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Adolfo Mondragon
Adolfo Mondragon was a 2015 candidate for Ward 15 of the Chicago, Illinois City Council.
In 2012 and 2010, Mondragon was a Democratic candidate for District 1 of the Illinois State Senate.
Biography
Mondragon obtained a B.A. in political science from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. His professional experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Campaign themes
On his 2012 campaign site, Mondragon highlighted the following issues:[2] Crime
- Excerpt: "Adolfo Mondragón will take a comprehensive approach to the problem that includes not only putting more police on our streets, but also includes addressing mental health and substance abuse problems among our youth and passing laws that impose swift and certain (but less severe) punishment for juvenile offenders."
Environment and Health
- Excerpt: "Community activists and environmental groups have desperately tried for years to clean up or close the Fisk and Crawford plants because both plants emit heat-trapping carbon dioxide, toxic mercury, and other pollutants that create lung-damaging soot and smog at levels that surpass federal regulations. Adolfo Mondragón will never compromise the lives of our families and will fight to clean up or close the Fisk and Crawford plants."
Housing
- Excerpt: "Adolfo Mondragón will fight to preserve sustainable homeownership, to reclaim foreclosed housing stock as neighborhood assets, and to combat scams that seeks to exploit vulnerable families facing foreclosures."
Government Reform
- Excerpt: "Adolfo Mondragón will restore honesty and accountability to the 1st Legislative District. He will advocate vigorously for sunshine laws, tougher campaign finance regulations, for a less partisan system of re-districting, for state pension reform, for giving citizens the power to recall elected officials, and for laws making it easier to investigate and root out patronage and corruption at the municipal and state level."
The Budget Crisis
- Excerpt: "The budget crisis can only be solved by reforming the state pension system and generating new streams of revenue. First, we need to address the $73 billion unfunded pension liability by cutting pension benefits for future hires...Second, we need to increase tax revenues."
Education
- Excerpt: "Illinois needs to implement an equalized, state-wide property tax rate that strives to ensure both horizontal equity (per-pupil expenditures) and vertical equity (special needs)."
Elections
2015
The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. A runoff took place on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014.[3] In the general election for Ward 15, Raymond A. Lopez and Rafael Yañez advanced past Adolfo Mondragon, Eddie L. Daniels, Otis Davis, Jr. and Raul O. Reyes. Lopez defeated Yañez in the runoff election on April 7, 2015.[4] Raul Ventura and Sandra L. Mallory were removed from the ballot in December 2014. Alberto Bocanegra was removed from the ballot in January 2015. Incumbent Toni Foulkes ran for re-election in Ward 16.[5][6]
| Chicago City Council, Ward 15, Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Raymond A. Lopez |
58% | 3,596 | |
| Rafael Yañez | 42% | 2,606 | |
| Total Votes | 6,202 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
| Chicago City Council, Ward 15, General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Raymond A. Lopez |
47.6% | 2,168 | |
| Rafael Yañez |
22.1% | 1,007 | |
| Otis Davis, Jr. | 10.2% | 462 | |
| Raul O. Reyes | 7.1% | 324 | |
| Eddie L. Daniels | 6.8% | 309 | |
| Adolfo Mondragon | 6.2% | 280 | |
| Total Votes | 4,270 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official general election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
2012
- See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012
Mondragon ran in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 1. Mondragon lost to incumbent Antonio Munoz in the Democratic primary on March 30, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8][9] Edgar Diaz ran as a Democrat, but was removed from the ballot on January 4, 2012.[10]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Antonio Munoz Incumbent |
75.6% | 8,292 |
| Scott Beason | 24.4% | 2,680 |
| Total Votes | 10,972 | |
2010
- See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2010
Mondragon was defeated in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate on February 2, 2010.[11]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Adolfo + Mondragon + Chicago"
See also
External links
- Chicago Board of Election Commissioners - 2014 General Election Candidate List
- Senatorial campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ Mondragon for State Senate, "Biography," accessed December 30, 2011
- ↑ Mondragon for State Senate, "Issues," accessed December 30, 2011
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "2015 Election Calendar," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "General Election Candidate List," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Unofficial election results," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate detail - Edgar Diaz," January 4, 2012
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Results for the February 2, 2010 primary in Illinois," February 2, 2010
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