Cairo D'Almeida

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Cairo D'Almeida

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August 4, 2020

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Cairo D'Almeida (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of Washington. He lost in the primary on August 4, 2020.

D'Almeida completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Cairo D'Almeida was born in Canoas, Brazil. He earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture, civil engineering, and virtual reality. D'Almeida also earned a master’s degree in information technology and a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology. His career experience includes helping to build the Washington D.C. metro and working as a small business owner and President of AFGE Local 1221.

Elections

2020

See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

General election for Governor of Washington

Incumbent Jay Inslee defeated Loren Culp in the general election for Governor of Washington on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Inslee (D)	56.6	2,294,243
		Loren Culp (R)	43.1	1,749,066
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	13,145

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,056,454
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Washington on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Inslee (D)	50.1	1,247,916
✔		Loren Culp (R)	17.4	433,238
		Joshua Freed (R)	8.9	222,553
		Tim Eyman (R)	6.4	159,495
		Raul Garcia (R)	5.4	135,045
		Phil Fortunato (R)	4.0	99,265
		Don Rivers (D)	1.0	25,601
		Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party)	0.9	23,073
		Liz Hallock (G)	0.9	21,537
		Cairo D'Almeida (D)	0.6	14,657
		Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party)	0.6	13,935
		Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party)	0.5	11,303
	Submit photo	Gene Hart (D)	0.4	10,605
	Submit photo	Omari Tahir-Garrett (D)	0.4	8,751
	Submit photo	Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated)	0.3	6,264
		Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)	0.2	5,970
		GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party)	0.2	5,646
		Richard Carpenter (R)	0.2	4,962
	Submit photo	Elaina Gonzalez (Independent)	0.2	4,772
	Submit photo	Matthew Murray (R)	0.2	4,489
		Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.1	3,638
		Bill Hirt (R)	0.1	2,854
	Submit photo	Martin Wheeler (R)	0.1	2,686
	Submit photo	Ian Gonzales (R)	0.1	2,537
		Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party)	0.1	2,315
		Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,291
	Submit photo	Brian Weed (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,178
		Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)	0.1	1,721
	Submit photo	Tylor Grow (R)	0.1	1,509
		Dylan Nails (Independent)	0.1	1,470
	Submit photo	Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated)	0.0	1,178
	Submit photo	William Miller (American Patriot Party)	0.0	1,148
	Submit photo	Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated)	0.0	718
	Submit photo	Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party)	0.0	702
		David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party)	0.0	519
	Submit photo	David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party)	0.0	480
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,938

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,488,959
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mathew Mackenzie (R)
• Phillip Bailey (D)
• Asa Palagi (Independent)
• Lisa Thomas (Unaffiliated)
• Matthew Heines (Unaffiliated)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Cairo D'Almeida completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by D'Almeida's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Currently I am the President of AFGE Local 1121

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I will bring all the homeless indoors treat their health issues

• I will make sure that the shortage of affordable housing is taken care during my time in office

• If CPVUD-19 follow us into 2021, I will deal with one town, one city and county st a time. I el shutdown the state!

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Homeowners population

More psychological support for vets that as on the streets.
More psychological support for foster parents7
High rent cost
Affordable housing
Getting ready of fossil fuel use within 5 years
Free childcare for parents that .sje less than $75,000.00 a year
Free bus sbdight rail pass to students, teachers and professors that go to school at least party time or teach at least part time.
Hazards pay to first responders
Protect smsll6 business during pandemic times

Upgrade6 of the entire infrastructure

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ghandi.
He was able to difit an empire without enticing violence.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

The importance of cultural diversity in the workplace

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty

Integrity

Humility
Mentor
Teacher
Guardian

Trouble shooter is very important during pandemic or calamity times

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am relentless. I have the right PhD degree that allows me to trouble most issue presented to an organization. My PhD degree is about reengineering of orgsnizations.

That will help me move forward with anything that is placed before me.
I am a people person

That allows me to place people first.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

The responsibility of a governor is to be able to listen to the people and carry out the wishes of the people and protect them along the way!

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to be remebered as the governor that ended the homelessness in the state of Washington and improved the entire state infrastructure for generations to enjoy.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

John Kennedy assasination. I was about 13 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

House painter

What is your favorite book? Why?

Any book that has to do with brain function.

I am fascinated on how the brain works and how we stop it from fully functioning as the biggest powerhouse in the universe.

Well the brsin6is it's own universe and used by it fascinates me.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Doctor who, because he has the power to move between universes and undo all evil endeavors from the past and protect the people along the way.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Lean on me.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

I enjoy helping people a lot and I have a hard time being giving something without being able to give twice as much back.

For most people that would not constitute a problem and it is for me.

It is better to give than it is to receive.

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

That means the governor has the opportunity to put end to homrlessness.

The form of can also make sure that the people have are happy with the way the governor is looking after them.
The should provide free bus and light rail passes to students and professors as an incentive to continue to go to school.
An honest governor eill6 mot place personal interest before the people. The People should always come first!

The governor should also make sure that no veterans is living on the streets after they comeback from a war!!!

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

Taking care of The People as needed!

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

The governor should be completely involve with the budget to make sure that all schools are properly funded and that the state has no one living the streets.

Therefore, the budget should have a line item that says support for the homeless.

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

I would not use the line item veto unless I see that money is not properly allocated to town, cities and counties as it should be

If the governor's office in your state does not have the line-item veto power, do you believe it should? Why or why not?

The line could be used to stop abuse of power among the executive branches.

However, theme item veto also can be mis used and possibly abuse byracist, xenophobic governor for personal gains or control over constituents

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

Bipartisanship without blackmailing others to get what will serve the governor's personal agenda.

What do you love most about your state?

Everything!

The People. They will place any crooked elected officials in their places as the constitution allows them to do.

The mountains

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

The state of Washington will near bankruptcy starting 2021 because the current governor did not know how to deal with COVID-19

Also ahead lies the challenges to make this state green with five years.

Health insurance will also going to be an issue in the next decade

Put end to corruption among elected officials forever is a great challenge because there so many if them that run office to fulfill their personal agenda....

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