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Franca Muller Paz
Franca Muller Paz (Green Party) ran for election to the Baltimore City Council to represent District 12 in Maryland. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Muller Paz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in Baltimore, Maryland (2020)
General election
General election for Baltimore City Council District 12
Incumbent Robert Stokes Sr. defeated Franca Muller Paz and Eugene Boikai in the general election for Baltimore City Council District 12 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Stokes Sr. (D) | 59.5 | 8,079 | |
 | Franca Muller Paz (G)  | 35.9 | 4,868 | |
 | Eugene Boikai (R) | 4.3 | 582 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 13,572 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council District 12
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council District 12 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Stokes Sr. | 40.4 | 3,180 | |
 | Phillip Lee Westry | 37.3 | 2,932 | |
| Gary Crum | 9.6 | 757 | ||
| Dave Heilker | 5.9 | 463 | ||
| Matthew Reeds | 3.9 | 304 | ||
| Haroon Ajaz | 2.9 | 226 | ||
| Total votes: 7,862 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Baltimore City Council District 12
Eugene Boikai advanced from the Republican primary for Baltimore City Council District 12 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eugene Boikai | 100.0 | 134 |
| Total votes: 134 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Franca Muller Paz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Muller Paz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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If elected to the Baltimore 12th City Council District, I will continue to fight to uplift the voice of the community and together create a more equitable Baltimore with a real plan for racial and economic justice.
- As a community organizer who has advocated relentlessly for students, families, and educators I recognize the importance of making sure that the voices of community members are being heard. It is important to me to make sure that as a Councilperson I am using my position of power to highlight the concerns of community members. I also pledge to bring community voices to the table and ensure that those most impacted by issues have the opportunity to speak on these issues directly. I want my work in office to be fully transparent to the people of Baltimore City, especially the residents of my district.
- In Baltimore's 12th District, the current democratic party representation has not been fighting for us. Instead, they fight for the corporate interests that got them in office. While developers and corporations get richer, our kids can't drink the water in our schools, our city's minimum wage can't pay the bills, and 1-in-every-2 black and brown people can't get adequate internet. We are running a grassroots progressive people's campaign. I pledge to not accept money from for-profit corporate donors, for-profit corporate PACs, real estate developers, or lobbyists for for-profit corporations.
- Our community continues to struggle with police brutality, gun violence, wage theft by employers, and crimes of poverty and desperation. Despite a police budget that continuously increases, and the enactment of well-intentioned but ineffectual policing reforms, our City's homicide and crime clearance rates have not meaningfully improved. Instead of doubling down on failed strategies, we must respond to crime by addressing the roots of the problem, which are systemic racism and a lack of opportunity for many in our city. We need to transform the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) into a community-led public safety program that serves ALL Baltimoreans. We must also re-prioritize funding to invest in the well-being of our neighbors.
Additionally, our city is one of the most technologically unequal in the nation, with approximately 50% of Black and Latinx people in Baltimore lacking the quality, reliable internet access necessary to live in a modern society. I will fight to end the near-monopoly of Comcast and establish a plan to build high-speed municipal internet for all residents by 2026.
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See also
2020 Elections
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