Ricky Hurtado Explained

Ricky Hurtado
Birth Name:Ricardo Alcides Hurtado
Birth Date: December 7, 1988
Education:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BBA)
Princeton University (MPA)
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Party:Democratic
State House:North Carolina
State:North Carolina
District:63rd
Term Start:January 1, 2021
Term End:January 1, 2023
Predecessor:Stephen Ross
Successor:Stephen Ross

Ricky Hurtado (born December 7, 1988)[1] is an American politician and educator who previously served 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 raised in Sanford, 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 where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar.[3] He also received a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University.[4]

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.[5] [6] Hurtado was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in November 2020. When he assumed office, he became the first Latino Democrat to serve in the General Assembly.[7]

He was defeated in the 2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election in a rematch with Stephen Ross.[8]

Electoral history

2020

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Triangle. Leadership. 2021-02-15. Rep. Ricky Hurtado: Connecting the Dots on Educational, Racial & Gender Equity. 2021-04-30. Medium. en.
  2. Web site: A divided nation asks: What's holding our country together?. 2021-04-30. AP NEWS.
  3. Web site: 2020-11-04 . Ricky Hurtado '11 elected to NC House of Representatives as only Latino to serve in state legislature Morehead-Cain . 2022-05-20 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Ricky Hurtado. 2021-04-30. Ballotpedia. en.
  5. Web site: 2016-01-11. Turning Policy Into Promise, Meet Ricky Hurtado. 2021-04-30. WUNC. en.
  6. Web site: Hill. The University of North Carolina atChapel Hill School of Education CB 3500 Peabody Hall Chapel. Nc 27599-3500. Ricky Hurtado. 2021-04-30. UNC School of Education. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2020-08-12. He set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit.. 2021-04-30. AP NEWS.
  8. Web site: OFFICIAL LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE. 2022-12-01. North Carolina State Board of Elections.