Carlos Avelar

{{short description|American politician}}

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|state_house4= Arizona

|district4 = 23rd

|term_start4 = January 1999

|term_end4 = January 2003

|predecessor4= Linda Aguirre
David Armstead

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Carlos Avelar (born April 2, 1954) is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He served in the House from January 1999 through January 2003, serving district 23.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/102/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|vii}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}} After redistricting in 2002, he ran for re-election, this time in District 16, but lost in the Democratic primary to Leah Landrum Taylor and Ben Miranda.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2002 |title=Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2002 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506151946/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2002 |url-status=live |archivedate=May 6, 2019}} He again ran in 2006 in District, but once more lost in the Democratic primary, this time to Cloves Campbell Jr. and Ben Miranda.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2006 |title=Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2006 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408141224/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2006 |url-status=live |archivedate=April 8, 2019}}