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Ricky Hurtado
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 63rd district
Assumed office
January 1, 2021
Preceded byStephen Ross
Personal details
Born
Ricardo Alcides Hurtado

(1988-12-07) December 7, 1988 (age 35)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BBA)
Princeton University (MPA)

Ricky Hurtado (born December 7, 1988)[1] is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 63rd district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021.

Early life and education

Hurtado was born in Los Angeles and raised in North Carolina, the son of immigrants from El Salvador.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University.[3]

Career

From 2010 to 2013, Hurtado worked as a consultant at Frontline Solutions, a business management consultancy service in Durham, North Carolina. He then worked as a public policy intern for the mayor of Philadelphia and for PolicyLink in Oakland, California. As a graduate student, Hurtado was also a teaching assistant at Princeton University. In 2018, Hurtado founded LatinxED. He has also worked as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education and as the executive director of the Scholars' Latino Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill.[4][5] Hurtado was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in November 2020. When he assumed office, he became the first Latino to serve in the House.[6]

Electoral history

North Carolina House of Representatives 63rd district general election, 2020[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ricky Hurtado 20,584 50.59%
Republican Stephen Ross (incumbent) 20,107 49.41%
Total votes 40,691 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ^ Triangle, Leadership (2021-02-15). "Rep. Ricky Hurtado: Connecting the Dots on Educational, Racial & Gender Equity". Medium. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  2. ^ "A divided nation asks: What's holding our country together?". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  3. ^ "Ricky Hurtado". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  4. ^ "Turning Policy Into Promise, Meet Ricky Hurtado". WUNC. 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  5. ^ Hill, The University of North Carolina atChapel Hill School of Education CB 3500 Peabody Hall Chapel; Nc 27599-3500. "Ricky Hurtado". UNC School of Education. Retrieved 2021-04-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "He set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit". AP NEWS. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  7. ^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 63rd district

2021–present
Incumbent