Donald Valdez

Donald Valdez is a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He represents District 62, which covers portions of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Mineral County, Pueblo County, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties. Valdez took his seat in 2017, succeeding Ed Vigil.

Donald Valdez
Valdez in 2018.
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 62nd district
Assumed office
January 11, 2017
Preceded byEd Vigil
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceLa Jara, Colorado

Valdez has a background in farming and ranching and worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service before taking office. He has also served as Deputy Public Trustee and Deputy Sheriff in Conejos County.[1]

Valdez serves on the House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee and the House Local Government Committee.[2]

Elections
  • Valdez was elected to his seat in 2016, winning with 55.51% of the vote against Republican opponent Robert Mattive.[3]
  • Valdez was briefly a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District seat, having announced his candidacy in July, 2019. He faced at least two challengers for his party's nomination.[4] However, in November 2019 he abandoned his congressional campaign and decided to seek re-election to his seat in the Colorado House of Representatives.[5]

References
  1. "About Donald Valdez". Committee to Elect Donald Valdez. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  2. "Representative Donald Valdez". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  3. "Donald Valdez". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  4. Goodland, Marianne (2019-07-02). "A Colorado lawmaker jumps into the race for Scott Tipton's seat in Congress". Colorado Politics.
  5. Luning, Ernest (2019-11-01). "Valdez ends congressional campaign, switches to bid for re-election to state House". Colorado Politics. Retrieved 2019-11-01.


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