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# Tweets from California Independent Races
- URL: https://ivn.us/tweets-from-california-independent-races/
- Published: 2012-10-29T12:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:34:15.000Z
- Author: Ian Dawes
- Tags: News

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/tweets-from-california-independent-races-41271.jpg "Twitter Election California")

There are five races in California that will see a candidate that is running without any party affiliation. All but one of these races are in districts that put a partisan incumbent against a non-partisan who have not previously held office, yet the numbers in the primary election were particularly close between each district's candidates. In District 29, Los Angeles Democratic City Council member [Tony Cardenas](https://ivn.us/find-candidates/?source=http%3A%2F%2Fvote-ca.org%2FIntro.aspx%3FState%3DCA%26Id%3DCACardenasTony) faces non-partisan independent candidate and community activist [David Hernandez](https://ivn.us/find-candidates/?source=http%3A%2F%2Fvote-ca.org%2FIntro.aspx%3FState%3DCA%26Id%3DCAHernandezDavidR).

Social media participation, through outlets like Twitter, in these highly competitive races, has been an effective way for candidates to reach out to their constituents. David Hernandez (NPP) even has a smartphone app on the [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app%5Fdist29.layout&hl=en&ref=ivn.us) and [Apple App](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/david-hernandez-voice-district/id561540967?mt=8&ref=ivn.us) stores that provides his supporters with his campaign calendar and easy access to his Twitter feed and Facebook page.

The Hernandez/Cardenas race in Congressional District 29, from a Twitter supporters standpoint will be particularly interesting. If a win was given on the criteria of followers alone, Hernandez would win with 607 followers against Cardenas's 24 followers.

The following is a list of legislative districts that have a independent non-partisan candidate running.

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[AD 28: Walsh (NPP) v. Fong (D)](https://ivn.us/ca-election-center/california-state-assembly/#AD28)

[CD 13: Lee (D) v. Singleton (NPP)](https://ivn.us/ca-election-center/congress/#CD13)

[CD 23: McCarthy (R) v. Phillips (NPP)](https://ivn.us/ca-election-center/congress/#CD23)

[CD 29: Cardenas (D) v. Hernandez (NPP)](https://ivn.us/ca-election-center/congress/#CD29)

[CD 33: Waxman (D) v. Bloomfield (NPP)](https://ivn.us/ca-election-center/congress/#CD33)

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###### Tweets

[Tweets from @dawes\_ian/races-w-ind-candidate](https://twitter.com/dawes%5Fian/races-w-ind-candidate?ref=ivn.us)