Robert Cooper (California)
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Robert Cooper (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent California's 25th Congressional District. He lost in the special primary on March 3, 2020.
Cooper also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 25th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 3, 2020.
Cooper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Cooper was a candidate in two 2020 races for the 25th Congressional District: the regular election and the special election. The primaries for both elections took place on March 3, 2020.
Biography
Robert Cooper attended Pomona College for undergraduate study. He earned a graduate degree from Brandeis University and a doctoral degree in educational studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. His career experience includes working as a professor with the University of California, Los Angeles.[1]
Elections
2020
California's 25th Congressional District special election
See also: California's 25th Congressional District special election, 2020
General election
Special general election for U.S. House California District 25
Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the special general election for U.S. House California District 25 on May 12, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Garcia (R) | 54.9 | 95,667 |
 | Christy Smith (D) | 45.1 | 78,721 | |
| Total votes: 174,388 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25
The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House California District 25 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christy Smith (D) | 36.2 | 58,563 |
| ✔ | | Mike Garcia (R) | 25.4 | 41,169 |
 | Stephen Knight (R) | 17.2 | 27,799 | |
 | Cenk Uygur (D) | 6.6 | 10,609 | |
 | Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D) | 4.6 | 7,368 | |
 | Courtney Lackey (R) | 1.9 | 3,072 | |
 | Robert Cooper (D) | 1.8 | 2,962 | |
 | David Lozano (R) | 1.7 | 2,758 | |
 | Daniel Mercuri (R) | 1.6 | 2,533 | |
 | Kenneth Jenks (R) | 1.6 | 2,528 | |
 | Getro Elize (D) | 0.9 | 1,414 | |
 | David Rudnick (D) | 0.7 | 1,085 | |
| Total votes: 161,860 | |||
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California's 25th Congressional District regular election
See also: California's 25th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 25
Incumbent Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the general election for U.S. House California District 25 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Garcia (R) | 50.0 | 169,638 |
| Christy Smith (D) | 50.0 | 169,305 | |
| Total votes: 338,943 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 25 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christy Smith (D) | 31.7 | 49,679 |
| ✔ | | Mike Garcia (R) | 23.9 | 37,381 |
| Stephen Knight (R) | 18.9 | 29,645 | |
| Cenk Uygur (D) | 5.9 | 9,246 | |
| Getro Elize (D) | 4.0 | 6,317 | |
| David Lozano (R) | 4.0 | 6,272 | |
| Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D) | 3.1 | 4,920 | |
| Robert Cooper (D) | 2.9 | 4,474 | |
 | George Papadopoulos (R) | 1.8 | 2,749 | |
 | Otis Lee Cooper (Independent) | 1.4 | 2,183 | |
 | Christopher Smith (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.3 | 2,089 | |
| Daniel Mercuri (R) | 0.6 | 913 | |
| Kenneth Jenks (R) | 0.4 | 682 | |
| Total votes: 156,550 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Rudnick (D)
- Charles Patron (R)
- Mark Cripe (R)
- Suzette Martinez Valladares (R)
- Angela Underwood Jacobs (R)
- Katie Hill (D)
Campaign themes
2020
California's 25th Congressional District special election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert Cooper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cooper'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 seek to restore public trust in American Democracy. I will be a representative in Washington who will fight for the working and middle classes by building an economy that is diverse and offers high-wage jobs.
Having lived in the Santa Clarita Valley since 2001 with my wife of 29 years and two children, my priorities are maintaining safe, healthy communities with the necessary infrastructure to support our families and protect our environment. We must invest more funds in our public schools, make high quality healthcare more accessible; build housing that a working family can afford, protect our environment, fight climate change, and enhance emergency response readiness.
With a bachelor's degree in Government from Pomona College, a Master's degree in Management of Human Services from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from UCLA, I am well positioned to reach across the political aisle to build the bridges necessary to develop and pass meaningful legislation that will improve the lives of working families. Having served as an intern for both state and local government, as well as serving as a university professor who has taught / researched politics and leadership for the past 20 years at UCLA, I have the understanding, vision, and problem-solving skills to provide the strong leadership in congress that is required to produce results.
Won't you join me in this grassroots campaign?- Education-World Class Education, Address Student Loan Debt
- Community Safety
- Affordable Housing
Dr. Cooper is Associate Professor of Education at UCLA and serves as co-faculty Director of the UCLA Principal Leadership Institute. Additionally, Dr. Cooper serves as the Director of the UCLA Equity and Access Studies in Education (EASE) Project. The EASE Project is a multidisciplinary research collaborative which engages in research activities that promote greater equality of educational opportunities in schools serving large numbers of urban youth. The UCLA EASE Project conducts and disseminates research that broadens our understanding of issues of equity and access in K-16 U.S. education. The primary focus of the EASE Project is to study the multifaceted nature of equity-minded school reform and the conditions needed for school leaders with a social justice orientation and commitment to bring about change.
The overarching focus of Dr. Cooper's research over the past three decades has been on issues of educational access, equity, and segregation in America's public schooling system. His research and scholarship are conceptually and analytically linked to his interests in public policy, in that he seeks to identify effective policies and practices that lead to both excellence and equity in public schools.
As an urban sociologist of education, he has published a number of articles, book chapters, and policy reports demonstrating the ways in which schools are influenced by the political, social, and cultural context in which they are embedded.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
California's 25th Congressional District regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert Cooper did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 8, 2020
