John Valdivia
John Valdivia was the Mayor of San Bernardino in California. He assumed office on December 19, 2018. He left office on December 21, 2022.
Valdivia ran for re-election for Mayor of San Bernardino in California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Valdivia was a member of the San Bernardino City Council in California, representing Ward 3 from 2012 to 2018.[1]
In 2014, Valdivia was a Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 31st Congressional District of California.[2] He did not file by the deadline of March 7, 2014, saying that he had decided it was not the right time for him to seek higher office.[3][4]
Biography
John Valdivia's career experience includes working in the pharmaceutical industry and consulting. His organizational affiliations include the board of directors of CASA de San Bernardino.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Mayoral election in San Bernardino, California (2022)
General election
General election for Mayor of San Bernardino
Helen Tran defeated James F. Penman in the general election for Mayor of San Bernardino on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Helen Tran (Nonpartisan)  | 62.8 | 16,869 |
 | James F. Penman (Nonpartisan) | 37.2 | 10,002 | |
| Total votes: 26,871 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of San Bernardino
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of San Bernardino on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helen Tran (Nonpartisan) | 41.7 | 7,310 |
| ✔ | | James F. Penman (Nonpartisan) | 20.0 | 3,510 |
 | John Valdivia (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 2,970 | |
 | Treasure Ortiz (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 2,375 | |
 | Henry Gomez Nickel (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 728 | |
 | Gabriel Jaramillo (Nonpartisan) | 2.6 | 459 | |
 | Mohammad Khan (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 197 | |
| Total votes: 17,549 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Mayor of San Bernardino
John Valdivia defeated incumbent Carey Davis in the general election for Mayor of San Bernardino on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Valdivia (Nonpartisan) | 52.5 | 19,155 |
 | Carey Davis (Nonpartisan) | 47.5 | 17,327 | |
| Total votes: 36,482 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of San Bernardino
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of San Bernardino on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Valdivia (Nonpartisan) | 35.8 | 6,747 |
| ✔ | | Carey Davis (Nonpartisan) | 27.8 | 5,243 |
 | Danny Tillman (Nonpartisan) | 15.7 | 2,964 | |
| Rick Avila (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 1,414 | |
| Georgeann Hanna (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 1,324 | |
| Karmel Roe (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 732 | |
| Danny Malmuth (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 448 | |
| Total votes: 18,872 | |||
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2015
| San Bernardino City Council, Ward 3 Primary Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 John Valdivia Incumbent |
100.00% | 719 |
| Total Votes | 719 | |
| Source: San Bernardino County Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated Election: November 3, 2015: Final Certified Election Results," accessed May 2, 2016 | ||
2014
Valdivia ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 31st District. Valdivia dropped out of the race prior to the filing deadline.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Valdivia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| " | What is your political philosophy?
John Valdivia is a member of the San Bernardino City Council in San Bernardino, California, representing Ward 3. He was elected to the council in 2011— with a solid near 70% mandate — and re-elected to a second term without opposition in 2015. In November 2016, voters deliberated Measure L. Consequently, Valdivia’s term was extended an additional year on his second term to align city elections with even numbered state & federal election years. A San Bernardino native, Valdivia served as the city’s Mayor Pro Tem from March 2016 through June 2017. He announced his candidacy for Mayor in July of 2017. Valdivia’s campaign for Mayor has been endorsed by a bi-partisan majority of San Bernardino City Councilmembers—including Democrats Benito Barrios and Bessine Richard, as well as Republican Henry Nickel. Valdivia is outpacing all candidates in the mayoral campaign fundraising ahead of the June 2018 election.[5] |
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| —John Valdivia[1] | ||
Noteworthy events
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
Valdivia was mayor of San Bernardino during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in San Bernardino, California, began on Sunday, May 31, 2020.[6] The same day, the San Bernardino Police Department announced a curfew.[6] The national guard was not deployed.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of San Bernardino, "Ward 3," accessed December 15, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Sun, "San Bernardino Councilman John Valdivia announces bid for Rep. Gary Miller’s seat," February 13, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Sun, "John Valdivia drops out of race for Rep. Gary Miller’s seat in Congress," March 12, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Joe Arnett, MSIT, Chief Technology Consultant for Giddyup Genie Llc," April 24, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Daily Bulletin, "San Bernardino police order curfew after George Floyd protest," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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Mayor of San Bernardino 2018-2022 |
Succeeded by Helen Tran |
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San Bernardino City Council Ward 3 2012-2018 |
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