Alex Valdez

Alex Valdez is an American politician who is the member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 5th district in the City and County of Denver.

Alex Valdez
Valdez in 2020
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 5th district
Assumed office
January 4, 2019
Preceded byCrisanta Duran
Personal details
Born (1981-06-03) June 3, 1981
Political partyDemocratic

Prior to serving in the Colorado Legislature, Valdez founded his own company, EcoMark Solar. Valdez started EcoMark when the 2008 recession hit and through a grassroots campaign out of a co-working space in the River North Art District (RiNo) grew EcoMark into one of Colorado's largest solar companies.

Political career

Valdez was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 79 percent of the vote over 19 percent of Republican candidate Katherine Whitney.[1]

Valdez was the first ever first-year legislator appointed to a leadership in the Colorado House of Representatives and soon after was named the Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee, Chair of the LGBTQ Caucus, and Chair of the Latino Caucus. Valdez also services on the State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee and recently founded the General Aviation Caucus.

He is openly gay.[2]

References
  1. "Colorado Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  2. "Seeking to Serve: The Next Generation of LGBTQ Politicians". Metro Weekly, December 14, 2017.


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