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Gil Armendariz
Gil Armendariz (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 9. Armendariz lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Armendariz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2018. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2018
- See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Colorado State Senate District 9
Paul Lundeen defeated Gil Armendariz in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paul Lundeen (R) | 70.3 | 61,341 |
 | Gil Armendariz (D)  | 29.7 | 25,892 | |
| Total votes: 87,233 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 9
Gil Armendariz advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 9 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gil Armendariz | 100.0 | 9,751 |
| Total votes: 9,751 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 9
Paul Lundeen advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 9 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Lundeen | 100.0 | 26,206 |
| Total votes: 26,206 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Gil Armendariz participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 11, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Gil Armendariz's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) I would initiate the revamping of the funding laws currently in place for the education system in Colorado. As it stands the over-lapping laws and system of mill levies to circumvent the laws create a legislative knot that is failing on multiple levels. Now is the time to address this and establish a framework that will set the baseline once and for all for proper funding for our Education System in Colorado. 2) Creating a plan for long term drought and environmental stewardship to insure safe air, clean water, and the preservation of lands for all of Colorado would be another key goal. A zero-carbon footprint should be defined to guide Colorado to a healthy future. One example is to allow for the cultivation of hemp by Colorado farms; this and the associated products derived from this crop would add another revenue stream to bolster our Colorado farms. The creation of new businesses using hemp derivatives would provide new markets and new opportunities in Colorado. Just one small step to move our state into the future and adapt to the challenges we now face. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Armendariz did not reply to this question.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Gil Armendariz answered the following:
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder?
| “ | My career spanned 30 years and 2 months with the merged corporate company that was Mountain Bell/Southwestern Bell/SBC/At&t. The first assignment as records clerk ended as a Sales Engineer II supporting the Fortune 500 Corporations in the At&t Global Market space, with approximately $357 million dollars per year in contract sales. I attended 1,927 classroom hours of telecommunications training that required an 85% score to pass. I lived adaptability and creative engineering which can be used to work on the challenges that face Colorado on many levels.[3] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Gil Armendariz's responses," July 11, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
