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Leonard Padilla

Independent

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Date Party Office Votes Result
10-07-2003 Independent Governor 1343 Loss
03-08-2005 Independent CD-05 916 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

J. Leonard Padilla
Born: ~1939
Married: Rose (div.)
Child: Julie Padilla, Alex Padilla (not State Senator Alex Padilla)

1982-Present: President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lorenzo Patino School of Law
1992: Candidate for Mayor of Sacramento (Lost; 3.4%)
2000: Candidate for Mayor of Sacramento (Lost; 11.68%)
2004: Candidate for Mayor of Sacramento (Lost; 7.8%)
2006: Candidate for Sacramento County Supervisor (Lost; 8.11%)
2008: Candidate for Mayor of Sacramento (Lost; 5.96%)