Miguel Ortega

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Miguel Ortega

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 1, 2023

Miguel Ortega (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Tucson City Council to represent Ward 1 in Arizona. Ortega lost in the Democratic primary on August 1, 2023.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2023)

General election

General election for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Incumbent Lane Santa Cruz defeated Victoria Lem in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lane Santa Cruz (D)	61.8	58,296
		Victoria Lem (R)	38.0	35,845
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	207

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,348
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Incumbent Lane Santa Cruz defeated Miguel Ortega in the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on August 1, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lane Santa Cruz	62.8	4,789
	Submit photo	Miguel Ortega	36.9	2,812
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	28

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,629
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Victoria Lem advanced from the Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on August 1, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Victoria Lem	98.1	1,254
		Other/Write-in votes	1.9	24

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,278
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Frederick Gomez (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ortega in this election.

2019

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2019)

General election

General election for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Lane Santa Cruz defeated Sam Nagy and Matthew Smith in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lane Santa Cruz (D)	57.8	57,124
	Submit photo	Sam Nagy (R)	37.2	36,836
	Submit photo	Matthew Smith (G)	4.9	4,819
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	127

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,906
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Lane Santa Cruz defeated Rob Elias, Miguel Ortega, and Sami Hamed in the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lane Santa Cruz	43.8	3,745
		Rob Elias	20.6	1,765
	Submit photo	Miguel Ortega	20.4	1,744
		Sami Hamed	15.1	1,292
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	13

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,559
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Sam Nagy advanced from the Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Sam Nagy	46.3	234
		Other/Write-in votes	53.7	271

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 505
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Green primary election

Green primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1

Matthew Smith advanced from the Green primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Matthew Smith	33.3	6
		Other/Write-in votes	66.7	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Miguel Ortega did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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