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Flor Alvidrez
2023 - Present
2027
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Flor Alvidrez is a member of the Denver City Council in Colorado, representing District 7. She assumed office on July 17, 2023. Her current term ends on July 19, 2027.
Alvidrez ran for election to the Denver City Council to represent District 7 in Colorado. She won in the general runoff election on June 6, 2023.
Alvidrez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Flor Alvidrez was born in Denver, Colorado. Her career experience includes working in business and serving on the boards of Flatirons Habitat for Humanity and the Latino Cultural Arts Center.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Denver, Colorado (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Denver City Council District 7
Flor Alvidrez won election in the general runoff election for Denver City Council District 7 on June 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Flor Alvidrez (Nonpartisan)  | 100.0 | 10,068 |
| Total votes: 10,068 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nick Campion (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
General election
General election for Denver City Council District 7
Flor Alvidrez and Nick Campion advanced to a runoff. They defeated Adam Estroff, Guy Padgett, and Arthur May in the general election for Denver City Council District 7 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Flor Alvidrez (Nonpartisan) | 38.5 | 5,895 |
| ✔ |  | Nick Campion (Nonpartisan) | 19.2 | 2,945 |
 | Adam Estroff (Nonpartisan) | 18.5 | 2,838 | |
| Guy Padgett (Nonpartisan) | 16.4 | 2,517 | ||
 | Arthur May (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 1,116 | |
| Total votes: 15,311 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Fenton (Nonpartisan)
- Dawn-Janel Hurwitz (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Flor Alvidrez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Alvidrez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Denver changed the trajectory for my family. What my parent's and I had was opportunity to participate in a growing city's economy. That is part of what I think is lacking in Denver today.
My vision for Denver and District 7 is a city where Denver's entrepreneurial spirit lives on and where Denverite can breath clean air, feel safe walking around and enjoying out public spaces, have access to convenient affordable public transit and basic reliable city services. Most importantly where every Denverite has a place to call home! Find out more about how I plan to tackle our city's toughest issues on my website: www.FlorForDenver.com- Every Denverite should have a place to call home.
- Our neighborhoods should be a safe environment for our children to explore and neighbors to connect.
- Strong Economy with good paying jobs and strong small businesses.
I would love to see police on horseback back in downtown. I think it speaks to our history and culture as a city while making police officers more approachable as we heal from the brutality we have witnessed over the past decade.
I agree with current city council's funding of community lead safety programs like STAR that needs to be expanded and supported.
What would happen in Denver if we had Restorative Justice program would be the police actually looking for people perpetrating low level crimes, investigate and report them. Instead of giving children a permanent criminal record they sit down with them, the victim and the parents. There is a discussion about the harm(in my case property damage) and a conversation about why the perpetrator was committing the crime (were they looking for a warm place to stay, looking for things to sell to buy drugs, or trying to pay rent). Then the underlying issues are addressed. I think this a great opportunity to help victims feel whole again and to address the root causes of crime.
I want to improve and complete the projects Councilman Clark started around mobility withing the district and multimodal transportation.
I know about "the wall" in Speer neighborhood that cars crash into, the spot where Harvard Gulch and Platt Park neighbors desperately want a stop sign, where people have been killed throughout the district by traffic accidents. All over the district we need wider and safe sidewalks so people in wheel chairs can actually use the sidewalk instead of the street. I have been waiting my entire life for Huston Lake Park, where my grandmother walks daily to have a fully finished path. I am proud of the work being done in Baker to activate tree lawns as additional community space and bump outs on corners to slow traffic.
We have the first steps down like the bridge over the river that has started, Alameda bridge improvements, Mississippi improvements and Ruby Hill park improvements. We had a voice in Blueprint Denver and now we just need to implement it with neighborhood specific plans. I thank Councilman Clark for his work and look to expand it and see it through.
What I hear most talking to residents is they are tired of cars traveling at dangerous speeds through our residential streets, the needs of crosswalk stripping, bigger sidewalks, stop signs and lighting around parks.
Housing - People are experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity at a growing rate. Policy changes around "Area Median Income" for affordable housing and updating our permitting process and zoning codes are while maintaining the charm and character of neighborhoods is a priority when it comes to fighting displacement, keeping people housed and welcoming now Denverites!
It wasn't until the end of the day that our teacher told us we were safe but had been on lock down because there a shooting at a school in Littleton. I can hear her voice in my head to this day. I was so confused. She warned that our parents might be scared but that we were never in danger.
When I turned 18 I had my first job out of the family business which was a teller and eventually Banker at the US Bank on Broadway and Mississippi.
Denver Firefighters
Michelle Ferrigno Warren, non-profit executive and Dist. 7 resident
Angela Cobián, Former Treasurer for Denver Board of Education
Denver Area Labor Federation
Honorable Lucia Guzman
Dr. Antonio Esquibel, Emeritus Professor, Former VP and Board of Trustees of Metropolitan State University
Polly Baca, Former Colorado State Representative, Former Colorado State Senator, Former Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives
Susan Barnes-Gelt, Former Denver City Council Member
Deborah Quintana, small business owner
Rocky Mountain Mechanical Contractors Association
Denver Area Labor Federation
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Denver City Council District 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 14, 2023
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| Preceded by Jolon Clark |
Denver City Council District 7 2023-Present |
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