Joshua Rodriguez (Colorado)

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Joshua Rodriguez

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last convention

May 26, 2024

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Joshua Rodriguez (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 4th Congressional District. He did not qualify for the ballot on the Libertarian line.

Rodriguez initially ran as a Democrat in the 2022 congressional election for Colorado's 8th Congressional District. He switched his party affiliation to run as a Republican on February 24, 2022. He later declared candidacy as a Libertarian in the election for Colorado's 4th Congressional District.

Biography

Joshua Rodriguez earned a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 2012. He earned a graduate degree from Northern Arizona University.

Elections

2022

U.S. House Colorado District 4

See also: Colorado's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 4

Incumbent Ken Buck defeated Ike McCorkle and Ryan McGonigal in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ken Buck (R)	60.9	216,024
		Ike McCorkle (D)	36.6	129,619
	Submit photo	Ryan McGonigal (American Constitution Party)	2.5	8,870

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 354,513
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Frank Jensik (L)
• Donna Windholz (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4

Ike McCorkle advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ike McCorkle	100.0	42,244

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,244
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rome Vibe (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4

Incumbent Ken Buck defeated Robert Lewis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ken Buck	74.0	90,091
	Submit photo	Robert Lewis	26.0	31,593

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121,684
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joshua Rodriguez (L)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 4

Frank Jensik advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 4 on March 12, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Frank Jensik (L)

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U.S. House Colorado District 8

See also: Colorado's 8th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Colorado District 8

Yadira Caraveo defeated Barbara Kirkmeyer, Richard Ward, and Tim Long in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 8 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yadira Caraveo (D)	48.4	114,377
		Barbara Kirkmeyer (R)	47.7	112,745
	Submit photo	Richard Ward (L)	3.9	9,280
		Tim Long (Colorado Center Party) (Write-in)	0.0	99

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 236,501
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Payette (Independent)
• Steve Zorn (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8

Yadira Caraveo advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yadira Caraveo	100.0	38,837

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,837
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joshua Rodriguez (D)
• Chaz Tedesco (D)
• Johnny Humphrey (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8

Barbara Kirkmeyer defeated Jan Kulmann, Lori Saine, and Tyler Allcorn in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 8 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Kirkmeyer	39.0	22,724
		Jan Kulmann	23.0	13,398
		Lori Saine	21.2	12,357
		Tyler Allcorn	16.7	9,743

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,222
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joshua Rodriguez (R)
• Jewels Gray (R)
• Ryan Gonzalez (R)

2020

U.S. Senate Arizona

See also: United States Senate special election in Arizona, 2020

United States Senate election in Arizona, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Arizona, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. Senate Arizona

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kelly (D)	51.2	1,716,467
		Martha McSally (R)	48.8	1,637,661
	Submit photo	Matthew Dorchester (L) (Write-in)	0.0	379
		Nicholas Glenn (Independent Republican Party) (Write-in)	0.0	152
	Submit photo	Debbie Simmons (R) (Write-in)	0.0	98
		John Schiess (R) (Write-in)	0.0	92
	Submit photo	Christopher Beckett (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	69
		Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party) (Write-in)	0.0	69
		Mohammad Arif (D) (Write-in)	0.0	68
		Perry Kapadia (D) (Write-in)	0.0	58
	Submit photo	Mathew Haupt (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	37
	Submit photo	Patrick Thomas (R) (Write-in)	0.0	29
		Edward Davida (R) (Write-in)	0.0	28
	Submit photo	Jim Stevens (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	23
	Submit photo	Buzz Stewart (D) (Write-in)	0.0	22
	Submit photo	William Decker (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	21
	Submit photo	Adam Chilton (D) (Write-in)	0.0	19
	Submit photo	Benjamin Rodriguez (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	17
	Submit photo	Frank Saenz (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,355,317
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Mark Kelly defeated Bo Garcia in the special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kelly	99.9	665,620
	Submit photo	Bo Garcia (Write-in)	0.1	451

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 666,071
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mohammad Arif (D)
• Sheila Bilyeu (D)
• Juan Angel Vasquez (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Incumbent Martha McSally defeated Daniel McCarthy and Sean Lyons in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martha McSally	75.2	551,119
		Daniel McCarthy	24.8	181,511
	Submit photo	Sean Lyons (Write-in)	0.0	210

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 732,840
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Josue Larose (R)
• Craig Brittain (R)
• Paul Burton (R)
• Floyd Getchell (R)
• Mark Cavener (R)

Libertarian primary election

Barry Hess and Alan White ran as write-in candidates in the race. Hess received 329 votes and White received 101 votes. Libertarian write-in candidates were required to receive at least 3,335 votes to make the general election ballot.

U.S. Senate Colorado

See also: United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020

United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Colorado

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Colorado on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hickenlooper (D)	53.5	1,731,114
		Cory Gardner (R)	44.2	1,429,492
		Raymon Doane (L)	1.7	56,262
	Submit photo	Daniel Doyle (Approval Voting Party)	0.3	9,820
		Stephan Evans (Unity Party)	0.3	8,971
	Submit photo	Bruce Lohmiller (G) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Danny Skelly (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Michael Sanchez (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,235,659
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Swing (Other)
• Joseph Camp (Independent)
• Veronique Bellamy (Socialist Party)
• Martha Wolf (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

John Hickenlooper defeated Andrew Romanoff in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hickenlooper	58.7	585,826
		Andrew Romanoff	41.3	412,955

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 998,781
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Danielle Kombo (D)
• Erik Underwood (D)
• Denise Burgess (D)
• David Goldfischer (D)
• Lorena Garcia (D)
• Trish Zornio (D)
• Michael Johnston (D)
• Diana Bray (D)
• Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)
• Michelle Ferrigno Warren (D)
• Critter Milton (D)
• Keith Pottratz (D)
• John Walsh (D)
• Dan Baer (D)
• Ellen Burnes (D)
• Alice Madden (D)
• Angela Williams (D)
• Derrick Blanton (D)
• Dustin John Leitzel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Incumbent Cory Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Gardner	100.0	554,806

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Margot Dupre (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado

Raymon Doane defeated Gaylon Kent in the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Colorado on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raymon Doane	62.8	4,365
		Gaylon Kent	37.2	2,583

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,948
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Unity Party convention

Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado

Stephan Evans defeated Joshua Rodriguez in the Unity Party convention for U.S. Senate Colorado on April 4, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Stephan Evans (Unity Party)
		Joshua Rodriguez (Unity Party)

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Campaign themes

2022

Joshua Rodriguez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rodriguez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Joshua Rodriguez was a miracle baby and was born with his umbilical cord cutting off his airway; doctors feared the worst. Taught at an early age that God has chosen him for something very unique. Keeping his body and mind healthy, Joshua was encouraged to be a higher achiever and graduated from Arizona State University in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry with Honors and soon found himself at Northern Arizona State University studying Chemistry in graduate school. With three children and married 15 years now, Joshua’s family is the heart of his passion for seeing a better future for our community. ​

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Homelessness and Poverty issues
• Affordable Housing
• Justice reform

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Candidate Joshua Rodriguez for U.S. Congress is committed to increasing the quality of life for us all and understands the need to invest in more infrastructure, intergraded technology, and policy that brings us closer to our environmental goals by 2030.

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2020

Joshua Rodriguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Joshua Rodriguez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rodriguez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Hi, my name is Joshua Rodriguez candidate for U.S. Senate. I know the importance of a voice that sometimes doesn't feel heard. As a Unity Party candidate I choose party beliefs that are people first with ideas that are Independent. Help me keep 'Moving Colorado Forward' by sharing a social media post @JoshuaForColorado Facebook page or make a $1 donation on my web page www.JoshuaForColorado.com. Let's show that an Independent candidate can WIN.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• People over Party

• A younger candidate for Congress

• Ending gridlock in Congress

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am running to give balance to the chaos in Congress. We have policy issues but with the political rhetoric, good luck getting anything done in Congress. That needs to change. Vote Joshua Rodriguez for U.S Senate. #MovingColoradoForward

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Campaign finance summary

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Joshua Rodriguez campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	President of the United States	Lost convention	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Colorado District 4	Disqualified primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Colorado District 8	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate Arizona	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate Colorado	Lost convention	$0	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Michael Bennet (D)

John Hickenlooper (D)

Representatives

District 1

Diana DeGette (D)

District 2

Joe Neguse (D)

District 3

Jeff Hurd (R)

District 4

Lauren Boebert (R)

District 5

Jeff Crank (R)

District 6

Jason Crow (D)

District 7

Brittany Pettersen (D)

District 8

Gabe Evans (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)