Jim Casias
Jim Casias was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 35 of the Colorado State Senate.
Campaign themes
2016
Casias' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
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Protecting our freedom isn’t just about our 2nd Amendment rights, which I battled Denver over when I was president of the County Sheriff’s of Colorado. It’s also about our economic freedom and the freedom to succeed. I’ll fight for legislation that gives us freedom from debt, whether it be skyrocketing tuition rates, high interest rates from loan sharks, or poor wages. We need jobs that reward hard work, allow us to save, and provide a secure retirement.
Everyone should have to play by the same rules. Big corporations shouldn’t be rewarded with lower tax rates for sending jobs overseas and very wealthy people shouldn’t paying a lower tax rate then working people. My opponent voted to gut retirement benefits for vote to gut retirement benefits for our corrections officers, teachers, state troopers, and other public employees who work hard in Southern Colorado (SB 15-80) but then voted for pay raises for politicians like himself. That’s not leadership. That’s not fair. And Southern Coloradans deserve better.
There has been a lack of opportunity in Southern Colorado. Water that was once creating agriculture opportunity is now watering lawns and filling swimming pools on the Front Range. Denver special interests have been preventing working families from getting a fair shot at success. I want to restore the fundamental American promise: if you work hard, you get a fair shot at success. A building block for attracting good jobs is a strong education system. We should be spending funds in the classroom and on teachers who help our children succeed, not wasting funds on bureaucracy or tax giveaways to big corporations. While waste is part of the problem in education, too many politicians are protecting tax giveaways to big corporations at the expense of our kids’ education.[2] |
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Elections
2016
- See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Colorado State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 4, 2016.[3]
Incumbent Larry Crowder defeated Jim Casias and William Bartley in the Colorado State Senate District 35 general election.[4][5]
| Colorado State Senate, District 35 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Larry Crowder Incumbent |
59.90% | 38,880 | |
| Democratic | Jim Casias | 35.99% | 23,358 | |
| Libertarian | William Bartley | 4.11% | 2,668 | |
| Total Votes | 64,906 | |||
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
Jim Casias ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 35 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| Colorado State Senate, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Jim Casias (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Larry Crowder ran unopposed in the Colorado State Senate District 35 Republican primary.[6][7]
| Colorado State Senate, District 35 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Larry Crowder Incumbent (unopposed) | |
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See also
- Colorado State Senate
- Colorado State Senate District 35
- Colorado State Senate elections, 2016
- Colorado State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Casias for Southern Colorado, "The issues," accessed September 19, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Elections & Voting," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "General election candidates," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 14, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed May 3, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Colorado Secretary of State, "June 28, 2016 Primary Election," accessed August 22, 2016
