Michael Romero (New Mexico)

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Michael Romero
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Last election

November 8, 2016

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Michael H. Romero was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of New Mexico.[1]

Biography

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In 1978, Michael enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from high school. He worked at Moly Corporation mine in San Cristobal and then as deputy sheriff for Taos County. He then moved to Las Vegas, where he worked as a police officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 14 years. In 2003, he transitioned to serving as a resident officer in Searchlight, Nevada.[2]

Romero and his wife, Francesca, have been married since the late 1970s.[2]

Elections

2016

See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Ben Ray Lujan (D) defeated Michael H. Romero (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lujan faced no primary challenger, while Romero defeated Michael Glenn Lucero to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on June 7, 2016.[3][4]

U.S. House, New Mexico District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBen Ray Lujan Incumbent 62.4% 170,612
     Republican Michael H. Romero 37.6% 102,730
Total Votes 273,342
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


U.S. House, New Mexico District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Romero 62% 17,025
Michael Lucero 38% 10,419
Total Votes 27,444
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Romero's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

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  • Income and Poverty: Business Insider magazine ranks New Mexico 48th in economic growth. From 2012 to 2013. The GDP (Gross Domestic Production) which measures the monetary value of goods and services produced in New Mexico, saw only a 1.5% increase during that time. And, wages increased only 1.2%. Increasing wages by government mandate instead of improving the GDP will not help poverty. The state GDP must grow at 4.0% per year to put a dent in poverty rates.
  • Illegal Immigration: The word “illegal” means someone has broken the law. We are a nation of laws, not of man. If we are to continue to be a nation, we must secure our borders, and enforce existing laws. We, as citizens of the United States, are all documented. All foreign nationals should be lawfully and properly documented also. If a state issues a driver’s license to someone not properly documented, that license should be recognizable as one issued only for use within that state alone.
  • Planned Parenthood: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the “unalienable rights” which the Declaration says has been given to all human beings by the Creator, and for which governments are created to protect. Without all three ingredients the phrase comes up short. The law declares a person is dead upon their last heartbeat. A baby’s heart starts to beat five weeks after conception. Shouldn’t the opposite be true?
  • Unemployment: Originally intended to provide a safety net for those temporarily out of work, Unemployment Compensation has been expanded as a government benefit program. The Federal Government has determined how this program will work, but it does not pay for the program. Those in the program are able to receive compensation for as long as two years without accepting work.
  • Healthcare: The first order of business is to scrap Obamacare. We must stop throwing good money after bad programs. Obamacare is already collapsing on it own. We need to allow the states to govern healthcare in the same way as the states govern car insurance. The insurance industry can be regulated, but it should be by the states and not by the overreaching federal government. The federal government should not run our healthcare. If it cannot properly provide healthcare for veterans, why think it can do that for everyone?

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—Michael Romero's campaign website, http://www.michaelromeroforcongress.com/topics.html

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State ,"2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed February 3, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Romero for Congress, "Meet Romero," accessed February 3, 2016
  3. ↑ New Mexico Scretary of State ,"2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed February 3, 2016
  4. ↑ The New York Times "New Mexico Primary Results," June 7, 2016
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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