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Ryan Williams (Colorado)
Ryan Williams (Republican Party) ran for election to the Colorado House of Representatives to represent District 62. He lost in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.
Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ryan Williams was born in La Jara, Colorado. Williams earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Virginia University in 2015. His career experience includes working as a transportation security officer for the Transportation Security Administration.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 62
Matthew Martinez defeated Carol Riggenbach in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 62 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Matthew Martinez (D)  | 55.6 | 17,304 |
 | Carol Riggenbach (R) | 44.4 | 13,812 | |
| Total votes: 31,116 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 62
Matthew Martinez advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 62 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matthew Martinez | 100.0 | 8,216 |
| Total votes: 8,216 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 62
Carol Riggenbach defeated Ryan Williams in the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 62 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carol Riggenbach | 60.7 | 4,853 |
 | Ryan Williams | 39.3 | 3,136 | |
| Total votes: 7,989 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ryan Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Williams' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We are stronger together. Let's build each other up, not tear each other down.
- Common sense answers to our problems are often the best.
- People who want help, should have access to it, but we need to couple compassion, not enablement, with accountability.
I want to help people with a hand up, not a hand out. This means giving people real tools to help lift them out of the situations they may find themselves in, whether that's unemployment, homelessness, mental illness, disability, or drug addiction. We need to cease being enablers and be compassionate enough to help people become better.
I also believe that issues should be dealt with at the smallest level of government necessary, with as little outside influence as possible. Groups of counties should be able to decide if an issue does not involve the whole State.
The Electoral College needs to be adjusted so it is more representative of the will of the people, but must be preserved to give voice to States with smaller populations. The winner-take-all approach is what is broken, not the Electoral College.
Firstly, I look up to my father. He has always worked hard, and loved hard. He taught me how to be a man.
My grandfathers each taught me different things, from love of country, charity, compassion, and hard work.
On a broader scope, I look up to men like Abraham Lincoln, who stood up for what he believed in; George Washington, whose steadfast faith in the hand of Divine Providence allowed him to lead the Revolutionary Army and which ultimately led to his historic presidency; and John Adams, who represented the British Redcoats in the aftermath of the Boston Massacre, not because he would personally benefit from it, but because justice had to be served.
I look up to religious figures, both in my religious beliefs and in the religious beliefs of others, because they hold to something greater than themselves, returning a humble gaze upon themselves.
I would encourage people to read political philosophies they disagree with, because we have to understand why people believe what they believe. I've read the Communist Manifesto, Mein Kampf, and Rulebook for Radicals, and I know I do not support those political ideologies.
Elected officials must hold the Constitution as the law of the land. They must also hold the State Constitution as the law of the State. They should understand the structure and importance of that structure, of government, from the Federal level to the city level.
I have been told I have a way of seeing people for who they are, not just for the things about them. I know very few strangers, and I love those around me.
A bicameral legislature creates a more consistent and constant set of laws, as it tempers the shifting whims of the population of the State.
It's like someone who learns an instrument, a language, or a practice. If someone learns how to do something a wrong or unproductive way, they must unlearn the way they knew how to do it in order to learn a new way. If someone learns a beneficial way, then their experience is greatly beneficial to the system.
If that were not possible, I believe a third-party, independent group that draws the redistricting lines with an eye toward balancing between parties as much as possible is better than redistricting by partisans.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 19, 2022
