Andres Portela
Andres Portela (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tucson City Council to represent Ward 6 in Arizona. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 3, 2021.
Portela completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Andres Portela was born in Sierra Vista, Arizona. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in 2016.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2021)
General election
General election for Tucson City Council Ward 6
Incumbent Steve Kozachik defeated Val Romero in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 6 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Kozachik (D) | 66.0 | 56,259 |
 | Val Romero (Independent)  | 33.4 | 28,446 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 581 | ||
| Total votes: 85,286 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 6
Incumbent Steve Kozachik defeated Miranda Schubert and Andres Portela in the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 6 on August 3, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Kozachik | 56.0 | 5,695 |
 | Miranda Schubert | 28.4 | 2,885 | |
 | Andres Portela | 15.3 | 1,557 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 10,168 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Portela's endorsements in the 2021 election, please click here.
2020
See also: Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Arizona's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 2
Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick defeated Brandon Martin, Iman-Utopia Layjou Bah, and Brandon Schlass in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | 55.1 | 209,945 |
 | Brandon Martin (R) | 44.9 | 170,975 | |
 | Iman-Utopia Layjou Bah (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 99 | |
| Brandon Schlass (Common Sense Moderate) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 35 | ||
| Total votes: 381,054 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2
Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick defeated Peter Quilter in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ann Kirkpatrick | 76.3 | 77,517 |
 | Peter Quilter | 23.7 | 24,035 | |
| Total votes: 101,552 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nevin Kohler (D)
- Andres Portela (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2
Brandon Martin defeated Noran Ruden, Joseph Morgan, and Jordan Flayer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Martin | 42.5 | 31,730 |
 | Noran Ruden | 33.6 | 25,049 | |
 | Joseph Morgan | 23.9 | 17,802 | |
| Jordan Flayer (Write-in) | 0.1 | 52 | ||
| Total votes: 74,633 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Boyd (R)
- Justine Wadsack (R)
- Mike Ligon (R)
- Shay Stautz (R)
- Jason Bacon (R)
- James Schmidt (R)
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Andres Portela completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Portela's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Housing. Keeping families in their homes while addressing affordability and homelessness. We need to address gaps in services for renters, homelessness, aging in places, young families and in between.
- Opportunity. To address opportunity in Tucson, we must start with public health as defined in plan Tucson. I will take the approach of addressing social determinants of health.
- Mobility Justice. Addressing road safety is paramount. We must address mobility through a justice perspective, so everyone feels safe within our community.
Decoupling public safety from Police to The Department of Transportation and Mobility
Malcolm X.
Angela Davis.
Angela Rye.
Regina Romero.
Jim Kolbe.
Gabby Giffords.
Maurice Hall.
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2020
Andres Portela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 25, 2021
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