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Joey Acuña Jr. is a member of the Coachella Valley Unified School District school board in California, representing Area 1. He assumed office in 2022. His current term ends in 2026.
Acuña (Democratic Party) is running for election to the California State Assembly to represent District 36. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the primary on March 5, 2024.
Acuña ran unsuccessfully for the District 80 seat in the California State Assembly in the 1998 and 2002 general elections. After he lost the 2002 election, he worked for Assembly Speaker Herb J. Wesson Jr.'s Office of Member Services in Coachella, California. Acuña is a former student of the Coachella Valley Unified School District and is now the father of a student in the district.
Joey Acuña Jr. and Jeff Gonzalez are running in the general election for California State Assembly District 36 on November 5, 2024.
| Joey Acuña Jr. (D) |
 | Jeff Gonzalez (R) |
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The following candidates ran in the primary for California State Assembly District 36 on March 5, 2024.
| Jeff Gonzalez (R) | 35.1% | 21,626 Votes✔ |
| Joey Acuña Jr. (D) | 19.9% | 12,262 Votes✔ |
| Edgard Garcia (D) | 12.8% | 7,889 Votes |
| Kalin Morse (R) | 11.3% | 6,985 Votes |
| Waymond Fermon (D) | 7.8% | 4,838 Votes |
| Tomas Oliva (D) | 7.5% | 4,624 Votes |
 | Eric Rodriguez (D) | 5.6% | 3,458 Votes |
| Total votes: 61,682 | ||||
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Three seats were up for general election on the Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Education on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Anna Lisa Vargas and challengers Karen C. Hernandez, Blanca Torres Hall, Trinidad Arredondo, Rudy Gutierrez, Alma Delia Silva and Joey Acuña Jr. ran for two seats in Trustee Area 1. Hall and Acuña won the election. Incumbent Meagan Caress ran unopposed and won re-election to Trustee Area 2.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Joey Acuña Jr. |
17.3% | 1,984 | |
| Nonpartisan | Blanca Torres Hall |
17.1% | 1,963 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anna Lisa Vargas Incumbent | 17% | 1,952 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen C. Hernandez | 15.3% | 1,761 | |
| Nonpartisan | Trinidad Arredondo | 12.9% | 1,478 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alma Delia Silva | 12% | 1,377 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Gutierrez | 8.5% | 980 | |
| Total Votes | 11,495 | |||
| Source: Riverside County Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated General Election, November 4, 2014," accessed December 22, 2014 and Imperial County Elections, "Official Final Results," accessed November 23, 2015 | ||||
Acuña reported $3,368.04 in contributions and $1,651.41 in expenditures to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, leaving $1,716.63 cash on hand for his campaign as of October 25, 2014.
