Donald Valdez is an American farmer and politician who served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He represented District 62, which covered portions of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Mineral, Pueblo, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties.
Donald Valdez | |
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| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 62nd district | |
| In office January 11, 2017 – January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Vigil |
| Succeeded by | Redistricted |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | La Jara, Colorado, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Adams State University |
| Website | donaldvaldez |
Career
editValdez has a background in farming and ranching and worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service before taking office. He has also served as deputy public trustee and deputy sheriff in Conejos County.[1]
Valdez was first elected to his seat in 2016, winning with 55.51% of the vote against Republican opponent Robert Mattive.[2] He took his seat in 2017, succeeding Ed Vigil. He served on the House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee and the House Local Government Committee.[3]
Valdez was briefly a candidate for Colorado's 3rd congressional district, having announced his candidacy in July 2019. He faced at least two challengers for his party's nomination.[4] However, in November 2019, he abandoned his congressional campaign and decided to seek re-election to his seat in the Colorado House of Representatives.[5]
In February 2021, Valdez announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Colorado's 3rd congressional district in 2022. He cited Lauren Boebert's response to the storming of the Capitol as a major reason for launching his second congressional campaign.[6] However, at the Colorado District 3 Democratic Assembly held on April 5, 2022, Valdez got only 28.6% of the 297 votes cast by the delegates, falling short of the 30% required to appear on the primary ballot, effectively ending his candidacy.[7]
References
edit- ^ "About Donald Valdez". Committee to Elect Donald Valdez. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "Donald Valdez". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "Representative Donald Valdez". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ Goodland, Marianne (2019-07-02). "A Colorado lawmaker jumps into the race for Scott Tipton's seat in Congress". Colorado Politics.
- ^ Luning, Ernest (2019-11-01). "Valdez ends congressional campaign, switches to bid for re-election to state House". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ^ Hindi, Saja (February 18, 2021). "Colorado state Rep. Donald Valdez joins other Democrats vying to defeat Rep. Lauren Boebert in 2022". Denver Post.
- ^ Hillstrom, Zach (April 6, 2022). "Pueblo's Sandoval makes Democratic primary for November election". The Pueblo Chieftain. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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