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Joaquín Beltrán
Joaquín Beltrán (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 42nd Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Beltrán completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joaquín Beltrán was born in East Los Angeles, California. He earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Los Angeles in 2010. He also attended the University of Southern California. His career experience includes working as a software engineer and community organizer. He co-founded a public-private partnership.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: California's 42nd Congressional District election, 2024
California's 42nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 42
Incumbent Robert Garcia defeated John Briscoe in the general election for U.S. House California District 42 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Garcia (D) | 68.1 | 159,153 |
 | John Briscoe (R) | 31.9 | 74,410 | |
| Total votes: 233,563 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 42
Incumbent Robert Garcia and John Briscoe defeated Nicole López and Joaquín Beltrán in the primary for U.S. House California District 42 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Garcia (D) | 52.1 | 49,891 |
| ✔ | | John Briscoe (R) | 31.9 | 30,599 |
 | Nicole López (D) | 9.1 | 8,758 | |
 | Joaquín Beltrán (D) | 6.8 | 6,532 | |
| Total votes: 95,780 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Beltrán in this election.
2022
See also: California's 42nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House California District 42
Robert Garcia defeated John Briscoe in the general election for U.S. House California District 42 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Garcia (D) | 68.4 | 99,217 |
| John Briscoe (R) | 31.6 | 45,903 | |
| Total votes: 145,120 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 42
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 42 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Garcia (D) | 46.7 | 43,406 |
| ✔ | | John Briscoe (R) | 26.1 | 24,319 |
 | Cristina Garcia (D) | 12.6 | 11,685 | |
 | Peter Mathews (D) | 3.7 | 3,415 | |
| Nicole López (D) | 3.4 | 3,164 | |
 | Julio Cesar Flores (G) | 2.7 | 2,491 | |
 | William Summerville (D) | 2.5 | 2,301 | |
| Joaquín Beltrán (D) | 2.4 | 2,254 | |
| Total votes: 93,035 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Angel Rios (Independent)
- Saul Castillo (D)
Campaign themes
2024
Video for Ballotpedia
| Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released February 5, 2024 |
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joaquín Beltrán completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beltrán's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a software engineer, community health advocate, and organizer running as a grassroots candidate, funded by regular working people, to represent our community in Congress!
Growing up, I watched my immigrant parents work multiple jobs to create a better life for our family and worked hard alongside them to achieve their dream of starting a small business. I am committed to creating a more equitable society where our loved ones and communities have the resources they need to thrive.
As the founder of the Action Care Equity (ACE) Coalition, I have been leading the movement to prioritize people's health. Through months of community organizing, the ACE coalition recently succeeded in LA County improving worker and patient protections in healthcare settings. As I write this, I am on my way back from Washington, DC, where I advocated for more funding for our healthcare needs and attended Bernie Sanders's Long Covid Senate hearing.
I have worked for Democratic campaigns, including the Biden and Obama campaigns, and I am very disappointed in the pro-corporate shift in the Democratic Party. I have successfully been demanding better and will be able to demand even more for our community in Congress.
With your support, I will advocate for the high-quality, truly affordable healthcare, education, and housing that our community deserves.- Health and the Economy: Health and the economy are two issues that are bound together. We need to make sure we are investing in our communities to make sure people are receiving the best quality healthcare and resources to address any illness or disability they are experiencing. By and large, we need clean air outside and inside of every building (businesses, schools, churches, etc.), this will lead to people healthier and better able to follow their dreams and lead to a stronger economy. As a long-term investment, Clean air, both outdoors and indoors, will help us mitigate the climate crisis and prevent future airborne pandemics. A healthier and thriving community is a safe community. We must do all we can for our health and the economy.
- Cost of Living: The cost of housing, food, gas, education... it is all way too high with so many people struggling just to put food on the table. The combination of high housing prices and low living wages is causing many renters to become unhoused much less able to achieve their dream of buying a home. Even homeowners are struggling to keep their homes as interest rates skyrocket. One large part of the issue is corporate greed that hikes up prices while they control many politicians in Congress. We need to regulate the greed and create economic policies that invest in our communities and small businesses so there are better paying jobs available and workforce development programs to prepare people for good paying jobs.
- Justice and Peace: We need to make sure we are investing tax dollars here at home instead of fueling the insatiable war machine that profits from harming the innocent both here at home and abroad. The videos coming out of Gaza have been incredibly heartbreaking and that's why I've been speaking out for a ceasefire since early october
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2022
Joaquín Beltrán did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Beltrán's campaign website stated the following:
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COVID SAFETY CREATE JOBS AND GROW SMALL BUSINESSES AFFORDABLE HOMES AND RENT QUALITY, AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION AND ANIMAL PROTECTIONS[3] |
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| —Joaquín Beltrán's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House California District 42 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Joaquín Beltrán for Congress, "Home," accessed May 31, 2022
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Joaquín Beltrán for Congress, “Platform,” accessed May 23, 2022
