Alan Reynolds
Alan Reynolds (independent) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 41. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Reynolds completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Reynolds was an unsuccessful independent candidate for District 41 of the California State Assembly in 2016. He also ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of California in 2014.[1]
Biography
Reynolds is a city commissioner, engineer, and small businessman. He earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California (USC). While pursuing his degree at USC, Reynolds also worked as an environmental project manager, assisting engineering projects and environmental studies at the Port of Los Angeles and Huntington Beach. After graduating, he became an engineering consultant and technical sales specialist. He later founded his own business, Reynolds Sales and Consulting. Reynolds and his wife, Kathleen Morales, have two children.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 41
Incumbent Chris Holden defeated Alan Reynolds in the general election for California State Assembly District 41 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Holden (D) | 64.2 | 113,439 | |
| Alan Reynolds (Independent) | 35.8 | 63,272 | ||
| Total votes: 176,711 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 41
Incumbent Chris Holden and Alan Reynolds defeated Kenny Rotter in the primary for California State Assembly District 41 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chris Holden (D) | 59.8 | 54,707 | |
| ✔ | Alan Reynolds (Independent) | 27.7 | 25,345 | |
| Kenny Rotter (D) | 12.5 | 11,420 | ||
| Total votes: 91,472 | ||||
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2016
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[3]
Incumbent Chris Holden defeated Casey C. Higgins in the California State Assembly District 41 general election.[4][5]
| California State Assembly, District 41 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 60.48% | 120,633 | ||
| Republican | Casey C. Higgins | 39.52% | 78,817 | |
| Total Votes | 199,450 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Chris Holden and Casey C. Higgins defeated Dan M. Taylor and Alan Reynolds in the California State Assembly District 41 Blanket primary.[6][7]
| California State Assembly, District 41 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 59.25% | 66,951 | ||
| Republican | 26.56% | 30,017 | ||
| Republican | Dan M. Taylor | 7.87% | 8,891 | |
| Independent | Alan Reynolds | 6.32% | 7,143 | |
| Total Votes | 113,002 | |||
2014
Reynolds ran for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor of California. The primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
| Lieutenant Governor of California, Blanket Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 49.9% | 2,082,902 | ||
| Republican | 23.4% | 976,128 | ||
| Republican | David Fennell | 8.6% | 357,242 | |
| Republican | George Yang | 8% | 333,857 | |
| Democratic | Eric Korevaar | 5.6% | 232,596 | |
| Green | Jena Goodman | 2.4% | 98,338 | |
| Americans Elect | Alan Reynolds | 1.3% | 56,027 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Amos Johnson | 0.9% | 39,675 | |
| Total Votes | 4,176,765 | |||
| Election results California Secretary of State | ||||
Endorsements
- Reform Party[8]
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Alan Reynolds participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Alan Reynolds's responses follow below.[9]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Anti-Corruption & Campaign/Electoral Reform
Citizens Legislature/Part-time weekend Legislature Innovation into real life/jobs, University Ideas into real worls[10][11] |
” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Electoral Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Legislative Reform, Innovation for new, good, jobs.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[11]
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” |
Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Alan Reynolds answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Teddy Roosevelt[11] | ” |
| “ | A Declaration of Independents by Greg Orman, "Centrist Manifesto" by Charlie Wheelan[11] | ” |
| “ | Honestly, Authenticity, Problem Solving[11] | ” |
| “ | Engineering based problem solving and outside the D/R perspective/rhetoric thinking.[11] | ” |
| “ | Listening to the people, analyzing problems, consulting experts, coming up with viable solutions[11] | ” |
| “ | An Independent Perspective for California[11] | ” |
| “ | I'm sure there were others but September 11, 2001. I was 16.[11] | ” |
| “ | I live in the house I grew up in, bought it (and have a mortgage) from my parents. There is a tree, star pine, I planted when I was 6? 8? that is now 50+ ft tall.[11] | ” |
| “ | At times yes, but also having people from a variety of backgrounds can lead to more well roundedness.[11] | ” |
| “ | I think particularly with legislators in other districts that overlap or are near by and relationship of mutual benefit is important.[11] | ” |
| “ | Independent or computer model driven.[11] | ” |
| “ | I have run for CA Lt. Governor in the past, I still think it is a good fit for my background and expertise.[11] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- California State Assembly elections, 2018
- California State Assembly
- Lieutenant Governor of California
- California Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2014
- California State Assembly District 41
- California State Assembly elections, 2016
- California State Legislature
External links
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- California State Assembly
- Official Campaign website
- Facebook page
- Twitter page
Footnotes
- ↑ Alan Reynolds for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official campaign website," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ Alan Reynolds for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Bio," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Opposition News, Reform Party endorses Indy Reynolds for CA Lt Gov, March 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Alan Reynolds's responses," May 29, 2018
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.