Gerrie Schipske
Gerrie Schipske ran for election to the Long Beach City Council to represent District 4 in California. She lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Gerrie Schipske was born in Long Beach, California. She earned an associate degree from Fullerton Community College in 1971, a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine, in 1973, and a law degree from the Pacific Coast University School of Law in 1989. Her career experience includes working as an administrative/regulatory attorney. Schipske has authored seven published books on the history of Long Beach, is a former faculty member at CSULB, and has taught public administration, health care administration, and health care law and ethics.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Long Beach, California (2024)
General election
General election for Long Beach City Council District 4
Incumbent Daryl Supernaw defeated Herlinda Chico in the general election for Long Beach City Council District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Daryl Supernaw (Nonpartisan) | 57.6 | 13,938 | |
| Herlinda Chico (Nonpartisan) | 42.4 | 10,262 | ||
| Total votes: 24,200 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Long Beach City Council District 4
Incumbent Daryl Supernaw and Herlinda Chico defeated Gerrie Schipske and Amrit Singh in the primary for Long Beach City Council District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Daryl Supernaw (Nonpartisan) | 48.4 | 6,481 | |
| ✔ | Herlinda Chico (Nonpartisan) | 25.5 | 3,413 | |
| Gerrie Schipske (Nonpartisan) | 21.8 | 2,912 | ||
| Amrit Singh (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 572 | ||
| Total votes: 13,378 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
Water Replenishment District of Southern California
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 3
Incumbent John Allen defeated Mike Murchison and Gerrie Schipske in the general election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Allen (Nonpartisan) | 49.6 | 70,099 | |
| Mike Murchison (Nonpartisan) | 27.0 | 38,126 | ||
| Gerrie Schipske (Nonpartisan) | 23.5 | 33,185 | ||
| Total votes: 141,410 | ||||
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Long Beach City Attorney
See also: City elections in Long Beach, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Long Beach City Attorney
Dawn McIntosh won election outright against Gerrie Schipske in the primary for Long Beach City Attorney on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dawn McIntosh (Nonpartisan) | 54.8 | 38,633 | |
| Gerrie Schipske (Nonpartisan) | 45.2 | 31,838 | ||
| Total votes: 70,471 | ||||
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2014
The city of Long Beach, California held mayoral elections on June 3, 2014. A primary election took place on April 8. Damon Dunn and Robert Garcia advanced past Bonnie Lowenthal, Doug Otto, Eric (Donald) Rock, Gerrie Schipske, Jana Shields, Mineo Gonzalez, Richard Camp, and Steven Mozena in the primary. Garcia defeated Dunn in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Robert Garcia |
52% | 27,420 | |
| Nonpartisan | Damon Dunn | 48% | 25,275 | |
| Total Votes | 52,695 | |||
| Source: City of Long Beach | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Robert Garcia |
25.2% | 11,873 | |
| Nonpartisan | Damon Dunn |
22.6% | 10,637 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bonnie Lowenthal | 19.6% | 9,227 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doug Otto | 13.5% | 6,363 | |
| Nonpartisan | Eric (Donald) Rock | 0.4% | 205 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gerrie Schipske | 15.3% | 7,192 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jana Shields | 2.2% | 1,017 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mineo Gonzalez | 0.4% | 185 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Camp | 0.2% | 107 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Mozena | 0.5% | 230 | |
| Total Votes | 47,036 | |||
| Source: City of Long Beach | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Gerrie Schipske did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Water Replenishment District of Southern California
Gerrie Schipske did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Long Beach City Attorney
Gerrie Schipske completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Schipske'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 am running for City Attorney for the people of Long Beach…not the special interests. My name is Gerrie Schipske. I am a native of Long Beach and have practiced law for over 32 years – winning numerous cases at the state and federal levels. In 1995, I was sworn into the United States Supreme Court Bar and honored that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg officiated at my ceremony. Following the Supreme Court swearing-in, I returned to Long Beach and worked in government, non-profit and business organizations providing legal and legislative counsel. I was named by the President to the U.S. Attorney General’s National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women because of my work here in Long Beach to change how sexual assault and domestic violence cases were handled by the Long Beach Police Department.
I am the ONLY candidate for City Attorney who:
- Has more than 32 years of legal, legislative, and administrative experience at every level of government and private industry.
- Was honored at The White House by the President as a “Champion of Change for Open Government” for 8 years on the City Council.
- Stood up for Long Beach taxpayers and fought the illegal surcharge put on water rates. My legal team won and now the City must return over $30 million dollars.
See www.trustgerrie.com
- Anti-Corruption; to ensure that Long Beach City government is open, transparent, and accountable, not to mention ethical.
- Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability: to ensure that every tax dollar is spent effectively. I will roll back the City Attorney's excessive salary of $319,000 which is the highest salary of any elected official in California. I will also provide a public accounting the excessive outside legal counsel costs for a department that has 25 full time attorneys.
- Aggressive, Pro-Active Risk Management: to prevent not payout claims we need to utilize Enterprise Risk Management to fully assess and correct our liabilities.
Making local government open, transparent, and accountable so that people can trust and participate fully in their government.
The City Attorney is the sole legal advisor to a major, charter city in California. The City of Long Beach also has an airport and a major port and is the site of numerous oil drilling areas, some of which sit in State Tidelands, so this office is extremely involved in a variety of legal issues impacting both the City and the State.
I would have to say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg because of her intellect, her dedication to the law, and her work on behalf of women's rights. I am particularly fond of her quote: “I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” “Whatever you choose to do, leave tracks. That means don’t do it just for yourself. You will want to leave the world a little better for your having lived.”
It may be old fashion, but from my earliest days I have always subscribed to the philosophy outlined for me during the 12 years of being a proud member of the Girl Scouts:
"You have the power and means to give on the most valuable gifts in the world -- the gift of service. While material things are necessary and often nice to have, human beings need more than possessions. They often need sympathy and understanding. They need friends who care enough about them to show it by doing something in practical, helpful ways. Whether the service you offer big or small, it is an act of kindness. It is a translation of understanding into action. It is one of the most valuable gifts you can give because it is something of yourself."
Transparency, openness, and the ability to listen.
Tenacity, honesty, advocacy.
Appropriately advise and counsel the Mayor, City Council, and appointees to City Committees, Commissions, and Boards.
Defend the City of Long Beach in all levels of the court system.
Educate City elected officials and employees concerning open meeting laws, public records act, campaign finance law and the consequences of violation.
Aggressively assist in proactive risk management to prevent claims instead of just paying them. Assess causes and remedies to prevent future recurrences.
Educate the community about the role of their City Attorney and how to full participate in local government.
Somehow I made a difference in the lives of others.
I was 11 when my father and mother packed up me and my two younger siblings to drive up to Los Angeles Airport. They were taking us to meet and greet Senator John Kennedy who was flying in for the Democratic Convention. My mother had been registering voters after church on Sunday so this was an important event for her. We parked on the tarmac (no security in those days) and then stood out on the landing field for several hours in the heat singing "He has high hopes." He finally arrived and my father was able to capture the moment on his 8mm camera. He held my baby sister on his shoulders and wound up on the front page of most newspapers because of an AP photograph. Three years later, I was standing on the playground at school when over the PA our principal announced we needed to return to the classroom as President Kennedy had been shot and we needed to pray for his recovery.
I cleaned hundreds of pounds of shrimp for a restaurant and also clean the grease traps and drains. I was 16 years old.
I love all of the books I have written on the history of Long Beach because they document the people who made the City out of a marsh field.
She Hulk. Attorney at Law.
"Can't Turn Back" by Meg Christian and Holly Near.
Weight but I'm still working on it. LOL.
During this campaign, I have learned that not many voters realize Long Beach has an elected City Attorney. That the Office of City Attorney includes 65 employees, including 25 attorneys, and a budget of $12.2 million. They also do not understand the scope of powers and responsibilities of the City Attorney and that chief among those are to ensure that local government is open, transparent, and accountable.
Absolutely, especially for a City Attorney who must provide counsel to the City Council, Mayor, City Manager, and appointees to City Commissions and Boards. You must know government to be able to give appropriate counsel and advice.
You must understand how local government operates and the pressures that elected officials experience which requires the ability to appropriately advise on what actions they can or cannot take to achieve their legislative goals.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 20, 2022
- ↑ Long Beach Press-Telegram "Robert Garcia wins, Damon Dunn second as Long Beach mayor race goes to runoff," April 8, 2014
- ↑ City of Long Beach "Long Beach Primary Nominating Election - April 8, 2014 - Unofficial Results," accessed April 9, 2014
- ↑ City of Long Beach, "Municipal Election 06032014 June 3, 2014 Unofficial Results," June 4, 2014
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