Carlos Santiago-Cano
Carlos Santiago-Cano (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 12th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Santiago-Cano completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carlos Santiago-Cano was born in Astoria, New York. He earned an associate degree from Kingsborough Community College and graduated with his bachelor's degree from Baruch College in 2012. His professional experience includes working as a business owner of a property management company and a coffee company.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 12
Incumbent Carolyn B. Maloney defeated Carlos Santiago-Cano and Steven Kolln in the general election for U.S. House New York District 12 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carolyn B. Maloney (D) | 82.1 | 265,172 |
 | Carlos Santiago-Cano (R / Conservative Party)  | 16.4 | 53,061 | |
 | Steven Kolln (L) | 1.2 | 4,015 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 773 | ||
| Total votes: 323,021 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 12
Incumbent Carolyn B. Maloney defeated Suraj Patel, Lauren Ashcraft, and Peter Harrison in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 12 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carolyn B. Maloney | 42.7 | 40,362 |
 | Suraj Patel | 39.3 | 37,106 | |
 | Lauren Ashcraft | 13.6 | 12,810 | |
 | Peter Harrison | 4.2 | 4,001 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 198 | ||
| Total votes: 94,477 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erica Vladimer (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Carlos Santiago-Cano advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 12.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Carlos Santiago-Cano advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 12.
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Steven Kolln advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New York District 12.
Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carlos Santiago-Cano completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Santiago-Cano's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am an Entrepreneur and small business owner. In 2012 he started a Real Estate and Property Management company which he still has to this date and operates with his sister. The company mainly does business in Astoria, Queens; Upper East Side, Midtown East, Gramercy Park and East Village (all areas which cover the 12th Congressional District. Carlos has a passion and connection to the district.
In 2015 Carlos started his second business; a Coffee Company. He imports coffee from his family's coffee farm in Colombia; the coffee is then roasted and packaged locally in Astoria, Queens. And distributed in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester and New Jersey.
- Urban Development (Affordable Housing/Homelessness/Transportation)
- Safety/Education
- Healthcare/Small Business/Jobs/Economy
-Urban Development
Affordable housing in New York City is non existent; homelessness has been on the rise year after year and our transportation system is crumbling. For year elected officials keep promising to fix this issues; year after year we get no results.
-Education
As a proud graduate of the New York Public School system I know exactly how the system works; the inefficiency and efficiencies of it. Education reform is overdue; our kids needs to be educated for the future. Not the past
-Small Business/Jobs/Economy
Education
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 24, 2020
