Jacob Candelaria

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Jacob Candelaria
Image of Jacob Candelaria
Prior offices
New Mexico State Senate District 26
Successor: Antonio Maestas

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton University, 2005

Contact

Jacob Candelaria (independent) was a member of the New Mexico State Senate, representing District 26. He assumed office in 2013. He left office on October 19, 2022.

Candelaria (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico State Senate to represent District 26. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

On December 6, 2021, Candelaria announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party and would register as decline to state.[1]

See also: State legislators who have switched political party affiliation

Biography

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Candelaria earned his B.A. in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 2005.[2] His professional experience includes serving as a policy analyst to former state House Speaker Ben Lujan (D-Nambe) and as the executive director of Equality New Mexico.[2]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Candelaria was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Candelaria was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Mexico committee assignments, 2017
Judiciary
Rules

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Candelaria served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Candelaria served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2024

Jacob Candelaria did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Mexico State Senate District 26

Incumbent Jacob Candelaria defeated Manuel Lardizabal in the general election for New Mexico State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jacob Candelaria
Jacob Candelaria (D)
 
65.8
 
12,237
Manuel Lardizabal (R)
 
34.2
 
6,362

Total votes: 18,599
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico State Senate District 26

Incumbent Jacob Candelaria advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jacob Candelaria
Jacob Candelaria
 
100.0
 
4,572

Total votes: 4,572
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 26

Manuel Lardizabal advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Manuel Lardizabal
 
100.0
 
1,709

Total votes: 1,709
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2016

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New Mexico State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.

Incumbent Jacob Candelaria ran unopposed in the New Mexico State Senate District 26 general election.[3][4]

New Mexico State Senate District 26, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jacob Candelaria Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 11,330
Total Votes 11,330
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


Incumbent Jacob Candelaria ran unopposed in the New Mexico State Senate District 26 Democratic primary.[5]

New Mexico State Senate District 26, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jacob Candelaria Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2012

Candelaria ran in the 2012 election for New Mexico State Senate District 26. He defeated Carlos Jose Villanueva in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012, and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

New Mexico State Senate, District 26, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJacob Candelaria 100% 11,463
Total Votes 11,463
New Mexico State Senate, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJacob Candelaria 68.9% 1,835
Carlos Jose Villanueva 31.1% 828
Total Votes 2,663

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Jacob Candelaria campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020New Mexico State Senate District 26Won general$160,683 N/A**
2016New Mexico State Senate, District 26Won $48,796 N/A**
2012New Mexico State Senate, District 26Won $52,968 N/A**
Grand total$262,447 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2022

In 2022, the New Mexico State Legislature was in session from January 18 to February 17.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
New Mexico State Senate District 26
2013-2022
Succeeded by
Antonio Maestas (D)


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