Jeff A. Varela

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Jeff Varela was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 48 of the New Mexico House of Representatives.[1]

Campaign themes

2016

Varela's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Public Employees and Retirees:

  • State, County, and Municipal public employees provide the fundamental services to our communities and are contributors to our workforce, our economy and to our quality of life. We need to invest in their training, development and compensation in recognition of their value. This includes recognition and respect of the collective-bargaining process while improving ethics in public employment and public office.

Senior Citizens:

  • State Government should provide adequate funding to support senior citizen programs and services through the NM Aging and Long-Term Care Department. Senior Citizens should be provided quality health and wellness care, including home assisted and facility care! Our senior citizens provide our communities with wisdom, experience, knowledge and are contributors to our economy. We must maintain the necessary services and assistance they need to ensure them a good quality of life, security and accessibility to affordable, quality health care.

Children & Their Education:

  • Public education should be the first choice for parents and their children. Too long we have debated, argued and exhausted ourselves over how much and how to spend public dollars on our children’s education. We need a reality check and adjustment as to how we define our public school system; how we fund public education; and what we are going to measure in regards to student academic success. We should focus on funding our public schools through a bottom-up approach (classroom, students, teachers), instead of the top-down approach (administration, management, specialists). Funding the layers of administration and management positions at the school district levels, leaves very little dollars that trickle down to the classrooms, students and teachers.

Veterans & The Disadvantaged:

  • While at war abroad this requires the continued sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. While supporting our troops in service, we must remember and commit necessary resources to those who return from service and become veterans. Veterans require our commitment as much as when they were in active service by providing quality health care; tuition-free education; job training and placement; and affordable housing.

Local Business & Commerce:

  • Improving our state and local economy requires investment in our businesses created by New Mexicans. This should be addressed by streamlining our laws and regulations and providing investment for local business allowing them to develop and succeed. In turn, New Mexico will benefit through consumer taxes and sustainable employment for the workforce.[2]
 ”
—Jeff A. Varela, [3]

Elections

2016

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Mexico House of Representatives 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 Luciano Varela (D) did not seek re-election.

Linda Trujillo ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 48 general election.[4][5]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 48, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Trujillo  (unopposed) 100.00% 10,572
Total Votes 10,572
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


Linda Trujillo defeated Paul D. Campos and Jeff A. Varela in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 48 Democratic primary.[6]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 48, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Trujillo 39.47% 2,415
     Democratic Paul D. Campos 31.56% 1,931
     Democratic Jeff A. Varela 28.98% 1,773
Total Votes 6,119


Endorsements

2016

In 2016, Varela's endorsements included the following:[7]

  • Rep. Luciano "Lucky" Varela, State Representative, District 48
  • Patrick "Pat" Varela, Santa Fe County Treasurer
  • Ron Trujillo, City of Santa Fe Councilor
  • William "Bill" Dimas, Former City of Santa Fe Councilor and Former Magistrate Judge
  • Lynn Pickard, NM Court of Appeals Judge (Ret.)
  • Henry Valdez, Former 1st Judicial District Attorney
  • Richard "Buzzy" Padilla, Retired Magistrate Judge, Santa Fe County
  • John Denko, Former DPS Cabinet Secretary and City of Santa Fe Police Chief
  • E. J. Martinez, Retired, Former District Court Administrator
  • Katherine Denko, Former SFPS and Pecos School Teacher

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed March 10, 2016
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Jeff Varela District 48, "On the issues," accessed May 16, 2016
  4. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 general election contest/candidate list," accessed August 18, 2016
  5. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 29, 2016
  6. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed March 10, 2016
  7. ↑ Jeff Varela District 48, "Endorsements," accessed May 16, 2016


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