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Nelvin Adriatico
Nelvin Adriatico (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 28. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Marty Rocha in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Gates (R) | 60.6 | 56,890 |
| Marty Rocha (D) | 39.4 | 37,058 | ||
| Total votes: 93,948 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Marty Rocha defeated Nelvin Adriatico in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marty Rocha | 57.0 | 3,548 | |
 | Nelvin Adriatico | 43.0 | 2,677 | |
| Total votes: 6,225 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Dan Mathews in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Gates | 61.1 | 10,612 |
 | Dan Mathews | 38.9 | 6,764 | |
| Total votes: 17,376 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Nelvin Adriatico in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Gates (R) | 61.6 | 40,240 |
| Nelvin Adriatico (D) | 38.4 | 25,124 | |
| Total votes: 65,364 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Nelvin Adriatico advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nelvin Adriatico | 100.0 | 5,683 |
| Total votes: 5,683 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Robert Boettcher in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Gates | 75.2 | 10,655 |
 | Robert Boettcher | 24.8 | 3,508 | |
| Total votes: 14,163 | |||
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Campaign finance
2019
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Houston City Council District J
Edward Pollard defeated Sandra Rodriguez in the general runoff election for Houston City Council District J on December 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Edward Pollard (Nonpartisan) | 58.0 | 3,136 |
 | Sandra Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 42.0 | 2,271 | |
| Total votes: 5,407 | |||
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General election
General election for Houston City Council District J
The following candidates ran in the general election for Houston City Council District J on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edward Pollard (Nonpartisan) | 30.4 | 1,916 |
| ✔ | | Sandra Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 29.6 | 1,864 |
 | Barry Curtis (Nonpartisan) | 17.9 | 1,129 | |
| Andrew Patterson (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 642 | ||
| Nelvin Adriatico (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 338 | |
| Federico Cuellar II (Nonpartisan) | 3.7 | 233 | ||
| Rafael Galvan (Nonpartisan) | 2.9 | 180 | ||
| Total votes: 6,302 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nelvin Adriatico did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Nelvin Adriatico completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Adriatico's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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What I Believe!
Our STRENGTH is still our PEOPLE and the DIVERSITY at our CORE. I truly believe, we are stronger and safer when America brings the world together and leads it with principle and purpose. We should strengthen our alliances and not weaken them through the power of development, transparency, and diplomacy. Our country and economy are stronger when people thrive and when we help one another. I have always advocated for equal opportunity and rights for all and will continue to do so.
This election is beyond the position I am running for. This is all About US coming together unified… ONE Community….ONE Country. Last time I check this is still America and I am an American...An immigrant American and I am proud of it!- The 3 P’s of our Campaign: 1. People: People should come first. We need to stop politicizing, polarizing, and engaging in self-interest agendas and start doing the job as an elected official.
- 2. Policies and Programs: We need to execute policies and programs that empower and strengthen our People, our community and our small businesses through economic opportunities and entrepreneurship utilizing local resources and manpower.
- 3. Principle: We must govern with Decency. Public Office is about serving the People. We, the People, should be picking our leaders to represent us. Not the other way around. We cannot expect equality without equity and surely cannot expect diversity without inclusion.
B: Businesses (Small and Mid-size)
E: Education (Schools and Educators)
S: Safety and Security (All Forms of Life)
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Note: Adriatico submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on September 7, 2022.
2019
Nelvin Adriatico completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Adriatico'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 have been a firm believer in the American Dream. As a husband, father, business owner & a community advocate, I have been blessed by the promise of that Dream and in-turn want to pay forward so I can continue to serve my community in a formal capacity. As an immigrant I know the struggle, the hardships of coming to a country you're not familiar with. I want to serve and empower our community to have a voice, to be better and realized that American Dream is "real" and achievable through work hard and determination. We just need to grasp the opportunity given by being engaged, being involved and learned how to participate in the community because REPRESENTATION matters.
Running for office in this district is too personal for me because the district is represented by almost 80% immigrant and refugees. Since when being an immigrant is bad thing? Since when being a refugee became an enemy and since when being an Asylum seeker became so unwelcome in this country?
What I Believe!
Our STRENGTH is still our PEOPLE and the DIVERSITY at our CORE. I truly believe, we are stronger and safer when America brings the world together and leads it with principle and purpose. We should strengthen our alliances and not weaken them through the power of development, transparency and diplomacy. Our country and economy are stronger when people thrive and when we help one another.
I have always advocated for equal opportunity and rights for all and will continue to do so. This election is beyond the position I am running for. This is all About US coming together unified... ONE Community....ONE Country. Last time I check this is still America and I am an American...An immigrant American and I am proud of it!
My name is Nelvin Joseph Adriatico, humbly asking for your support and vote because I want to represent you and our community as your City Council for District J. So let's "RISE" Together and AIM HIGH!... God bless you all!.
Thank you- Let's put an End to Sex and Human Trafficking at Bissonnet Track
- Let children be Educated! By Teachers that's well compensated! L
- Let's AIM HIGH and say no to CRIME!
2. Better Roads, Better Sewers, Better Reservoirs: Our Infrastructure Plan.
3. Advocating for Green Space and efficient Public Transportation
4. Advocacy for Animal abuse and Animal Welfare and more funding needed to support shelters and organizations advocating the well being of our Pets and Furr Family.
5. Supporting Small Business and Advocating for workers
6. Working with all law enforcement officials and community partners for safety and security of our community.
7. After school programs and collaborative Partnerships with HISD and Alief ISD.
8. Creating an expansive Internship program with City Hall and a Subcommittee of Education made up of parents, teachers, and students in the area.
Fight even if your the last person standing!
Owned it and know that we are not perfect and we make mistakes. Be accountable.
Be Realistic. Do not promised you cannot deliver.
My first job in America is working as a Card Giver in a Senior Citizen Home Health Facility.
1. Know yourself; know thy enemy
2. Timing is essential
3. Pick your battles
4. Create your plan of action
5. Change represents opportunity
This is the day,
When I send all my doubts and demons
On their way!
Every endeavor,
I have made - ever -
Is coming into play,
Is here and now - today!
This is the moment,
This is the time,
When the momentum and the moment
Are in rhyme!
Give me this moment -
This precious chance -
I'll gather up my past
And make some sense at last!
This is the moment,
When all I've done -
All the dreaming,
Scheming and screaming,
Become one!
This is the day -
See it sparkle and shine,
When all I've lived for
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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