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Carmen Torres
Carmen Torres (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida State Senate to represent District 25. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 20, 2024.
Torres completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carmen Torres was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She earned a high school diploma from Theodore Roosevelt High School, an associate degree from Valencia College in 2011, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida in 2015.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Florida State Senate District 25
Kristen Arrington defeated Jose A. Martinez in the general election for Florida State Senate District 25 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristen Arrington (D) | 51.5 | 113,095 |
 | Jose A. Martinez (R)  | 48.5 | 106,596 | |
| Total votes: 219,691 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 25
Kristen Arrington defeated Carmen Torres and Alan Grayson in the Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 25 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Arrington | 50.5 | 11,162 |
 | Carmen Torres | 25.6 | 5,651 | |
 | Alan Grayson | 23.9 | 5,279 | |
| Total votes: 22,092 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 25
Jose A. Martinez defeated Jon Arguello in the Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 25 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jose A. Martinez | 59.4 | 10,006 |
| Jon Arguello | 40.6 | 6,852 | ||
| Total votes: 16,858 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Torres in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carmen Torres completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Torres' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Working families, Veterans and Seniors need safe, affordable housing for their families, I support securing the Sadowski Housing Trust fund for housing funding only and allowing more zoning and development options for cities and counties to create new affordable housing that works in their communities. Republicans gave 3 billion dollars of our tax money to private insurance companies and did nothing to stop cancellations of policies or huge rate increases for homeowners. I will support reducing insurance cost for you NOT bailing out greedy insurance companies.
- Florida is experiencing workforce shortages in every sector of our economy. I support increasing apprenticeship, job training and certification programs so workers can get the skills they need to secure good paying jobs with wages that can support themselves and their families.
- My Democratic opponents & I are good Dems & would likely vote the same way on all the major issues 90% of the time. The biggest difference between us is how we would represent this district. I am the only Hispanic Democratic Candidate for this majority Hispanic seat so I can communicate with & represent all of the constituents. I have the time to serve as a full-time Senator for our community while my opponents have outside employment & will be a part-time Senator. I am running to serve the best interest of our community & the State, my opponents are running to serve their own personal or political self-interests. This is the last majority Hispanic Democratic seat in the Senate & I will be a strong voice for us all!
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 19, 2024
