Angel Vega
Angel Vega (Democratic Party) ran for election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He lost in the Democratic primary runoff on May 24, 2022.
Vega also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 22nd Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Vega completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Angel Vega was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Vega earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Inter-American University of Puerto Rico in 2008 and a master's degree in business administration from Webster University in 2014. His career experience includes working as a business strategist, an executive advisor, a professional development coach, and an author.[1][2] Vega has served on the Young Leaders for Inclusion Council, the advisory board of Prospera USA, and the board of directors of the International Hispanic Art and Culture Association.[1]
Elections
2022
Comptroller election
See also: Texas Comptroller election, 2022
General election
General election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Incumbent Glenn Hegar defeated Janet Dudding and V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza in the general election for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Glenn Hegar (R) | 56.4 | 4,496,319 |
Janet Dudding (D) ![]() | 40.9 | 3,265,069 | ||
V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L) | 2.7 | 212,205 |
Total votes: 7,973,593 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Berlanga (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Janet Dudding defeated Angel Vega in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Janet Dudding ![]() | 61.4 | 292,069 | |
Angel Vega ![]() | 38.6 | 183,533 |
Total votes: 475,602 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Janet Dudding and Angel Vega advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tim Mahoney in the Democratic primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Janet Dudding ![]() | 46.3 | 454,338 | |
✔ | Angel Vega ![]() | 34.5 | 338,877 | |
![]() | Tim Mahoney ![]() | 19.2 | 188,250 |
Total votes: 981,465 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Incumbent Glenn Hegar defeated Mark Goloby in the Republican primary for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Glenn Hegar | 81.7 | 1,386,782 |
Mark Goloby ![]() | 18.3 | 310,829 |
Total votes: 1,697,611 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on April 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
✔ | V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L) |
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Vega's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Congressional election
See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 22
Incumbent Troy Nehls defeated Jamie Jordan, Joseph LeBlanc, and Jim Squires in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Troy Nehls (R) | 62.2 | 150,014 | |
Jamie Jordan (D) | 35.5 | 85,653 | ||
Joseph LeBlanc (L) | 2.2 | 5,378 | ||
![]() | Jim Squires (Independent) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.1 | 170 |
Total votes: 241,215 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22
Jamie Jordan advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jamie Jordan | 100.0 | 20,818 |
Total votes: 20,818 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Berg (D)
- Angel Vega (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22
Incumbent Troy Nehls defeated Gregory Thorne in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Troy Nehls | 87.2 | 50,281 | |
![]() | Gregory Thorne ![]() | 12.8 | 7,378 |
Total votes: 57,659 | ||||
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22
Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Joseph LeBlanc (L) |
![]() | ||||
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. |
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Angel Vega completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vega's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
Collapse all
|I was born in Puerto Rico, raised by humble and hard-working parents, my father was a Pharmacist for the U.S. Army at Garrison - Fort Buchanan, he was a Gulf War Veteran and retired as a SFC from the U.S. Army, and my mother worked as a social worker for over 30 years. I attended the Inter-American University of PR and earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration, then went on to complete a Master’s Degree in Management and Leadership from Webster University.
I am an outsider of politics with over 20 years in the workforce, in the private sector, nonprofit, and as a small business owner. I lead with a purpose-driven approach to all I do. Throughout my life, I have been known for always pushing myself and others to be the best versions of themselves. In 2013 I published my first book, "Sé el Líder de Tu Desarrollo Profesional’' - Be the Leader of Your Professional Development.
Serving on non-profits boards, working with people of all backgrounds, and volunteering in multiple political campaigns, from gubernatorial, congressional all the way to Obama’s presidential campaign, has been a vehicle for him to contribute, to give a voice, and stand united. Recently, I served as Texas Deputy Field Director for Mi Familia Vota.- Serve our communities with integrity, compassion, commitment, and a sense of urgency
- Make decisions looking for the best interest of the people of Texas, not the special interest groups
- Manage the state's budget with efficiency & transparency
- Economic Inequality
- Race Inequality
- Human Right
- Education
- Immigration
- National Security
- The Environment
- Retirement Security
- Veterans and Military Families
- Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
2. Compassionate
3. Commitment to serve
4. Integrity
5. A team player
6. Emotional Intelligence
7. Transparency
Starting by leading by example, promoting unity and not division, kindness and not hate, empathy and not indifference. Is not going to be easy, but it is not impossible. Ultimately I want to leave this world a better place for our future generations to live and develop within, not leave issues but amazing experiences. I’m optimistic that a better tomorrow is possible and the best is yet to come!
2. Manage the state's budget with efficiency & transparency
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign website
Vega's campaign website stated the following:
“ |
Our Communities First Commitment Vega recognizes that politicians need to care more, stop campaigning and meet with people just every 2, 4, 6 years when it’s convenient or when they face a strong opponent. He will open the door of dialogue and constantly talk with the community, their leaders, and business owners to know their concerns and needs. Establish the “Stay Connected Initiative” to maintain the community informed about our progress and know the concerns that impact the community. Not just an email/newsletter, but connecting personally with weekly and monthly conference calls, video chats, and town hall meetings where you can have the opportunity to talk and ask questions. And most importantly, increase unity beyond party affiliation, looking to hear Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, etc. As Texas next Comptroller, Vega will focus on:
Fix Our Democracy
Establish a Vibrant Economy Boost the Economy and Jobs Creation
Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs
Women's Equality
The Environment - (The clean energy + zero emissions by 2040 initiative) Vega believes that the right way to preserve our Environment starts with us; he believes in clean energy + aspires to achieve zero-carbon emissions by 2045.
Education - (Invest in our children's future initiative) Elementary - Middle - High School Education System
Next-Gen Initiative Establish an entrepreneurship development program: Educate the community on how to start a business, processes, procedures, regulations, and more.
Veterans & Military Families - (It's our time to serve them initiative) As a son and grandson of U.S. Army Veterans, Vega is committed to supporting our veterans and their families.
Retirement Security
Health Care
Diplomacy + International Relations + Foreign Policy
Immigration Vega believes that it is crucial to create a new immigration reform with common-sense solutions, recognizing that many people, for years, came to this nation looking for new beginnings, opportunities and to work hard. Establish a path to citizenship for the hardworking individuals that have been in the country for years.
Criminal Justice + Law Enforcement Reform
Vega law enforcement reform proposals:
National Security
2nd Amendment + Gun Control Vega does not support the possession of firearms for any individuals with a current criminal record, previous related record, mental disability, or terrorist activity. For such, Vega endorses the process of obtaining a firearm, passing the buyer for a criminal and mental health background check, waiting period, and establishing a renewal process of every six years.
|
” |
—Angel Vega's campaign website (2022)[4] |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Angel Luis Vega for Texas Comptroller, "Vega's Story," accessed February 21, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 26, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ángel Luis Vega for Texas Comptroller, “Vega's Vision,” accessed February 24, 2022
![]() |
State of Texas Austin (capital) |
---|---|
Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |