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Raymond Pena Jr.

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Raymond Pena Jr.
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 28, 2018

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Coast Guard

Years of service

1974 - 1978

Contact

Personal website

Personal Twitter

Raymond Pena Jr. (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 15th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2018.

Biography

Peña served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1974 to 1978. He then worked as a police officer in Washington D.C. and San Jose, California. He earned an associates degree in public safety and administration of justice and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice management. From 2002 until his retirement in 2007, he worked in the family violence unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He received an FAA Certified Flight Instructor Certificate in 2010 and began Guardian Aviation LLC in Winter Haven, Florida.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Florida's 15th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 15

Ross Spano defeated Kristen Carlson in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 15 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ross Spano
Ross Spano (R)
 
53.0
 
151,380
Image of Kristen Carlson
Kristen Carlson (D)
 
47.0
 
134,132
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
20

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

Total votes: 285,532
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15

Kristen Carlson defeated Andrew Learned and Raymond Pena Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kristen Carlson
Kristen Carlson
 
53.4
 
24,498
Image of Andrew Learned
Andrew Learned Candidate Connection
 
31.6
 
14,509
Image of Raymond Pena Jr.
Raymond Pena Jr.
 
15.1
 
6,912

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

Total votes: 45,919
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15

Ross Spano defeated Neil Combee, Sean Harper, Danny Kushmer, and Ed Shoemaker in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ross Spano
Ross Spano
 
44.1
 
26,904
Image of Neil Combee
Neil Combee
 
33.8
 
20,590
Image of Sean Harper
Sean Harper
 
9.9
 
6,018
Image of Danny Kushmer
Danny Kushmer
 
6.7
 
4,067
Image of Ed Shoemaker
Ed Shoemaker
 
5.5
 
3,379

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

Total votes: 60,958
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Campaign themes

2018

Peña's campaign website stated the following:

“

Healthcare
The Affordable Care Act has allowed thirty million citizens to purchase health care insurance for themselves and their families. Today, almost anyone can purchase health care insurance, but the copayments, deductibles, and out of pocket costs combined, make it extremely difficult for the average citizen to afford a plan. By the time the elections have been decided some sort of new health care legislation will have been passed and put into law. It will be my job to make sure that all citizens have the right to have health care coverage for themselves and their families. When I am elected to Congress I will fight for a universal health care or single payer legislation that will work for all our citizens.

Economy & Jobs
I will propose legislation for federal funding on a mass ​transportation project that would create thousands of jobs for Central Floridians. This proposal would be a light rail vehicle system that would run along the I-4 corridor between the cities of Tampa and Orlando. The first phase of the project will start in Polk County. I will work in cooperation with State legislators to increase the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour and attach it to the Inflation Index so that the minimum wage increases along with inflation.

Criminal Justice Reform
In 2008, several major financial institutions collapsed due to subprime mortgage fraud that contributed to the recession of 2007. There were banks, some were brokerage houses and some were a combination of the two. Certain Wall Street executives and bankers devised and put into place a scheme for pushing substandard mortgages into the market place as legitimate high quality securities. A fraud that triggered a decline in home values, an increase in mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures, and the loss of jobs. Many families were uprooted from their communities. Not one Wall Street executive or banker were ever criminally prosecuted.

I will propose an amendment to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to include Wall Street executives, bankers, and Member of Congress.

Education
I believe that all under graduate studies should be tuition free for all students. Even though legislation in this direction will be difficult to pass by this U.S. Congress, there are things that can be done to lessen the financial burden that most graduating students face today. I will fight for the following:

  • Lower interest rates on Stafford loans.
  • Increase Federal funding for PELL grants.
  • Create more scholarships for under privileged communities.
  • Interest free loans for two years after graduation
  • Student loans would be paid off with four years of honorable military service
  • Nursing student loans would be paid off with five years of medical service to a Native American community.

Environmental Protection
My top priority is to fight for the following:

  • Protection for our natural environment and clean up toxic waste sites.
  • Reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
  • Immediately suspend coal mining operations.
  • Stop all fracking on public lands
  • Opposing the Sierra XL and Dakota Access Pipe Line Projects.
  • Work with State legislators in cleaning up Phosphogypsum stacks.
  • Opposing any defunding of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Equal Rights
As your Congressman I support the following:

  • Equal pay for equal work for women in all industries and institutions.
  • The Planned Parenthood Organization.
  • The Pro-Choice doctrine for women.
  • Equal rights and equal protection for the Native Americans and Tribal Nations.
  • The civil liberties and equal rights for all members of the LGBT community.
  • An equitable and just immigration reform policy for all.

[2]

”
—Ray Peña[3]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ray Peña for Congress, "Meet Ray," accessed April 11, 2018
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Ray Peña for Congress, "Issues," accessed April 11, 2018


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