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David Arreola
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David Arreola (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 22. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Arreola completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David Arreola was born in Gainesville, Florida. He earned a high school diploma from Buchholz High School, a bachelor's degree from Flagler College in 2014, and a graduate degree from Saint Leo University in 2015. His career experience includes working as a sales manager, solar technician, cashier, and bank teller. Arreola has been affiliated with Young Democrats of Alachua County, the Democratic Hispanic Caucus of Florida, Family Promise of Gainesville, Equality Florida, New American Leaders, Young Elected Officials Network, League of Cities, and the Florida Democratic Party.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Chad Johnson defeated David Arreola in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chad Johnson (R)  | 56.5 | 56,989 |
 | David Arreola (D) | 43.5 | 43,812 | |
| Total votes: 100,801 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22
David Arreola defeated Amy Trask in the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Arreola | 56.8 | 7,370 |
| Amy Trask | 43.2 | 5,615 | ||
| Total votes: 12,985 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22
Chad Johnson defeated Raemi Eagle-Glenn in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 22 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chad Johnson | 66.5 | 11,945 |
| Raemi Eagle-Glenn | 33.5 | 6,011 | ||
| Total votes: 17,956 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Woody (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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I was born and raised as a first-generation American in Florida House of Representatives District 22. My parents immigrated from Mexico to Buffalo, New York, and later to Gainesville. They taught me the importance of working hard for a good education and faithfully participating in our democracy. I'm a product of Alachua County Public Schools, attended Santa Fe College and earned my associate's degree . That strong educational foundation helped propel me to earn my bachelor's from Flagler College in 2014 and my MBA from St. Leo University in 2015. Not long after graduating college, I came home and felt a calling to run for office. In 2017, I became the youngest city commissioner elected in the history of Gainesville. During my two terms on the commission, I was selected by my fellow commissioners twice as Mayor Pro Tempore to lead as we advocated for gun safety policies; affordable living for working families, and navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Outside of holding public office, I have been working for small businesses my whole life. I currently work for a homegrown company, 21st Century Communications, which provides rural internet service through the Affordable Connectivity Program. In my free time, I proudly led the founding of the Alachua County Young Democrats and Hispanic Caucus. I volunteered with Alachua County Emerging Leaders, for the Gainesville Sun Reader's Advisory Board, and served as a Board Member of Family Promise nonprofit.
- Defending reproductive rights by fighting back against extreme anti-choice politicians' attacks on abortion access. We should invest in childcare, and maternal healthcare, and protect the right to birth control. Everyone must be free to choose when to start a family without government interference
- Making Florida affordable. With our families struggling to afford rising costs, now is the time to build a Florida where we can all thrive. To make our economy fairer and more affordable, we should confront the homeowners insurance crisis, extend access to our public colleges and universities, strengthen protections for working people, and expand Medicaid.
- Advancing gun safety. Floridians are tired of career politicians claiming that the gun violence epidemic is inevitable. We deserve better than that - we deserve common-sense solutions that will save lives. To protect our community, we should strengthen licensing requirements and mandate safe weapon storage and background checks.
Protecting democratic values and institutions, health and safety issues, and climate change resilience policies. I'm passionate about accomplishing public policy goals that unburdens the most people from the hardships of trying to succeed economically in the next decades.
I have several role models I try to follow in my life. Mostly friends, family, and colleagues I admire. As for figures I have not personally met, I look up to the fortitude of Greta Thunberg, the resolve of Barack Obama, and the leadership of Joe Biden.
Not a specific one, but I enjoy classic and contemporary American political works covering the amazing 20th century and the feats accomplished within. I'm a fan of presidential biographies and the stories of everyday people who lived throughout the consequential times of our nation stemming from the early embers of the American revolution, through the Civil War, past the Civil Rights Movement, into post-modern America.
Personal responsibility, integrity, and fortitude. Democratic values are important and are often fostered best when elected officials exhibit these qualities. We should have elected officials who honor the elections that take them into, and even out of, office. Democratic values do not dictate victory all the time, but they do dictate an attempt to try and reconcile our differences peacefully and truthfully to the best of our collective abilities.
I was born and raised in HD-22 giving me a lifetime of experience and knowledge in my community. I have years of exprience in local government as the youngest elected City Commissioner in Gainesville's history. I was twice elected by my colleagues to serve as Mayor Pro Tempore during time's of crisis.
Serving the greater needs of the largest amount of constituents. Often times the mark of success for a legislator is how many people were helped by policies that they will have never heard of until they experience firsthand the benefits of good public policy and sound public administration of said policies.
I would like to positively serve my constituents and it would please me to be remembered as a State Representative who worked in a bipartisan way to deliver for constituents across the aisle. I would like for people to say it didn't matter who you voted for, but my District Office delivered public service dutifully and effectively.
September 11th, 2001, I was 10 years old.
Student Branch Manager and Bank Teller which I held for 2 years.
The Bible, because it is the book I have read the most throughout my life.
Dr. Dave Bowman, Astronaut from 2001: A Space Odyssey
Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
Yes it has been difficult to rise above the current authoritarian wave passing through our country. It is difficult to operate in an environment so hostile to traditional democratic values and to deliver for constituents in such an environment.
The State Legislature provides for the adequate funding of the Governor's proposed budget, but also acting a check on executive overreach into the legislature or judiciary. The Governor's veto provides ample checks to legislative oversight.
Our ever growing population is challenging our post-pandemic economic recovery, our environmental risks to climate change is having a market effect on business predications and industries that rely on long-term financial growth planning such as the homeowners insurance industry.
Yes, I believe having local government experience like my two terms on the Gainesville City Commission will uniquely prepare State Legislators to do their jobs.
Yes, as a member of a larger legislative body no legislator can do the work on their own without their fellow legislators.
Yes, I look up to legislators such as Sen. Bill Nelson, Lawton Chiles, Bob Graham, and more recently, Reps. Carlos G Smith, Anna V. Eskamani, and Rep. Yvonne Hinson.
I currently do not have plans to run for higher political office. I want to focus on being a good State Representative for District 22.
Yes, hearing the stories of survivors of domestic gun violence steel my resolve against the gun manufacturer lobby that works to oppose secure storage, red flag, and cool down periods which have been shown to reduce domestic gun violence.
WHAT ARE THOSE??
Yes, there should always be legislative oversight of the executive even if granting emergency powers is necessary during a time of crisis. This is not the time of Ancient Athens when an elected executive could prorogate public government assemblies under exigent circumstances.
A bill to address the rising cost of homeowners insurance where Floridians rank 50th in the nation.
Florida AFL-CIO, Local IBEW, Levy County Education Association, Equality Florida, Latino Victory, Human Rights Campaign of North Central Florida, Sunrise Movement Gainesville Chapter, Florida High School Democrats, Moms Demand Action: Gun Sense Candidate Distinction.
Ways and Means, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Higher Education, and Rules.
Elected officials must adhere to public financial transparency of government funds and have a personal responsibility to hold governments funds to account in front of the people for them to view and if they so choose, critique or inquire upon.
I would lower the threshold of signatures required and allow more time to gather signatures to place ballot initiatives on the state ballot.
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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 22, 2024
Current members of the Florida House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Daniel Perez
Majority Leader:Tyler Sirois
Minority Leader:Fentrice Driskell
Representatives
District 1
Michelle Salzman (R)
District 2
Alex Andrade (R)
District 3
Nathan Boyles (R)
District 4
District 5
Shane Abbott (R)
District 6
Philip Griffitts (R)
District 7
Jason Shoaf (R)
District 8
Gallop Franklin (D)
District 9
Allison Tant (D)
District 10
Chuck Brannan (R)
District 11
Sam Garrison (R)
District 12
Wyman Duggan (R)
District 13
Angela Nixon (D)
District 14
Kimberly Daniels (D)
District 15
Dean Black (R)
District 16
Kiyan Michael (R)
District 17
Jessica Baker (R)
District 18
Kim Kendall (R)
District 19
Sam Greco (R)
District 20
Judson Sapp (R)
District 21
Yvonne Hinson (D)
District 22
Chad Johnson (R)
District 23
J.J. Grow (R)
District 24
Ryan Chamberlin (R)
District 25
Taylor Yarkosky (R)
District 26
Nan Cobb (R)
District 27
Richard Gentry (R)
District 28
Bill Partington (R)
District 29
Webster Barnaby (R)
District 30
Chase Tramont (R)
District 31
Tyler Sirois (R)
District 32
Brian Hodgers (R)
District 33
Monique Miller (R)
District 34
Robert Brackett (R)
District 35
Erika Booth (R)
District 36
Rachel Plakon (R)
District 37
Susan Plasencia (R)
District 38
David Smith (R)
District 39
Doug Bankson (R)
District 40
RaShon Young (D)
District 41
Bruce Antone (D)
District 42
Anna Eskamani (D)
District 43
Johanna López (D)
District 44
Jennifer Harris (D)
District 45
Leonard Spencer (D)
District 46
Jose Alvarez (D)
District 47
Paula Stark (R)
District 48
Jon Albert (R)
District 49
District 50
Jennifer Canady (R)
District 51
Josie Tomkow (R)
District 52
Vacant
District 53
Jeff Holcomb (R)
District 54
Randy Maggard (R)
District 55
Kevin Steele (R)
District 56
Brad Yeager (R)
District 57
Adam Anderson (R)
District 58
District 59
Berny Jacques (R)
District 60
Lindsay Cross (D)
District 61
Linda Chaney (R)
District 62
Michele Rayner (D)
District 63
Dianne Hart (D)
District 64
Susan Valdes (R)
District 65
District 66
Traci Koster (R)
District 67
District 68
Lawrence McClure (R)
District 69
Danny Alvarez (R)
District 70
Michael Owen (R)
District 71
Will Robinson (R)
District 72
Bill Conerly (R)
District 73
Fiona McFarland (R)
District 74
James Buchanan (R)
District 75
Danny Nix (R)
District 76
Vanessa Oliver (R)
District 77
Tiffany Esposito (R)
District 78
District 79
District 80
Adam Botana (R)
District 81
Yvette Benarroch (R)
District 82
Lauren Melo (R)
District 83
Kaylee Tuck (R)
District 84
Dana Trabulsy (R)
District 85
Toby Overdorf (R)
District 86
John Snyder (R)
District 87
Vacant
District 88
Jervonte Edmonds (D)
District 89
Debra Tendrich (D)
District 90
Vacant
District 91
District 92
Kelly Skidmore (D)
District 93
Anne Gerwig (R)
District 94
Meg Weinberger (R)
District 95
District 96
Dan Daley (D)
District 97
Lisa Dunkley (D)
District 98
Mitch Rosenwald (D)
District 99
Daryl Campbell (D)
District 100
Chip LaMarca (R)
District 101
Hillary Cassel (R)
District 102
Michael Gottlieb (D)
District 103
Robin Bartleman (D)
District 104
District 105
Marie Woodson (D)
District 106
Fabián Basabe (R)
District 107
Wallace Aristide (D)
District 108
Dotie Joseph (D)
District 109
Ashley Gantt (D)
District 110
Tom Fabricio (R)
District 111
David Borrero (R)
District 112
Alex Rizo (R)
District 113
Vicki Lopez (R)
District 114
District 115
Omar Blanco (R)
District 116
Daniel Perez (R)
District 117
Kevin Chambliss (D)
District 118
Mike Redondo (R)
District 119
District 120
Jim Mooney (R)
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