Cristina Puraci
Cristina Puraci was a member of the Redlands Unified Board of Education in California, representing Area 4. She assumed office in 2016. She left office on December 11, 2020.
Puraci (Republican Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 23. She lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Puraci also ran for re-election to the Redlands Unified Board of Education to represent Area 4 in California. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Puraci completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Beginning with the 2018 general election, the Redlands Unified Board of Education transitioned from at-large seats to by-trustee areas.[1]
Biography
Puraci's professional experience includes working as a teacher at Colton Unified School District. She earned her B.A. in liberal studies and her master's in education.
Puraci has been affiliated with the Colton-Redlands-Yucaipa Regional Occupational Program, San Bernardino County Drug and Gang Task Force, and the Redlands Cultural Arts Council.[2]
Elections
2020
School board election
See also: Redlands Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Redlands Unified Board of Education Area 4
Incumbent Alex Vara defeated incumbent Cristina Puraci in the general election for Redlands Unified Board of Education Area 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alex Vara (Nonpartisan) | 55.5 | 6,530 |
 | Cristina Puraci (Nonpartisan) | 44.5 | 5,226 | |
| Total votes: 11,756 | |||
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State legislative election
See also: California State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Senate District 23
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh defeated Abigail Rosales-Medina in the general election for California State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R) | 52.5 | 224,945 |
 | Abigail Rosales-Medina (D) | 47.5 | 203,403 | |
| Total votes: 428,348 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 23
Abigail Rosales-Medina and Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh defeated Lloyd White, Kris Goodfellow, and Cristina Puraci in the primary for California State Senate District 23 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abigail Rosales-Medina (D) | 28.1 | 59,881 |
| ✔ | | Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R) | 24.8 | 52,820 |
 | Lloyd White (R) | 21.7 | 46,267 | |
 | Kris Goodfellow (D) | 17.4 | 37,153 | |
| Cristina Puraci (R) | 8.0 | 17,028 | |
| Total votes: 213,149 | |||
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2016
Three of the five seats on the Redlands Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Ronald McPeck and Richard Haller filed for re-election and faced six opponents: Cristina Puraci, James O'Neill, Ensen Mason, Alex Vara, Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan, and Mario Saucedo.[3] Vara, O'Neill, and Puraci won election to the board.[4]
Results
| Redlands Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Alex Vara |
19.02% | 18,860 |
| James O'Neill |
18.24% | 18,090 |
| Cristina Puraci |
13.99% | 13,871 |
| Ensen Mason | 11.32% | 11,222 |
| Richard Haller Incumbent | 10.35% | 10,265 |
| Ronald McPeck Incumbent | 10.05% | 9,964 |
| Mario Saucedo | 9.16% | 9,084 |
| Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan | 7.86% | 7,796 |
| Total Votes | 99,152 | |
| Source: San Bernadino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "Final Certified Election Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Finanzierung
Puraci filed an exemption form detailing she would not spend or receive more than $2,000 for this campaign. Because of this, she did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[5][6]
Campaign themes
2020
School board candidacy
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cristina Puraci did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
State legislative candidacy
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Cristina Puraci completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Puraci's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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School Board Member Cristina Puraci was first elected to the Redlands Unified School District Board of Trustees in 2016. Puraci's extensive background in education, her experience, and her compelling life story make Cristina the ideal candidate to represent the diverse constituency in California's 23rd Senate District. Cristina was raised in the impoverished Socialist Republic of Romania, where her family faced extreme prejudice for their Christian faith. As a child, Cristina was adversely affected by the Chernobyl disaster in bordering Russia. Cristina and her husband moved to the Inland Empire in 1992. Cristina began her teaching career at Colton Joint Unified School District in 2004. As a teacher, Cristina witnessed first-hand the issues that plague California's education system. She decided to take action by joining her association's leadership team. Cristina's involvement as President of the Association of Colton Educators opened her eyes to the massive Sacramento bureaucracy that causes gridlock at the local level in California. Cristina is an active member of numerous committees throughout the Inland Empire. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Colton-Yucaipa-Redlands ROP as well as the San Bernardino County Drug and Gang Task Force and the Redlands Cultural Arts Council and she is Director for Highland Chamber of Commerce. Cristina lives in Highland with her husband, Adrian, who is also a teacher. Together they have one son, Sebastian.
- Fighting for first class education for all students
- Protect First and Second Amendments
- Repeal sanctuary state
The California State Senate is part of the Legislative body, that passes laws and determines the allocation of funds for the entire state.
Ronald Reagan. It was during his presidency that the Iron Curtain, and liberated the Communist Bloc.
Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings by Ben Shapiro
To work for the best interests of the constituents, not for a personal agenda.
Integrity under pressure
Proposing and passing legislature.
Repeal Sanctuary State, prevent California from adopting socialist ideology
Chernobyl Accident 1986. I was 12 years old, and the Communists tried to cover-up the severity of the fallout. In fact, our region was kept in the dark for many days after the explosion, and we received the Iodine treatment too late.
I worked as a clerk/cashier at Walmart soon after learning English in 1994. I held that job until 1997.
The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle
Sweet Child o' Mine, from Guns N' Roses
The opportunity to bring legislators together to propose and implement changes.
They determine education policies, which affects nearly every single family in the state.
Having a basic understanding of government is important, however the understanding of actions and their consequences are more important. For examples, legislators can be short-sighted when they propose laws that end up having effects beyond their intended reach.
Common sense, and an understanding that policy can have consequences beyond the intended target.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Redlands Unified School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed September 14, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on June 20, 2019
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections, "Candidate List," September 1, 2016
- ↑ San Bernadino County, "Final Unofficial Election Night Results," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "County of San Bernardino Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed September 30, 2016
