Francisco Rios
Francisco Rios (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Rios completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Francisco Rios was born in Puerto Rico. He served in the U.S. Army from 1974 to 1977. Rios’s career experience includes working as the owner of E-TECK.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primary)
North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, 2022 (May 17 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9
Incumbent Richard Hudson defeated Ben Clark in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Richard Hudson (R) | 56.5 | 131,453 |
 | Ben Clark (D)  | 43.5 | 101,202 | |
| Total votes: 232,655 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ben Clark advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9
Incumbent Richard Hudson defeated Jennyfer Bucardo, Mike Andriani, and Francisco Rios in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Hudson | 79.2 | 38,117 |
 | Jennyfer Bucardo | 8.7 | 4,175 | |
 | Mike Andriani | 8.2 | 3,950 | |
 | Francisco Rios | 3.9 | 1,891 | |
| Total votes: 48,133 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Teresa Helms (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Francisco Rios completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rios' responses.
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After a lifetime of work and raising his family, Francisco has decided to serve country again by running for House of Representatives in North Carolina’s District 12. Since Francisco has not held public office, at any level, he is not burdened with the maladies that many representatives suffer from once they reach office.
- Francisco wants to give the people the 12th district the ability to personally manage their liberties
- Francisco will work to reestablish the federal government back to its original purpose as stated in the constitution.
- Francisco's focus will be on America's fiscal policy. Once elected he will lower the national debt, replace income taxes with national sales tax. and create a balanced budget amendment
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 25, 2021
