Claudia Rainville

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Claudia Rainville

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 20, 2024

Education

High school

Colegio Bautista de Managua

Bachelor's

National University of Engineering, 2004

Personal

Religion

Catholic

Profession

Teacher

Contact

Campaign website

Claudia Rainville ran for election to the Miami-Dade County Commission to represent District 11 in Florida. She lost in the primary on August 20, 2024.

Rainville completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Claudia Rainville was born in Managua, Nicaragua. She graduated from Colegio Bautista de Managua. She earned a bachelor's degree from the National University of Engineering in 2004. Her career experience includes working as a teacher.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 11

Incumbent Roberto Gonzalez won election outright against Bryan Paz-Hernandez and Claudia Rainville in the primary for Miami-Dade County Commission District 11 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Roberto Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	56.8	12,694
	Submit photo	Bryan Paz-Hernandez (Nonpartisan)	26.3	5,871
		Claudia Rainville (Nonpartisan)	16.9	3,786

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,351
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Claudia Rainville completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rainville'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.

Claudia Rainville (born July 1st,1981) is a Nicaraguan-born American immigrant. Mrs. Rainville earned a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineer from the National University of Engineering. (Nicaragua-2004) (Accredited University in the U.S.) As many immigrant who come to our beautiful country, Mrs. Rainville immigrated to the U.S. with a luggage ,dreams, cultures , values and belief. She started from zero and overcome many obstacles. However, she also found amazing people who helped, guided, care and love her. Most of the people she found during her journey were Cuban-Americans, who thought her how to survive and resilience overcoming obstacles. She became a U. S. citizen in 2010. Mrs. Rainville loves our beautiful country as much as she loves her own country Nicaragua. Mrs. Rainville decided to run because she wants to stop the wasteful of taxpayers money that District 11 have right now. Sadly we don't a good Administration right now and that is the main reason I am running in this election. Hope everyone vote for the change.

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?

• "Together we can achieve amazing results" Claudia Rainville . I wish with all my hearth that we the people understand that we have to be united for the well-being of our country. We need to stop those influencers who uses the media to spread hate and fake news against each other. President George Washington and the founding Fathers fight and create this country with the idea to live united not in division. We can not allow the communism or socialism ideas destroy our country. We have to teach future generation that those Socialism ideas doesn't work and only create poverty and division.
• "Those who can not change their minds cannot change anything." George Bernard Show We can not accept rich government with poor communities is unacceptable.
• "Who is brave is free" Lucuis A. Senecca Always fight for what is right not matter what happen. Don't feel afraid to try and fail , just standing up and continue with your journey.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I personally passionate in Economic Development , Public Safety , Serve Seniors /Veterans and Education.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

Commissioners are policymakers, overseeing the operation and administration of a county and district.

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

My grandmother 96 years because she is a strong and brave woman.

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

The Power of Ethics by Susan Liautaud

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

Integrity , transparency and Care about the people who lives in the community .

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

Integrity, transparency, accountability and kindness

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

oversight, representation and decision making.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Latinos can also serve and work for the best of their communities .

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

When my father immigrate from Nicaragua to Costa Rica because of the military service we have in the 80' and my mom remain as a single mother. I was 5 years old.

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

Bank Teller and Customer Service Associate. 2 years.

What is your favorite book? Why?

El Alquimista by Paulo Coelo

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

Tinkerbell and Wonder Woman

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

La isla Bonita Madonna.

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

I have been struggles with English at the beginning .

Are there any little-known powers or responsibilities held by this office that you believe more people should be aware of?

Ethically and dealing appropriately with complex and unexpected issues.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

No.

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

Decision-making and fairly.

Tell us your favorite joke.

I don't have.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

I received a lot of email about different people and organization that wants to endorsed me but I didn't accept because I have someone from the fake media attacking me and even she calls me to let me know that I don't have to be in the running and I don't have the right to run, that I just want to take votes from the other candidate that is running. she also said that I am a ghost and the incumbent commissioner we have is paying me money, which is not true . She even wrote a lot of fake news and misleading info against me.
I challenge her to give me evidence not Fairy Tails. It's incredible how the media try to persuade voter with misleading info just to make the results of an election change. Also, they hacked my Facebook account.

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

building Trust, Informed decision-making, attracting investment and promoting sustainable growth.

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