Ruben Vargas
Ruben D. Vargas (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 13th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
New York's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 13
Incumbent Adriano Espaillat defeated Ruben D. Vargas in the general election for U.S. House New York District 13 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adriano Espaillat (D) | 83.0 | 181,800 |
 | Ruben D. Vargas (R / Conservative Party) | 16.4 | 35,822 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,351 | ||
| Total votes: 218,973 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Adriano Espaillat advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 13.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lindsey Williams (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ruben D. Vargas advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 13.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Ruben D. Vargas advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 13.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vargas in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 31
Incumbent Robert Jackson defeated Donald Skinner in the general election for New York State Senate District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Jackson (D / Working Families Party) | 85.1 | 42,110 |
| Donald Skinner (R) | 14.7 | 7,277 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 84 | ||
| Total votes: 49,471 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 31
Incumbent Robert Jackson defeated Angel Vasquez, Francesca Castellanos, and Ruben D. Vargas in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 31 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Jackson | 58.0 | 10,478 |
 | Angel Vasquez | 32.7 | 5,900 | |
 | Francesca Castellanos | 5.0 | 896 | |
| Ruben D. Vargas | 4.1 | 733 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 18,070 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Donald Skinner advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 31.
Conservative Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donald Skinner (Conservative Party)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Robert Jackson advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 31.
2018
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 69
Incumbent Daniel O'Donnell defeated Corina Cotenescu in the general election for New York State Assembly District 69 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel O'Donnell (D) | 92.9 | 44,788 |
| Corina Cotenescu (R) | 7.0 | 3,379 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 65 | ||
| Total votes: 48,232 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 69
Incumbent Daniel O'Donnell defeated Ruben D. Vargas in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 69 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel O'Donnell | 64.9 | 15,484 |
| Ruben D. Vargas | 35.1 | 8,392 | |
| Total votes: 23,876 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 69
Corina Cotenescu advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 69 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Corina Cotenescu | |
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2017
A special election for the position of New York State Senate District 30 was held on May 23, 2017. The last day for candidates to accept or decline nomination was March 20, 2017.[1]
The seat was vacant following Bill Perkins's (D) election to the New York City Council.
Brian Benjamin (D) defeated Dawn Simmons (R) and Ruben D. Vargas (Reform) in the special election.[2] According to a breakdown of presidential election results by state legislative districts, Hillary Clinton (D) won this seat in 2016 by 90 points.[3][4]
| New York State Senate, District 30, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Brian Benjamin |
90.7% | 8,106 | |
| Republican | Dawn Simmons | 3.2% | 287 | |
| Reform | Ruben D. Vargas | 2.1% | 190 | |
| Blank | Blank | 0.5% | 46 | |
| Void | Void | 0% | 0 | |
| Scattering | Scattering | 3.5% | 309 | |
| Total Votes | 8,938 | |||
| Source: NYC Board of Elections | ||||
2014
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Bill Perkins was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Jon Girodes was unopposed in the Republican primary. Ruben D. Vargas was removed from the ballot before the Democratic primary. Perkins also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Perkins defeated Girodes in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Perkins Incumbent |
87.1% | 44,971 | |
| None | Blank | 8.1% | 4,188 | |
| Republican | Jon Girodes | 4.6% | 2,388 | |
| None | Scattering | 0.1% | 60 | |
| Total Votes | 51,607 | |||
2012
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012
Vargas ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 72. He lost against Melanie Hidalgo, Gabriela Rosa and Mayra S. Linares in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Gabriela Rosa |
43.4% | 3,049 |
| Mayra Linares | 34.5% | 2,425 |
| Melanie Hidalgo | 15.3% | 1,077 |
| Ruben Vargas | 6.7% | 470 |
| Total Votes | 7,021 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ruben D. Vargas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ruben D. Vargas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Gov. Cuomo to call for Senate, Assembly special elections in May," February 28, 2017
- ↑ Board of Elections in the City of New York, "Special Election 30 State Senate - 05/23/2017," accessed April 17, 2017
- ↑ NY Board of Elections, "May 23rd, 2017, Special Election Results," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Senate Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
