Ramon Valadez

{{short description|American politician (born 1967)}}

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|name = Ramon Valadez

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|office= Pima County Supervisor

|term_start= September 2003

|term_end= 2020

|preceded= Dan Eckstrom

|succeeded= Matt Heinz

|state_senate1 = Arizona

|district1 = 10th

|term_start1 = January 2001

|term_end1 = January 2003

|predecessor1 = Victor E. Soltero

|successor1 = Victor E. Soltero

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|state_house4= Arizona

|district4 = 10th

|term_start4 = January 1997

|term_end4 = January 2001

|predecessor4= Carmen Cajero
Phillip Hubbard

|successor4 = Linda J. Lopez
Victor Soltero

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|birth_date = November 1967

|birth_place = Tucson, Arizona

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|nationality = American

|party = Democrat

|spouse = Lucia Lagarda

|children = Fernando and Daniel

|residence = Tucson, Arizona

|alma_mater = University of Arizona – College of Engineering and Mines

|profession = Politician

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Ramon Valadez is an American politician who served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 and the Arizona State Senate from 2001 to 2003.{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12285/ramon-valadez#.XMEOWPZFwjY |title=Ramon Valadez's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=April 24, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529093930/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3054/lori-daniels |url-status=live |archivedate=May 29, 2013}} He was first elected to the House in November 1996, representing District 10,{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 | accessdate=December 4, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}} and was re-elected in 1998.{{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}} In 2000, Valadez ran for the State Senate seat in the same district and won.{{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}} He ran for re-election in 2002, in the newly redistricted District 29, and won.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2002|title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2002 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 24, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507043520/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2002 |url-status=live|archivedate=May 7, 2019}} He did not take the oath of office in January 2003, and was replaced by Victor Soltero.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/93/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 | accessdate=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|vii}}