Jose Velazquez (New York)
Jose Velazquez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 14th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020.
Velazquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jose Velazquez was born in the Bronx, New York. He pursued his undergraduate education from Bronx Community College and the State University of New York at Farmingdale.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2020
New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
New York's 14th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 14
Incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated John Cummings, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, and Antoine Tucker in the general election for U.S. House New York District 14 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) | 71.6 | 152,661 |
 | John Cummings (R / Conservative Party)  | 27.4 | 58,440 | |
 | Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (Serve America Movement Party) | 0.9 | 2,000 | |
 | Antoine Tucker (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 222 | ||
| Total votes: 213,323 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Miguel Hernandez (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 14
Incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Badrun Khan, and Sam Sloan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 14 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 74.4 | 46,582 |
| Michelle Caruso-Cabrera | 18.1 | 11,339 | |
 | Badrun Khan | 5.0 | 3,119 | |
 | Sam Sloan | 2.2 | 1,406 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 143 | ||
| Total votes: 62,589 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Dillon (D)
- Jose Velazquez (D)
- Fernando Cabrera (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Cummings advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 14.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jineea Butler (R)
- Rey Solano (R)
- Israel Ortega Cruz (R)
- Scherie Murray (R)
- Ruth Papazian (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. John Cummings advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 14.
Independence Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (Independence Party)
Serve America Movement Party primary election
The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for U.S. House New York District 14.
Working Families Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Working Families Party)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jose Velazquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Velazquez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 1996, Jose and his family moved to Parkchester with the help of a Section 8 housing choice voucher. This move granted Jose the opportunity to grow and expand his horizons from his life in the West Bronx. Jose first attended MS127 Castle Hill Middle School and then Christopher Columbus High School-both in district 14.
In the past 13 years, Jose has witnessed the effects of gentrification and rising housing prices. He has seen how much the neighborhood has changed and how people's concerns have been ignored, which is why he's running on a progressive pragmatic campaign with the core idea that compromise for the sake of the district is what's most important. Jose believes that working with small businesses, labor groups and developers we can build sustainable living and work opportunities for everyone.
- We can achieve our goals by working together, compromise where we can and stand our ground when we must.
- Our Democratic party has always been the party of progress, we must not let attacks from individuals on the extremes diminish that.
- This district is my home and these are not just my goals but our goals.
Part of my plan is to address several of the keys issues we are facing today:
•Fully fund NYCHA
•Invest in affordable home ownership opportunities such as limited equity housing coops.
•Propose bill to allow the use of housing vouchers for home ownership.
•Offer tax credit for renters who pay more than 30% of their income towards rent.
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
Climate change is the existential crisis of our generation; we should do everything in our power to combat this. We need to be the leaders in the world against climate change.
•Passage of climate bill establishing that all federal, state and local government buildings must be net-zero emissions within 10 years.
•Institution of a carbon tax to fund green tech and retrofitting our current infrastructure to become net negative.
•Passage of federal legislation allowing net-metering nationally, allowing homeowners to sell energy back to the grid.
•Propose bill removing gas, oil and coal subsidies, offer tax breaks to those same companies who reinvest in green technology and retraining of their workforce.
Paris - The Devil Made Me Do it
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Big Pun - 100%
Billy Joel
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 7, 2020
