Akinyemi Agbede

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Akinyemi Agbede

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June 7, 2022

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Akinyemi Agbede (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate California

Incumbent Alex Padilla defeated Mark Meuser in the general election for U.S. Senate California on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alex Padilla (D)	61.1	6,621,621
		Mark Meuser (R)	38.9	4,222,029

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,843,650
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate California

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate California on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alex Padilla (D)	54.1	3,725,544
✔		Mark Meuser (R)	14.9	1,028,374
		Cordie Williams (R)	6.9	474,321
		Jonathan Elist (R)	4.2	289,716
		Chuck Smith (R)	3.9	266,766
		James P. Bradley (R)	3.4	235,788
		Douglas Howard Pierce (D)	1.7	116,771
		John Parker (Peace and Freedom Party)	1.5	105,477
		Sarah Sun Liew (R)	1.1	76,994
		Dan O'Dowd (D)	1.1	74,916
		Akinyemi Agbede (D)	1.0	70,971
		Myron Hall (R)	1.0	66,161
		Timothy Ursich Jr. (D)	0.8	58,348
		Robert Lucero (R)	0.8	53,398
		James Henry Conn (G)	0.5	35,983
		Eleanor Garcia (Independent)	0.5	34,625
		Carlos Guillermo Tapia (R)	0.5	33,870
		Pamela Elizondo (G)	0.5	31,981
		Enrique Petris (R)	0.5	31,883
		Obaidul Huq Pirjada (D)	0.4	27,889
		Daphne Bradford (Independent)	0.4	26,900
		Don Grundmann (Independent)	0.1	10,181
		Deon Jenkins (Independent)	0.1	6,936
		Mark Ruzon (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	206
		Lily Zhou (R) (Write-in)	0.0	58
		Irene Ratliff (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	7
		Marc Roth (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,884,065
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chloe Hollett-Billingsley (D)
• Dhruva Herle (D)
• Chris Theodore (D)
• Ernest Taylor (D)
• B. John-Michael Williams (Independent)
• Marie Encar Arnold (D)
• Peter Yuan Liu (R)
• Brian Ainsworth (R)
• Yvonne Girard (R)
• Elizabeth Heng (R)
• Erik Urbina (R)
• Denard Ingram (D)
• Ellerton Whitney (L)
• Danny Fabricant (R)
• Fepbrina Keivaulqe Autiameineire (Independent)
• Paul Gutierrez (R)
• Mary Glory Thach (Independent)

2020

See also: California's 28th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 28

Incumbent Adam Schiff defeated Eric Early in the general election for U.S. House California District 28 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adam Schiff (D)	72.7	244,271
		Eric Early (R)	27.3	91,928

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 336,199
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 28

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 28 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adam Schiff (D)	59.6	110,251
✔		Eric Early (R)	12.6	23,243
		Maebe A. Girl (D)	12.0	22,129
		Jennifer Barbosa (Independent)	5.6	10,421
		William Bodell (R)	3.8	7,093
		Sal Genovese (D)	3.4	6,294
		Ara Khachig Manoogian (D)	1.8	3,290
		Chad Anderson (D)	1.3	2,359

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 185,080
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Akinyemi Agbede (D)
• Jon Hollis (R)
• Christopher Edgardo Martinez (D)
• Selena Rose Martinez (D)

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

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	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

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	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)

2016

See also: United States Senate election in California, 2016

Agbede ran in the 2016 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent California.^[1] He did not make it onto the ballot.^[2]

2014

See also: California Gubernatorial election, 2014

Agbede ran for election to the office of Governor of California. Agbede sought nomination in the primary on June 3, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Governor of California, Blanket Primary, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jerry Brown Incumbent	54.3%	2,354,769
	Republican	Neel Kashkari	19.4%	839,767
	Republican	Tim Donnelly	14.8%	643,236
	Republican	Andrew Blount	2.1%	89,749
	Republican	Glenn Champ	1.8%	76,066
	Green	Luis Rodriguez	1.5%	66,876
	Peace and Freedom	Cindy L. Sheehan	1.2%	52,707
	Republican	Alma Marie Winston	1.1%	46,042
	Nonpartisan	Robert Newman	1%	44,120
	Democratic	Akinyemi Agbede	0.9%	37,024
	Republican	Richard Aguirre	0.8%	35,125
	Nonpartisan	"Bo" Bogdan Ambrozewicz	0.3%	14,929
	Nonpartisan	Janel Hyeshia Buycks	0.3%	12,136
	Nonpartisan	Rakesh Kumar Christian	0.3%	11,142
	Nonpartisan	Joe Leicht	0.2%	9,307
Total Votes				4,332,995
Election results California Secretary of State

Race background

Democratic incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown was elected to a record-breaking fourth non-consecutive term in the office.^[3]

Including Brown, 15 candidates filed for the June 3 California gubernatorial primary election. Laguna Hills Mayor Andrew Blount (R) withdrew from the race one month before the primary due to health issues. Bount's exit left a total of 14 hopefuls, few with the political connections or money to provide a substantial general election challenge. California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R) and former Treasury official Neel Kashkari (R) proved to be formidable campaigners in the primary, though Brown was favored for re-election.^[4]

Throughout the primary campaign season, polls underscored projections that Brown would win another four-year term as California's chief executive in 2014. A Field Poll released in early April put Brown ahead of Tim Donnelly, who then appeared to be his biggest competitor, by a 40 percent margin. Brown drew 57 percent to Donnelly's 17 percent, with ex-candidate Blount at 3 percent and Kashkari at 2 percent. The final poll before the primary conducted for USC and the Los Angeles Times foreshadowed Donnelly's demise, pushing Kashkari into second place overall at 18 percent, with Donnelly at 13 percent and Brown holding tight at 50 percent.^[5]

The California gubernatorial race was rated by the Cook Political Report as "Solid Democratic." Brown defeated Republican challenger Neel Kashkari in the November 4 general election by an 18 percent margin.^[6]

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General election

Primary and hypothetical match-ups

Note: An asterisk (*) denotes incumbent status.

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Florida, 2012

Agbede explored a run for the U.S. Senate, representing Florida in the 2012 election. Agbede initially filed to seek the Republican primary nomination.^[7] Agbede ultimately did not appear on the primary ballot.^[7]

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

Akinyemi Agbede did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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