Robert Lucero
Robert Lucero (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 28th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on March 5, 2024.
On April 12, 2023, Lucero announced that he was joining the leadership team of 2024 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. [1]
On December 10, 2024, Lucero notified Ballotpedia that he had changed party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.[2]
Biography
Robert Lucero was born in Madera, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Long Beach in 2014 and a graduate degree from University of Southern California in 2017. Lucero's career experience includes working as an executive consultant. He also worked as the fundraising co-director for the 2024 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.[2][3]
Elections
2024
See also: California's 28th Congressional District election, 2024
California's 28th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 28
Incumbent Judy Chu defeated April Verlato in the general election for U.S. House California District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Judy Chu (D) | 64.9 | 204,489 | |
| April Verlato (R) | 35.1 | 110,455 | ||
| Total votes: 314,944 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 28
Incumbent Judy Chu and April Verlato defeated William Patterson and Jose Castaneda in the primary for U.S. House California District 28 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Judy Chu (D) | 62.7 | 99,261 | |
| ✔ | April Verlato (R) | 33.1 | 52,369 | |
| William Patterson (Peace and Freedom Party) | 2.2 | 3,503 | ||
 | Jose Castaneda (L) | 2.0 | 3,156 | |
| Total votes: 158,289 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bonnie Wallace (R)
- Kerry Lewis (R)
- Robert Lucero (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lucero in this election.
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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)
- Brant 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)
Endorsements
To view Lucero's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Robert Lucero did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Robert Lucero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lucero's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have left the Democratic Party, which is NOT supporting a democratic process in this election, and I seek to be the standard bearer for a revitalized California Republican Party.
- Create the $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank! Public Credit without new debt
- Solve the homeless disaster
- Address the new crime and new violence wave effectively
I have been a proponent of a modern re-industrialization of the United States since 1992. I have been a field organizer for a national and international economic and cultural renaissance for nearly 30 years. I have lived and worked in all parts of California and 25 other states throughout the country.
Robert F. Kennedy. His 1968 campaign was the most honest and open attempt I have seen (on video and in books) for a real modern, philosophical, inspiring campaign.
We need more effective leaders who are not afraid to take the issues out into the public, the way that the new Senator Robert Kennedy did. I highly recommend the Netflix documentary Bobby Kennedy for President.
Like Abraham Lincoln and Robert Kennedy, I wish to contribute deeply and effectively to the Public Good before I expire.
The violence in Lebanon, 1982. My first exposure to war, on television. It bothered me to my core and I needed to understand why.
The Collected Works of Shakespeare, because it has close to everything you need to know in one book.
There are ZERO term limits in the original Constitution and that is how it should be, even for the Presidency. The term limit is supposed to be VOTING.
Article One of the Constitution is about our bicameral system; it is the longest Article in the Constitution. It is the forum for ideas and leadership yet it has not functioned that way for years, decades. I seek to restore that role to the Senate.
It certainly can be and should be, but we have had a sustained breakdown of our polity in the United States for 53 years now.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, “Robert Lucero," accessed August 14, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Robert Lucero," December 11, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 7, 2021
