Bradley Zink
Bradley Zink (independent) ran for election for Governor of California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Zink completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bradley Zink was born in Petaluma, California. Zink earned a bachelor's degree from DeVry University at Irving in 2002. His career experience includes working as a children's book author, a senior support engineer, an executive support engineer, and an asset manager. Zink is affiliated with AYSO San Marcos #148, Oceanside Moose Lodge, and the Teamsters Union.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: California gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of California
Incumbent Gavin Newsom defeated Brian Dahle in the general election for Governor of California on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 59.2 | 6,470,104 | |
| Brian Dahle (R) | 40.8 | 4,462,914 | ||
| Total votes: 10,933,018 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gavin Newsom (D) | 55.9 | 3,945,748 | |
| ✔ | Brian Dahle (R) | 17.7 | 1,252,800 | |
| Michael Shellenberger (Independent) | 4.1 | 290,286 | ||
| Jenny Rae Le Roux (R) | 3.5 | 246,665 | ||
| Anthony Trimino (R) | 3.5 | 246,322 | ||
| Shawn Collins (R) | 2.5 | 173,083 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez (G) | 1.8 | 124,672 | ||
| Leo Zacky (R) | 1.3 | 94,521 | ||
| Major Williams (R) | 1.3 | 92,580 | ||
| Robert Newman (R) | 1.2 | 82,849 | ||
| Joel Ventresca (D) | 0.9 | 66,885 | ||
| David Lozano (R) | 0.9 | 66,542 | ||
| Ronald Anderson (R) | 0.8 | 53,554 | ||
| Reinette Senum (Independent) | 0.8 | 53,015 | ||
| Armando Perez-Serrato (D) | 0.6 | 45,474 | ||
| Ron Jones (R) | 0.5 | 38,337 | ||
| Daniel Mercuri (R) | 0.5 | 36,396 | ||
| Heather Collins (G) | 0.4 | 29,690 | ||
| Anthony Fanara (D) | 0.4 | 25,086 | ||
| Cristian Morales (R) | 0.3 | 22,304 | ||
| Lonnie Sortor (R) | 0.3 | 21,044 | ||
| Frederic Schultz (Independent) | 0.2 | 17,502 | ||
| Woodrow Sanders III (Independent) | 0.2 | 16,204 | ||
| James Hanink (Independent) | 0.1 | 10,110 | ||
| Serge Fiankan (Independent) | 0.1 | 6,201 | ||
| Bradley Zink (Independent) | 0.1 | 5,997 | ||
| Jeff Scott (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Gurinder Bhangoo (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 7,063,888 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Errol Webber (R)
- Laura Smith (R)
- Chaz Flemmings (Independent)
- John Drake (D)
- Mohammad Arif (D)
- Hilaire Shioura (Independent)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bradley Zink completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zink's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As an author, Bradley has written 50 books since 2014, donating 100% royalties to San Diego County public schools. He has held free book readings for over 50,000 in Southern California alone, and continues to be active with schools, non-profits and libraries throughout Southern California.
He recently has started his own political podcast show, has been coaching AYSO soccer for over 7 years, as well as continuing his book publishing efforts.- Homeless: I propose the $12billion budget is used to purchase "mini homes" for the 160,000+ homeless, building clutches of "communities", with the Social and Health Services offices assisting them ON-SITE of the communities. As an example, Amazon offers mini-homes for as low as $10,000 ($10k x 160,000 homeless = $1.6 billion) or modular mobile homes cost as little as $30,000 each ($30k x 160,000 = $4.8 billion). Utilizing the 200 miles of undeveloped land along the border, from San Diego to Yuma, Az. enables new cities to be built, along with these new "former homeless" communities, handling both the Homeless issue and Housing crisis simultaneously. For $2-4 billion, you have now "housed" every homeless.
- Wildfire Threats: With housing developments continually created in high risk areas, prone to flooding, wildfires, ect. there will ALWAYS be risk of loss. Due to the State's mandates on counties for required "roof" count builds to address housing issues, cities and counties are pressed to use every inch of developable land to meet these imposed requirements, hence building in high risk areas. With 200 miles of undeveloped land alond the border, new cities and developments can be built, handling well over 2-3 million new homes (afforable housing, residential houses, ect.), thus solving the housing crisis and eliminate developments in the high risk areas. Also, reinstate the inmate firefighter training program the State closed.
- Energy Crisis: I propose building an underground speed rail from San Diego to Yuma, fitted with wind turbines to collect energy. Building a light rail system above the speed rail, fitting solar panels along the walls surrounding the tracks. Build "tiny home" communities to house the homeless, with solar farms on-site to provide electricity. Increase the number of wind farms in key Santa Ana winds zones, to harness the power generated from these strong annual winds. Require home developers to install solar on all new builds over 2500 square feet, to lessen the demand on the current electrical grids.
Although I did not live in the time of JFK, I am moved by his charisma and charm, his eloquent speeches and his ability to rally the people behind his ambitions and goals for the U.S.
It was a special moment for the class, with the excitement filling the room as the launch count wound down, only for everyone's mood turn very somber in the moments that progressed after the launch. The class sat in a surreal state, our 12 and 13 year old minds trying to comprehend what we just witnessed.
I kept that job up until I was 16, and was able to get a full time job.
These traits cannot be found in a "party" candidate, far-removed from the 99% of Californians. What is needed is a leader from "next door", who knows and sees the needs for Californians, and what needs to be done to achieve this. That leader is Bradley Zink.
Finding ways to provide the necessary needs of the schools through "Corporate" funding projects, giving the schools the funds needed for success while lessening the financial burden on the taxpayers.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Brad Zink," accessed May 5, 2022
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