Al Santos
Al Santos (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Santos completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Al Santos was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He served in the U.S. Army from 1987 to 2015. He earned a graduate degree from American Military University in 2011 and U.S. Army War College in 2013. His career experience includes working in analytics. Santos has been affiliated with Baptist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 7
Cory Mills defeated Karen Green and Cardon Pompey in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cory Mills (R) | 58.5 | 177,966 | |
| Karen Green (D) | 41.5 | 126,079 | ||
 | Cardon Pompey (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 10 | |
| Total votes: 304,055 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7
Karen Green defeated Al Krulick, Tatiana Fernandez, and Allek Pastrana in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Karen Green | 44.9 | 23,051 | |
| Al Krulick | 21.0 | 10,787 | ||
| Tatiana Fernandez | 20.0 | 10,261 | ||
| Allek Pastrana | 14.2 | 7,289 | ||
| Total votes: 51,388 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephanie Murphy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 7 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cory Mills | 37.9 | 27,757 | |
| Anthony Sabatini | 23.7 | 17,332 | ||
| Brady Duke | 15.3 | 11,221 | ||
| Ted Edwards | 5.8 | 4,259 | ||
| Russell Roberts | 5.5 | 4,031 | ||
| Erika Benfield | 5.4 | 3,964 | ||
| Scott Sturgill | 4.2 | 3,094 | ||
| Al Santos | 2.1 | 1,504 | ||
| Total votes: 73,162 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Liggett (R)
- Joe Cavagna (R)
- Lee Ogilvie (R)
- Kristopher Stark (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Al Santos completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Santos' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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U.S. Army Lt. COLONEL (R) AL Santos served in a wide variety of COMMAND and staff positions throughout his 33-year career. He achieved a commission as an Infantry Second Lieutenant upon graduation from the University of Puerto Rico ROTC.
AL Santos managed the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan (SOJTF-A) Train, Advise and Assist (TAA) Program in support of Afghanistan Special Security Forces Training Program (ASSF-TP) in Afghanistan until the summer of 2021.
AL Santos Commanded the Counter-Drug and Counter Narco-Terrorism Programs in Colombia. Also, Lt. COLONEL Santos was the Commander responsible to establish and manage Operations Enduring Freedom Caribbean & Central America.
He comes from a Family with a deep military tradition. Grandfather served during the First World War. Uncle who served in the Second World War (Purple Heart Recipient). Father and a Borinqueneer uncle and Purple Heart & Congressional Gold Medal Recipient to serve in the Korean War.
Older brother, U.S. Army Range who fought in Iraq and in Afghanistan during multiples deployments. Twin brothers served in the army, one as an Army Ranger with 2nd BN/ 75th Ranger Battalion and as a Combat Engineer Paratrooper.
COLONEL AL Santos lives in Central Florida for 20 years.
- Faith
- Family
- Country
Energy independence will bring lower gas prices and erase inflation.
Create the condition for affordable rent and mortgage opportunities.
Border Security, AL Santos is an expert dealing with and combating criminal and terrorist organization in Central America.
AL Santos will always support parents rights to educate our children.
Election Integrity must be observed in every election event.
Support legal immigrant pathway for citizenship while combat and defeat illegal immigration.
My father, he served in the US Army. His values and disciple influenced and developed my character to who I am.
The Bible.
General George S. Patton Biography.
Enemies within.
Honor, Values, Ethic, Discipline and Respect executed thru Leadership.
Leadership is the most important skill or trait a person may have.
Be accountable at all time.
Restore faith and hope in my people.
I was three-year-old when my mother used to take me to pre-school with her. She was a Kindergarten teacher.
I worked in my father hardware store.
The Bible.
God Bless America.
Congress is the closest power source of the constituents.
The most important trait to be success in any field is leadership. Al Santos is the leader we need in Washington.
The economy and how we as a nation face our adversaries and competitors.
Armed Services, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Natural Resources, Small Business, and Veterans.
To advance the interest of my constituents.
I do support term limits.
New challenges requires new approaches. I do align better with President Ronald Reagan, President Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis.
One more time the Democrat Administration failed to hard working Americans. The working class is struggling every day to put food on the kitchen table. AL Santos will fight for american workers to restore a better way of life.
I don't like to brag about going to expensive and luxury places, however I just came back from a Gas Station.
In order to advance policies, we must be prepared to build alliances and partnerships and honor commitments.
National Security, education, rent and economy.
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Campaign website
Santos' campaign website stated the following:
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STRENGTHENING OUR ECONOMY AND FIGHTING RUNAWAY INFLATION Central Florida families are feeling the pinch to their wallet everywhere: at the gas pump, buying food, housing and rent, etc. President Biden has failed working families as inflation has increased at the highest level in 40 years. Without a change in fiscal policy, our families will be unable to keep up.
Under President Trump, America was energy independent. But now, under the failed leadership of President Joe Biden and Speaker Pelosi, Americans are paying more at the pump than ever before. Biden has proven he is more beholden to liberal ideology than helping everyday Americans simply fill their gas tank, and he would rather import oil from rogue nations rather than unleash America’s energy potential.
America must lead through a position of strength to support democracy and freedom. President Biden’s reckless and clumsy withdrawal in Afghanistan gave the impression of weakness and emboldened our enemies to test our resolve. Al learned firsthand. In 2014, Al was assigned to U.S. Central Command and asked to shut down the most important Air Force base in the region, Manas Air Base. And with Joe Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan, Al knew that he had to step forward one more time in defense of his Country.
We need to teach our children to love America. Al believes we need to fight against the “woke elitists” that are pushing critical race theory on our children. Our schools should focus on promoting the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and our founding fathers.
Election integrity is about protecting voters. It’s not about party line issues or concerns. Al wants to promote dependable and trusted USPS services with our election offices. He will fight for advanced quality assurance and legal compliance programs to maintain reliability. On Day 1 in Congress, Al will introduce legislation to mandate Voter ID at every polling location across America. We must fight the radical left’s attempts to steal elections.[2] |
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| —Al Santos' campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 25, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lt Colonel (R) Al Santos for US Congress, “Issues,” accessed August 16, 2022
