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Ricky Hurtado (Democratic Party) was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 63. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. He left office on January 1, 2023.

Hurtado (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 63. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Ricky Hurtado was born in Los Angeles, California. Hurtado's career experience includes working as an educator and nonprofit director. He has served on the board of directors of the Alamance Partnership for Children, the board of directors of the United Way of North Carolina, and on the steering committee for Alamance Achieves.[1]

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Hurtado was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63

Stephen M. Ross defeated incumbent Ricky Hurtado in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross (R)
 
51.1
 
13,955
Image of Ricky Hurtado
Ricky Hurtado (D)
 
48.9
 
13,367

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,322
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ricky Hurtado advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63

Stephen M. Ross defeated Ed Priola and Peter Boykin in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross
 
49.8
 
2,182
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Ed Priola
 
46.3
 
2,027
Image of Peter Boykin
Peter Boykin
 
3.9
 
170

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,379
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63

Ricky Hurtado defeated incumbent Stephen M. Ross in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ricky Hurtado
Ricky Hurtado (D) Candidate Connection
 
50.6
 
20,584
Image of Stephen M. Ross
Stephen M. Ross (R)
 
49.4
 
20,107

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 40,691
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ricky Hurtado advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Stephen M. Ross advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 63.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

To view Hurtado's endorsements in the 2020 election, please [1].

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Candidate Connection

Ricky Hurtado completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hurtado's responses.

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Ricky is the son of working-class immigrants, grew up in rural North Carolina and is a product of North Carolina's public schools. As a first-generation college student, Ricky attended UNC-Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar and Princeton University. During his educational journey, Ricky found his passion for public service and focused on creating effective public policy to fight poverty and inequality and build strong, vibrant communities.

Currently, Ricky teaches at UNC Chapel Hill and is the Co-Executive Director of an education initiative supporting first-generation college students to break down barriers to educational opportunity. He also holds a number of community leadership positions. He serves on the steering committee for Alamance Achieves, an innovative education initiative in Alamance County; is the former Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors for NC Child, a statewide child advocacy organization; is a Commissioner for MyFutureNC, a commission to advance college attainment and workforce development across North Carolina; and is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of North Carolina. Ultimately, Ricky is ready to lead North Carolinians towards a more just and equitable future.

For more information, visit www.rickyhurtadofornc.com.
  • It's time we build an inclusive economy that works for everyone, including working families across North Carolina.
  • All North Carolinians deserve access to quality care they can afford, especially those with mental illness and substance use disorders.
  • We must end gerrymandering and voter suppression in North Carolina. We must be committed to making it easier, not harder, for people to exercise their right to vote.
1) Improve family health and wellness by expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare.

2) Fight for public education by investing in our teachers and students, from cradle to career.
3) Invest in our future workforce by lowering the cost of college,
4) Protect our environment by protecting our clean air and water for the health and safety of North Carolinians.

5) Protect our democracy by ending gerrymandering through independent redistricting.
Trevor Noah. Many may not reference a comedian as someone to look up to, but I have been inspired by his courage to speak truth to power as well as his life story of overcoming so many obstacles in apartheid South Africa to become as successful as he is today. His generosity through his philanthropy is also something to be moved by.
I believe legislators need to have the ability and willingness to the team that surrounds them and the community that is directly being impacted by their decisions. I also believe legislators need to be willing to learn and base their decisions on evidence-based policies and practices. Lastly, I believe legislators should lead. Legislators should be willing and able to make difficult decisions and stand by them both in the General Assembly and in their community. My hope is that these decisions also spur constructive dialogue on tough issues.

My lived experiences as a son of working-class parents and a first-generation college student are reflective of the challenges many people in Alamance County and allow me to empathize and connect with my constituents in ways our current legislators cannot.
Center the community's needs in your policy-making process and base your decisions on facts and evidence-based solutions to move us forward.
To advance equity and justice and reverse the trend on income and social inequality in North Carolina.
I was born in Los Angeles and lived there for the first 7 years of my life. My first memory in LA is a big earthquake (Northridge earthquake) that hit while were asleep. I was about 5 years ago at the time.
I worked at a waste transfer station with Waste Management while I was in high school. I weighed commercial and garbage trucks as they delivered trash to the dump. I worked there for about 3 years.
Obama's Audacity of Hope. It has helped center my own political philosophy and recognize the complexity of politics and life.
Matt Murdock (Daredevil)--attorney by day and superhero by night!
Drake's Toosie Slide
Currently, both chambers are Republican controlled, so their policy agenda more often than not mirror each other. However, in the last few months navigating COVID-19, we have seen some contrast between the House and Senate's approach of their legislative duties, as the House has conducted their business in much more transparent ways while the Senate continues its dealing behind closed doors.
I believe it may be beneficial, but never a requirement to serve in public office. I believe what is most beneficial is to recognize that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution and that state legislators need to listen to the people they are serving in order to create community-centered solutions. That experience may come from serving in government or in another capacity where you find yourself serving the public good.
Restoring our democracy and restoring the trust of voters. We can do this by enacting fair elections with fair maps created through independent redistricting.

Besides restoring our democracy, we must reinvest and champion public education as a state. According to the Leandro Report, we have not been meeting our constitutional duty of providing a sound, basic education for every child. We must right this wrong and make sure we are not playing politics with the education of future generations.
A Governor and state legislature should identify its common ground in order to provide real solutions for the people of our state. Playing politics with our budget, as we have seen in the NCGA, only hurts working families across our state. Our elected officials from different branches of government should be able to come to the table to come up with a bipartisan solutions that benefit our state.
Always. We have to remember why we are in office and advance the interests of the people of North Carolina. That means working across the aisle and within your party to come up with compromise solutions that improve the life outcomes for everyone living in our state.
I will serve where I am needed!
I would be honored to serve in any capacity to advance the interests of the Democratic Party and the people of North Carolina.
I believe you are the expert of your own experience and you are the author of your own story. While we've had great Representatives in the past and present, I am not looking to model myself after anyone in particular. The diversity of this state is what makes North Carolina great.
I am interested in working on policy issues to move Alamance County and North Carolina forward. I will let life unfold as it needs to on how I do that--whether in elected office, in government, or in another community role.
I have been moved to work even harder for this district after hearing stories of so many mothers, usually women of color, who are working jobs that don't pay a living wage but are determined to make whatever sacrifices necessary to get their future first-generation college students through their education and into a good job, in hopes that they can achieve some version of their American Dream and achieve social mobility in this country. I've heard some variation of this story of a mother working paycheck to paycheck while serving as the foundation of their family over and over across Mebane, Burlington, and Graham.

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2022

In 2022, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from May 18 to July 1.

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    Stephen M. Ross (R)     		North Carolina House of Representatives District 63
    2021-2023    		 Succeeded by
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