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Teddy Castro
Teddy Castro (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 29. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020.
Castro completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Castro was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Litchfield Elementary School District school board in Arizona. Castro was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Teddy Castro was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned an undergraduate degree from Phoenix College. His professional experience includes working as a real estate broker. Castro served as president of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals - NAHREP Greater Phoenix in 2019.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)
Incumbent Cesar Chavez and incumbent Richard Andrade defeated Billy Bragg and Helen Fokszanskyj-Conti in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cesar Chavez (D) | 38.0 | 38,818 |
| ✔ |  | Richard Andrade (D) | 31.4 | 32,075 |
| Billy Bragg (R) | 15.5 | 15,811 | ||
| Helen Fokszanskyj-Conti (R) | 15.1 | 15,402 | ||
| Total votes: 102,106 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)
Incumbent Cesar Chavez and incumbent Richard Andrade defeated Teddy Castro in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cesar Chavez | 45.3 | 8,731 |
| ✔ | | Richard Andrade | 30.4 | 5,868 |
 | Teddy Castro | 24.3 | 4,684 | |
| Total votes: 19,283 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)
Billy Bragg and Helen Fokszanskyj-Conti defeated Alysia McMillan in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Billy Bragg | 43.2 | 3,826 | |
| ✔ | Helen Fokszanskyj-Conti | 32.0 | 2,834 | |
 | Alysia McMillan | 24.9 | 2,206 | |
| Total votes: 8,866 | |||
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Campaign finance
2016
Four of the five seats on the Litchfield Elementary School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbents Jean Gray, Danielle Clymer, Sean Husmoe, and Tawnya Pfitzer filed for re-election and were joined on the ballot by two newcomers: Teddy Castro and Kenneth Kelley. Gray, Clymer, and Pfitzer won re-election.[2][3]
One seat on the board was originally scheduled to appear on the ballot for a two-year term, but no candidate filed for it. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors canceled the election for the seat at a meeting on September 21, 2016, and it was declared "vacant." Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools Don Covey had the statutory authority to appoint someone into the vacant two-year term seat. There was no primary.[4]
Results
| Litchfield Elementary School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jean Gray Incumbent |
21.30% | 11,850 |
| Danielle Clymer Incumbent |
19.97% | 11,111 |
| Tawnya Pfitzer Incumbent |
18.34% | 10,205 |
| Teddy Castro | 14.91% | 8,293 |
| Kenneth Kelley | 13.79% | 7,673 |
| Sean Husmoe Incumbent | 11.69% | 6,506 |
| Total Votes (100) | 55,638 | |
| Source: Maricopa County Recorder, "Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
School board candidates in Arizona were not required to file a campaign finance report if they did not raise or spend more than $500. If they planned to stay under this threshold, they were permitted to file an exemption statement. This rendered them exempt from all other campaign finance reporting, provided they did not exceed the $500 threshold. Otherwise, candidates were not required to file any report until they raised or spent more than the threshold limit. At that point, they had to file a Statement of Organization within five business days from when the threshold was reached. The pre-general campaign finance report was due November 4, 2016. All campaign finance filing was handled by the Arizona Secretary of State.[5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Teddy Castro completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Castro's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Previously married for 20 years with three beautiful children, Victoria 23, Jaedyn 16 and Teddy Jr 14. As a single parent, I take pride in the success and drive for my children's future by coaching youth sports and keeping hem involved in extra activities outside of school.
I am a different candidate that has never been in public office before. I did run for Litchfield Elementary School District in which I did not achieve election, I did get the highest votes for a hispanic candidate in the election. I have been an entrepreneur since the age of 13 selling everything door to door, working retail, labor and corporate jobs, different small businesses, to now a small business owner as a real estate broker. I have helped over 1,000 families achieve their dream of home ownership within the last 25 years with most of them in the district. I know how hard it can be to attain homeownership with the struggles our community faces with lower wages, higher rents, and limited to no affordable housing.
I am community strong and will make a difference with your support.- Support additional funding for education, incentivize educators, and increase new trade learning programs.
- Bring new business to the community with higher paying job opportunities.
- Increase Affordable Housing to provide sustainable homeownership.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 27, 2020
- ↑ Maricopa County Education Service Agency, "Current Governing Board Candidates," accessed August 11, 2016
- ↑ Maricopa County Recorder, "General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Elisabeth Moore, "Email conversation with Jose Conchas, Elections Specialist," October 11, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Campaign Finance Guide, "Questions & Answers," accessed October 6, 2016
