Goel's career experience includes working as a virtual reality manager. He previously worked for HBO, Hulu, and Dream Out Loud Productions. He served as a member of the UCLA Indus and the Bay Area Meisner Studio.^[1]

Goel was also featured in the first season of the Netflix reality show The Circle, which premiered in January 2020. The show followed Goel and seven other contestants through a virtual social media ranking competition.^[2]

Elections

2018

See also: California gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom defeated John Cox in the general election for Governor of California on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gavin Newsom (D)	61.9	7,721,410
	John Cox (R)	38.1	4,742,825

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,464,235 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gavin Newsom (D)	33.7	2,343,792
✔	John Cox (R)	25.4	1,766,488
	Antonio Villaraigosa (D)	13.3	926,394
	Travis Allen (R)	9.5	658,798
	John Chiang (D)	9.4	655,920
	Delaine Eastin (D)	3.4	234,869
	Amanda Renteria (D)	1.3	93,446
	Robert Newman (R)	0.6	44,674
	Michael Shellenberger (D)	0.5	31,692
	Peter Yuan Liu (R)	0.4	27,336
	Yvonne Girard (R)	0.3	21,840
	Gloria La Riva (Peace and Freedom Party)	0.3	19,075
	Juan Bribiesca (D)	0.3	17,586
	Josh Jones (G)	0.2	16,131
	Zoltan Gyurko Istvan (L)	0.2	14,462
	Albert Caesar Mezzetti (D)	0.2	12,026
	Nickolas Wildstar (L)	0.2	11,566
	Robert Davidson Griffis (D)	0.2	11,103
	Akinyemi Agbede (D)	0.1	9,380
	Thomas Jefferson Cares (D)	0.1	8,937
	Christopher Carlson (G)	0.1	7,302
	Klement Tinaj (D)	0.1	5,368
	Hakan Mikado (Independent)	0.1	5,346
	Johnny Wattenburg (Independent)	0.1	4,973
	Desmond Silveira (Independent)	0.1	4,633
	Shubham Goel (Independent)	0.1	4,020
	Jeffrey Edward Taylor (Independent)	0.1	3,973

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,961,130
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Boris Romanowsky (Independent)
Robert Kleinberger (R)
Lindsey Neil Shortland (Independent)
George Konik (R)
Scot Sturtevant (Independent)
Ted Crisell (D)
James Tran (Independent)
Jacob Morris (R)
Michael Bilger (Independent)
Andy Blanch (Independent)
Daniel Amare (R)
David Bush (Independent)
David Hadley (R)
Grant Handzlik (Independent)
David Asem (D)
Stasyi Barth (R)
Michael Bracamontes (D)
Analila Joya (Independent)
Harmesh Kumar (D)
Joshua Laine (Independent)
John Leslie-Brown (R)
Frederic Prinz von Anhalt (Independent)
Timothy Richardson (Independent)
Brian Domingo (R)
Doug Ose (R)

Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

Goel submitted the following campaign themes through Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form:

“	The reason I wanted to run is just to show young and everyday people that we can change our policies and environment with the latest technology and how access to information has made it possible for any type of person regardless of background to make a change. All you need is courage and a plan^[3] ^[4]	”
—Shubham Goel

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on March 8, 2018.
↑ Time, "The Circle Fan Favorite Shubham Goel Opens Up About Catfish, Friendships and His Life Beyond the Netflix Reality Show," January 15, 2020
↑ Edited from original submission at the request of the candidate.
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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