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David Torres (Colorado)
David Torres (Democratic Party) (also known as Santiago) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 5th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Biography
Goenaga-Torres was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1997 to 2004.[1] His career experience includes working in the healthcare administration field.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 5
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jeff Crank (R) | 54.7 | 197,924 |
![]() | River Gassen (D) ![]() | 40.9 | 147,972 | |
![]() | Michael Vance (L) | 1.8 | 6,458 | |
![]() | Joseph O. Gaye (Unaffiliated) ![]() | 1.1 | 4,094 | |
Christopher Mitchell (American Constitution Party) ![]() | 1.1 | 4,006 | ||
![]() | Christopher Sweat (Forward Party) ![]() | 0.4 | 1,627 | |
Marcus Murphy (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 |
Total votes: 362,085 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Calil Yarbrough (No Party Affiliation)
- Katrina Nguyen (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5
River Gassen defeated Joe Reagan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | River Gassen ![]() | 50.6 | 20,802 |
![]() | Joe Reagan ![]() | 49.4 | 20,313 |
Total votes: 41,115 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Edgar (D)
- Orlondo Avion (D)
- David Torres (D)
- Adam Gillard (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5
Jeff Crank defeated Dave Williams in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jeff Crank | 65.2 | 56,585 |
![]() | Dave Williams | 34.8 | 30,257 |
Total votes: 86,842 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rose Pugliese (R)
- Daryl Lopes (R)
- Bob Gardner (R)
- Joshua Griffin (R)
- Doug Lamborn (R)
- Douglas Bruce (R)
- Cory Parella (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Torres in this election.
2022
See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 5
Incumbent Doug Lamborn defeated David Torres, Brian Flanagan, Christopher Mitchell, and Matthew Feigenbaum in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Doug Lamborn (R) | 56.0 | 155,528 |
![]() | David Torres (D) ![]() | 40.3 | 111,978 | |
Brian Flanagan (L) | 2.5 | 7,079 | ||
Christopher Mitchell (American Constitution Party) | 1.2 | 3,370 | ||
Matthew Feigenbaum (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 9 |
Total votes: 277,964 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ryan Thompson (Unaffiliated)
- Alax Jones (Independent)
- Patrick O'Brien Faley (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5
David Torres defeated Michael Colombe in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | David Torres ![]() | 54.7 | 24,413 |
![]() | Michael Colombe ![]() | 45.3 | 20,237 |
Total votes: 44,650 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Dowell (D)
- Orlondo Avion (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5
Incumbent Doug Lamborn defeated Dave Williams, Rebecca Keltie, and Andrew Heaton in the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 5 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Doug Lamborn | 47.3 | 46,178 |
![]() | Dave Williams | 33.5 | 32,669 | |
![]() | Rebecca Keltie ![]() | 12.9 | 12,631 | |
![]() | Andrew Heaton ![]() | 6.3 | 6,121 |
Total votes: 97,599 | ||||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Torres did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
David Torres completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Torres' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- People over Party, no matter what! I will hear the voice of the people to help determine what needs to change.
- Using my platform to elevate organizations that want to improve the lives of others is a must. We can no longer accept underrepresented communities. Everyone deserves a voice.
- Great leadership involves complete transparency and communication to the people. Elected officials serve the community, not the other way around.
Real support and solutions to homelessness are necessary. This is one of the richest countries in the world, we need to provide a comprehensive pathway to help get adults and children off the streets. I will elevate and promote organizations whose mission is to help provide the right tools for this pathway.
Uniting this community that helped raise me will be a priority with me. Racism still exists, divisions in our community continue to rise, and no work to eradicate this is being done. El Paso is a culturally diverse community and when we work together, we ALL will prosper.
Easy and affordable access to education is necessary for the entire community. We need to promote trade schools, low-cost/free community college, and internships in desired careers is essential.
Supporting Climate Change initiatives to ensure we do our part to provide a healthy planet for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. We can do more together.
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Note: Torres submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on February 14, 2022.
Campaign website
Torres' campaign website stated the following:
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Veterans’ Healthcare Benefits The Veterans’ Health Administration received an enormous increase in funding in the 2021 budget, and we now have a chance to vastly improve medical care provided by the VHA. Studies have shown that veterans who get their care at the VA live longer during and after a medical emergency, and at lower cost, than those receiving non-VA care, and this was before the dramatic increase in funding by Congress this year. For this reason, I oppose privatizing VHA care, and I oppose outsourcing VA services to the private sector. This is irresponsible policy and may cost veterans their lives. The healthcare of our veterans is too important to be left to the whims of political infighting or the pursuit of maximum profits. As congressman, I will work tirelessly to ensure new resources are devoted to decreasing wait times, expanding healthcare facilities, and increasing services offered to our veterans.
We believe in an economy that allows for every American, regardless of education, background, race, or ethnicity to be able to share in American prosperity. We need an approach to the economy that encourages growth and innovation while protecting the most vulnerable members of our society. This can be done! We do not have to choose one over the other. As congressman, I will sponsor and support policies that ensure the economy works for everyone.
Healthcare is a fundamental human right. No person or family in the richest country on Earth should have to go without healthcare. Americans routinely avoid healthcare until they are seriously ill and the emergency room is the only option. No one should have to decide between prescription drugs and feeding their family, yet this choice happens every day in the United States. Medicare for All would cost less per individual than private insurance, and the costs of Medicare for All would be covered if billionaires start paying their fair share of taxes. The economy can only benefit from Medicare for All. Two-thirds of all bankruptcies in the United States are caused by medical bills. Imagine what the economy would look like if these bankruptcies were eliminated! As congressman, I look forward to working with people on all sides of the issue to craft a sensible Medicare for All program to provide healthcare to all Americans.
When the right talks about guns, they focus on individual rights, often at the expense of responsibility. When the left talks about guns, they focus on impose bans that are either unenforceable or are superficial “band-aid” approaches. What we all should be talking about are data driven, realistic solutions that will reduce gun violence, including:
Everyone in America deserves to receive a world class education, regardless of where they live. We will meet that requirement by:
Mental healthcare is healthcare, period. Access to mental health care and substance abuse treatment should be available to every American NO MATTER WHAT. I will work to ensure that insurance companies cannot discriminate in the coverage of these real medical conditions. It is equally important to invest in hiring more mental health providers, substance abuse counselors, and peer support counselors. Additionally, the privacy rights of people with mental illness must be safeguarded at all costs. Most importantly, I will fight to eliminate the stigma of mental illness and substance abuse, so that those who need help the most are able to receive it with humanity and dignity.
An almost fifty year campaign to rob Americans of Federally protected bodily autonomy came to an end with the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June. When a minority of America bans abortion access, they condemn the population to forced birth, regardless of the impacts to the health of the parent, which disproportionately affects poor and people of color. This is not over. Our fight does not end here. I pledge to do everything I can to protect access to abortion, birth control, and all healthcare.
Climate change is not coming. It’s here. We are already feeling the effects right here in the front range. When I was growing up in Colorado Springs, the conversation of a climate calamity was not omnipresent. Now the constant threat of wildland fires and alarmingly low level of our reservoirs and waterways are already making a major impact in our community. Climate change is an issue that demands more than just awareness, it demands action. Right now in Colorado, a House Resolution is calling for an economy-wide carbon price to be enacted. We need Congress to do the same on a Federal level. These fees would contribute to the local economy and incentivize businesses to switch to clean renewable energy. This opportunity would not only provide clean energy solutions but also clean energy JOBS. This is a win-win for both our planet and our economy.
Colorado is the gold standard for voter registration, accessibility and election integrity. I am proud of our state and how we conduct free, fair and accessible elections, and I will fight to make this a national norm. I will fight for national voting rights initiatives on the first day I take office and will not stop until I leave. To emphasize the importance of this fight, we look back on January 6, 2021 when a mob of extremists stormed the Capitol in an attempt to subvert our democracy. They refused to acknowledge that President Biden won in a free and fair election, perpetuating the Big Lie. If Republicans take the majority in 2022, it will be another step towards the end of governance by consent, equal justice under law, and majority rule. It will be another step towards authoritarianism. With radical extremists working hard to implement voter suppression and even voter subversion efforts around the country, I want to take the example of how we do things in Colorado nationwide.
America was founded on the ideals of liberty, equality, and justice and has been a beacon to the rest of the world for over 240 years. However, the Founding Fathers did not include women and black people in these noble beginnings and thus America has failed to keep its promises to all of its citizens. Until we reconcile the injustice of our foundation and ways it permeates our society, we cannot truly have individual freedom, self-determination, and equality for all. That is why I will fight for equal rights and opportunities for ALL Americans including but not limited to: women, the LGBTQ+ community, religious minorities, people with disabilities, black and brown people, & Native Americans. I will confront the ignorance and hate I see, both in the halls of Congress and in our own community here in El Paso County.
Immigration is woven deeply into the fabric of not only America’s identity, but also is the bedrock of America’s greatness. For generations, immigrants from other nations have come to this country to build new lives; and in turn have built up our economy, brought critical labor and innovation to our shores, and have even made the ultimate sacrifice wearing our nation’s uniform. Together, we must demand comprehensive immigration reform. America deserves an immigration policy that establishes a path to citizenship for Dreamers, one that provides valuable labor in all skill categories to employers, that treats refugees and asylum seekers with compassion and dignity, and that secures our borders by providing an orderly, transparent and fair process to visit or emigrate to the United States.[3] |
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—David Torres' campaign website (2022)[4] |
Campaign finance summary
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2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2021.
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 14, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ David Torres for Congress, “Issues,” accessed August 30, 2022