Clementine Vasquez

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Clementine Vasquez

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Democratic Party

Personal

Birthplace

Corpus Christi, Texas

Clementine Vasquez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 8th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.

Vasquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Clementine Vasquez was born in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Elections

2022

See also: New York's 8th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 8

Incumbent Hakeem Jeffries defeated Yuri Dashevsky in the general election for U.S. House New York District 8 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hakeem Jeffries (D)	71.6	99,079
		Yuri Dashevsky (R / Conservative Party)	28.2	39,060
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	191

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 138,330
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Mannix (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 8

Incumbent Hakeem Jeffries defeated Queen Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 8 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hakeem Jeffries	86.7	23,145
		Queen Johnson	12.7	3,402
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	163

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,710
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Clementine Vasquez (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Yuri Dashevsky advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 8.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Yuri Dashevsky advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 8.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Clementine Vasquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vasquez'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.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, raised in Friendswood, Texas, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, I worked with friends and colleagues to raise money for mutual aid groups assisting those hit hardest by the pandemic. I also worked on a newsletter that provided information for local organizations helping with groceries, rent relief, and financial assistance for small businesses in communities hit hardest by COVID-19. In the summer of 2020, I took to the streets with my community day after day to demand justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and call for an end to police violence. During those protests, I learned about and joined Ride To D.C, the largest bike ride protest in U.S history, and assisted on their communications team. Despite a pandemic taking the lives of more than half a million people in this country, and millions of people taking to the streets to demand an end to state violence, our elected officials decided to deliver lip service instead of solutions. That is why I am challenging Representative Hakeem Jeffries for New York’s 8th Congressional district because the people of this district and this country deserve representatives who are responsive to their constituents and not their own self-interest.

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?

• Medicare For All
• Democratize The Workplace
• The Green New Deal

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Healthcare

Labor
Housing
Environment

Education

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

My mother who raised me alone for the first few years of my life while she was in her early 20’s. She worked multiple jobs to give me the best life possible while also enduring a system that works against single mothers. Her determination and perseverance is an example I try to follow.

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

Delivering on the promises made to your district, not selling them out to advance your own career.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I want to leave behind a movement that works tirelessly to remove the gatekeepers of systematic oppression until we can finally bring about an era where unalienable rights are more than words written a few hundred years ago. I want to help lead a movement that will revive the economic bill of rights so that no one working 40 hours a week will be living in poverty, every person has a right to affordable housing, every person is guaranteed high-quality healthcare, every person is guaranteed a secure retirement, and every person has a right to free higher education.

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

Former President Barrack Obama’s first inauguration. I watched it live during my 6th grade Social Studies class.

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

My first job was at Mcdonald's, where I made $7.75 an hour. I left after 3 months.

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

Spider-Man so that I could have the endurance and strength to win the Tour de France.

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

A World Alone - Lorde

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

What makes the U.S House of Representatives a unique institution is the 26% approval rating of its members.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No. Holding strong, principled stances are far more important than experience in institutions designed to keep you far removed from the realities that many people in this country are living.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Climate change. We are currently seeing the Amazon rainforest on fire, devastating floods becoming more frequent, record heat waves across the country, increased hurricane power, and rising sea levels. This is a catastrophe that is already here and will wipe humanity if we do not act now, but for some reason, we have politicians such as representative Jeffries who have no signed on to The Green New Deal. We need to elect people into office who believe in science if we want to have a chance at curbing climate change so future generations inherit a habitable planet.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Yes, but term limits need to be implemented.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Bernie Sanders.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

No.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

My priorities would be not allowing any more funding to right wing regimes.

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Footnotes

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New York's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

Chuck Schumer (D)

Representatives

District 1

Nicholas LaLota (R)

District 2

Andrew Garbarino (R)

District 3

Tom Suozzi (D)

District 4

Laura Gillen (D)

District 5

Gregory Meeks (D)

District 6

Grace Meng (D)

District 7

Nydia Velazquez (D)

District 8

Hakeem Jeffries (D)

District 9

Yvette Clarke (D)

District 10

Daniel Goldman (D)

District 11

Nicole Malliotakis (R)

District 12

Jerrold Nadler (D)

District 13

Adriano Espaillat (D)

District 14

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)

District 15

Ritchie Torres (D)

District 16

George Latimer (D)

District 17

Michael Lawler (R)

District 18

Pat Ryan (D)

District 19

Josh Riley (D)

District 20

Paul Tonko (D)

District 21

Elise Stefanik (R)

District 22

John Mannion (D)

District 23

Nick Langworthy (R)

District 24

Claudia Tenney (R)

District 25

Joseph Morelle (D)

District 26

Tim Kennedy (D)

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