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Angel Garcia (Arizona)
Angel Garcia was a 2014 Independent candidate for District 30 of the Arizona House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2014
Garcia's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Small Business Development
- Excerpt: "Ensuring pass through businesses pay same tax rates as other corporations"
- Excerpt: "Immediate state income tax allowance for qualifying business equipment up to $300,000"
- Excerpt: "Self-employed have access to the same tax credits for healthcare as other corporations"
- Excerpt: "Eliminate the state income tax for anyone making under $30,000 a year"
Homelessness/Houselessness
- Excerpt: "Cost saving measures like supportive housing, case management, supportive employment, and the development of a program call Assertive Community Treatment or ACT need appropriate levels of funding"
- Excerpt: "Build a public-private partnership to ensure resources such as short term rental assistance, assistance with security deposits, utility payment assistance, and housing relocation services are made readily available"
- Excerpt: "Public Law 101-645 (42 USC 11411 ) allows for qualified nonprofits to use unutilized, underutilized, excess, or surplus Federal properties to assist those who are homeless/houseless. We must mirror this law on a state level and utilize this law to its maximum potential here in the state."
Criminal Justice & Public Safety Reform
- Excerpt: "End privatization of prisons
- Excerpt: "Repeal (or at least reduce and allow for ranges) mandatory minimum laws"
- Excerpt: "Allow alternative sentencing options"
- Excerpt: "All public safety departments receiving state funding will have dashcams installed on their vehicles"
- Excerpt: "Revenue must be set aside for community reentry and job training programs"
- Excerpt: "Citizens Oversight Committee(s)"
Elections
2014
Elections for the Arizona 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 May 28, 2014. Incumbents Jonathan Larkin and Debbie McCune-Davis were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Michael Gidwani and John Lyon were unopposed in the Republican primary. Larkin and McCune-Davis defeated Gidwani, Lyon and Angel Garcia (I) in the general election.[2][3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Debbie McCune-Davis Incumbent |
30.8% | 11,980 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Larkin Incumbent |
29% | 11,252 | |
| Republican | John Lyon | 21% | 8,158 | |
| Republican | Michael Aaron Gidwani | 19.2% | 7,445 | |
| Independent | Angel Garcia (Write-in) | 0% | 11 | |
| Total Votes | 38,846 | |||
Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Garcia's endorsements included the following:[6]
- Mikel Weisser, Democratic nominee, AZ's 4th Congressional District
- Teresa Wall, Concerned Arizona Citizen
- Dennis Howerton, Candidate for Constable in Pinal County
- Gail Shoultes, Small business Owner and Activist
- Priscilla Del Toro, Activist
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Angel + Garcia + Arizona + House"
See also
- Arizona House of Representatives
- Arizona House of Representatives District 30
- Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Arizona State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Angel Garcia on Facebook
- Angel Garcia on Twitter
- Arizona Secretary of State - Official general election candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Garcia for House, "Issues," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 27, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ Garcia for House, "Endorsements," accessed October 17, 2014
