Omar Rivero
Omar Rivero was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 118 of the Florida House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2014
Rivero's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Stimulating Economic Growth
- Excerpt: "Raising Florida's minimum wage so that full-time workers earn enough to live on, supporting local businesses and lifting the wage floor for all workers."
Funding and Protecting Public Education
- Excerpt: "Fighting for equitable access to quality public education for all of our youth."
Expanding Medicaid
- Excerpt: "Making sure that our community's hard-earned federal tax dollars are reinvested here at home on providing access to quality health care to over 1 million low-income Floridians."
Ensuring Equality
- Excerpt: "Providing every Floridian with full and equal protection under the law, regardless of age, race, sex, ethnicity, nationality, or sexual preference."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Florida House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 20, 2014. Omar Rivero was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Frank Artiles was unopposed in the Republican primary. Rivero was defeated by Artiles in the general election.[2][3]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Omar + Rivero + Florida + House"
See also
- Florida House of Representatives
- Florida House of Representatives District 118
- Florida House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Florida State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Omar Rivero on Facebook
Footnotes