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Alex Valdez (Colorado)

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Alex Valdez
Image of Alex Valdez
Colorado House of Representatives District 5
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

43,977/year for legislators whose terms began in 2023. $41,449/year for legislators whose terms began in 2021.

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $45/day. For legislators living more than 50 miles from the capitol: $237/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Valdez was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Valdez was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Valdez was assigned to the following committees:


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
Image of Alex Valdez
Alex Valdez (D)
 
79.6
 
32,077
Image of Johnnie Johnson
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
Image of Alex Valdez
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
Image of Johnnie Johnson
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
Image of Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston (Nonpartisan)
 
55.2
 
89,889
Image of Kelly Brough
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
Image of Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston (Nonpartisan)
 
24.5
 
42,273
Image of Kelly Brough
Kelly Brough (Nonpartisan)
 
20.1
 
34,627
Image of Lisa Calderón
Lisa Calderón (Nonpartisan)
 
18.1
 
31,164
Image of Andy Rougeot
Andy Rougeot (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
11.5
 
19,927
Image of Leslie Herod
Leslie Herod (Nonpartisan)
 
10.7
 
18,506
Image of Chris Hansen
Chris Hansen (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
4.8
 
8,309
Image of Deborah Ortega
Deborah Ortega (Nonpartisan)
 
4.5
 
7,739
Image of Ean Tafoya
Ean Tafoya (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
1.6
 
2,700
Terrance Roberts (Nonpartisan)
 
1.0
 
1,757
Image of Thomas Wolf
Thomas Wolf (Nonpartisan)
 
1.0
 
1,747
Image of Trinidad Rodriguez
Trinidad Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
1,240
Aurelio Martinez (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
755
Image of Al Gardner
Al Gardner (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
725
Image of James Walsh
James Walsh (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
722
Renate Behrens (Nonpartisan)
 
0.1
 
184
Robert Treta (Nonpartisan)
 
0.1
 
169
Image of Abass Yaya Bamba
Abass Yaya Bamba (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
24
Image of Jesse Parris
Jesse Parris (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
11
Image of Paul Fiorino
Paul Fiorino (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
5
Matt Brady (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
4
Image of Marcus Giavanni
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

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
Image of Alex Valdez
Alex Valdez (D)
 
82.8
 
24,306
Image of Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson (R) Candidate Connection
 
15.3
 
4,502
Image of Troy Brekke
Troy Brekke (Unity Party) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Alex Valdez
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
Image of Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Alex Valdez
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
Image of Alex Valdez
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

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 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
Image of Alex Valdez
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
Image of Alex Valdez
Alex Valdez
 
42.0
 
4,666
Image of Meghan Nutting
Meghan Nutting
 
29.2
 
3,245
Image of Joel Judd
Joel Judd
 
16.6
 
1,844
Image of Nicky Yollick
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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Alex Valdez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Colorado House of Representatives District 5Won general$27,383 $19,236
2022Colorado House of Representatives District 5Won general$11,800 $32,619
2020Colorado House of Representatives District 5Won general$30,941 N/A**
2018Colorado House of Representatives District 5Won general$125,177 N/A**
Grand total$195,301 $51,854
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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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