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Alex Valdez (Colorado)
Alex Valdez (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 4, 2019. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Valdez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 5. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Representative Valdez was born and raised in the Denver Metro area. He later attended Colorado University-Boulder. In his career, he started a solar business, and additionally served as a precinct committee person, and eventually as a captain for House District 5.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Valdez was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Valdez was assigned to the following committees:
- Capital Development Committee
- Energy and Environment Committee, Chair
- State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee
2019-2020
Valdez was assigned to the following committees:
- Capital Development Committee
- Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee
- Energy and Environment Committee
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Alex Valdez defeated Johnnie Johnson in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez (D) | 79.6 | 32,077 | |
| Johnnie Johnson (R) | 20.4 | 8,224 | ||
| Total votes: 40,301 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Alex Valdez advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez | 100.0 | 6,455 | |
| Total votes: 6,455 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Johnnie Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Johnnie Johnson | 100.0 | 729 | |
| Total votes: 729 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Valdez in this election.
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Denver, Colorado (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Denver
Michael Johnston defeated Kelly Brough in the general runoff election for Mayor of Denver on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Johnston (Nonpartisan) | 55.2 | 89,889 | |
| Kelly Brough (Nonpartisan) | 44.8 | 73,097 | ||
| Total votes: 162,986 | ||||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Denver
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Denver on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Johnston (Nonpartisan) | 24.5 | 42,273 | |
| ✔ | Kelly Brough (Nonpartisan) | 20.1 | 34,627 | |
| Lisa Calderón (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 31,164 | ||
Andy Rougeot (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 11.5 | 19,927 | ||
| Leslie Herod (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 18,506 | ||
Chris Hansen (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 4.8 | 8,309 | ||
| Deborah Ortega (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 7,739 | ||
Ean Tafoya (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 1.6 | 2,700 | ||
| Terrance Roberts (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,757 | ||
| Thomas Wolf (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,747 | ||
Trinidad Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 0.7 | 1,240 | ||
| Aurelio Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 755 | ||
| Al Gardner (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 725 | ||
James Walsh (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 0.4 | 722 | ||
| Renate Behrens (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 184 | ||
| Robert Treta (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 169 | ||
Abass Yaya Bamba (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 24 | ||
| Jesse Parris (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | ||
| Paul Fiorino (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Matt Brady (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Marcus Giavanni (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Danny F. Lopez (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 172,589 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sylvia Herring (Nonpartisan)
- Kwame Spearman (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
- Anna Burrell (Nonpartisan)
- Alex Valdez (Nonpartisan)
- Sean Gallegos (Nonpartisan)
- Kenneth Simpson (Nonpartisan)
- Alex Cowans (Nonpartisan)
- David E. Stevens (Nonpartisan)
2022
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Alex Valdez defeated Johnnie Johnson and Troy Brekke in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez (D) | 82.8 | 24,306 | |
Johnnie Johnson (R) ![]() | 15.3 | 4,502 | ||
Troy Brekke (Unity Party) ![]() | 1.8 | 539 | ||
| Total votes: 29,347 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Alex Valdez advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez | 100.0 | 8,040 | |
| Total votes: 8,040 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Johnnie Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Johnnie Johnson ![]() | 100.0 | 1,289 | |
| Total votes: 1,289 | ||||
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2020
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Alex Valdez defeated Jonathan Woodley and Joe Richardson in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez (D) | 79.1 | 37,132 | |
| Jonathan Woodley (R) | 19.6 | 9,203 | ||
| Joe Richardson (Unity Party) | 1.3 | 633 | ||
| Total votes: 46,968 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Alex Valdez advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez | 100.0 | 18,082 | |
| Total votes: 18,082 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Jonathan Woodley advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jonathan Woodley | 100.0 | 1,781 | |
| Total votes: 1,781 | ||||
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Unity Party convention
Unity Party convention for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Joe Richardson advanced from the Unity Party convention for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on April 4, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Joe Richardson (Unity Party) | |
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2018
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Alex Valdez defeated Katherine Whitney and Rory Lamberton in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez (D) | 79.0 | 27,131 | |
| Katherine Whitney (R) | 17.9 | 6,136 | ||
| Rory Lamberton (L) | 3.1 | 1,061 | ||
| Total votes: 34,328 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Alex Valdez defeated Meghan Nutting, Joel Judd, and Nicky Yollick in the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Valdez | 42.0 | 4,666 | |
| Meghan Nutting | 29.2 | 3,245 | ||
| Joel Judd | 16.6 | 1,844 | ||
| Nicky Yollick | 12.1 | 1,347 | ||
| Total votes: 11,102 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Katherine Whitney advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Katherine Whitney | 100.0 | 1,419 | |
| Total votes: 1,419 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2023
Alex Valdez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Alex Valdez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Alex Valdez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 8.
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2023
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In 2023, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 11.
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2021
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In 2021, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 8.
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2020
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In 2020, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.
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2019
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In 2019, the Colorado State Legislature was in session from January 4 through May 3.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Crisanta Duran (D) |
Colorado House of Representatives District 5 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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