Will Hess
Will Hess (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 50. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Hess completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Hess grew up in Dallas, Texas. He earned his B.A. in history from Louisiana State University in 1997 and his M.F.A. in cinema from the University Southern California in 2004. His professional experience includes working as documentary filmmaker and paralegal.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: California State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Assembly District 50
Incumbent Richard Bloom defeated Will Hess in the general election for California State Assembly District 50 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Richard Bloom (D) | 80.4 | 166,503 | |
| Will Hess (D) | 19.6 | 40,709 | ||
| Total votes: 207,212 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 50
Incumbent Richard Bloom and Will Hess defeated Jim King in the primary for California State Assembly District 50 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Richard Bloom (D) | 78.7 | 89,797 | |
| ✔ | Will Hess (D) | 14.5 | 16,482 | |
| Jim King (D) | 6.8 | 7,750 | ||
| Total votes: 114,029 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Will Hess completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hess' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I've now lived in Los Angeles for two decades upon moving here after finishing undergraduate studies at LSU in Baton Rouge where I earned my B.A. studying history. I earned my MFA from USC in Cinema Production right here in Los Angeles. I also earned a paralegal certificate from UCSD in La Jolla while living in San Diego for a two years.
Between 2006-2012 I wrote/directed/produced my first documentary entitled WITH GREAT POWER: THE STAN LEE STORY which was the official biography on Spider-Man creator and Marvel founder Stan Lee.
In 2012 I began shooting my second documentary currently entitled KING CAKE: THE JOIE DE VIVRE which looks back at the 300 year history of the city of New Orleans and its Mardi Gras celebration. I've interviewed 100 people for it and am currently editing and hope to have a cut at some point in the next year to submit out to film festivals.
I love music, documentary, film, art, writing, painting, etc. and will always be a proponent of funding for these items via the youth in class rooms and after school programs throughout our district. Unfortunately when budgets have to be tightened the arts are usually the first to feel it. There's an irony in there somewhere because without art to help us understand and appreciate life we'd go crazy.- I will make eradicating homelessness and cleaning up the district my #1 issue.
- I will advocate and push for rebuilding of our infrastructure (Mass Transit underground subways, high speed magnetic levitation trains (like they have in Europe and Asia), desalinization plants, etc.
- I will advocate for and promote planting one million trees and flowers in the district to beautify it.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 14, 2020.
