Joaquin Castro, September 16, 1974 (San Antonio, Tex.) -
VP candidate for Independent (2016)
Running mate with nominee: Cynthia Torres Cavazos (b. 1971)
Popular vote: ? (0.00%)
Electoral vote: 0/538
The campaign:
Cynthia T. Cavazos, a San Antonio, Tex. hotel housekeeper and "social services coordinator for A Mission of God's Love," filed with the FEC on Oct. 26, 2015 as an Independent for President. Most of her campaign was conducted on social media, mainly Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.
Cavazos provided a bit of autobiography on a Oct. 4, 2016 Facebook post--
Religious Beliefs: From both parent's being catholic, to my father converting to Jehovah Witness- I was into all that church stuff when I was young. My grandma...well, she was a Catholic and I was able to see all them saints and candles of Jesus, with those palm crosses hung over the door. I grew up with that in my grandma's home.
My dad gave me my first bible- I from that after reading...I began to look inot other religions, I used to love when Mormons would come knocking on my door to speak- I allowed a whole group of kids to learn about John Smith.
I was baptized in The Baptist Church after the baptism in the Catholic Church at the age of 12- My children witnessed the dunking of a pool baptism. I was pregnant and finally after many years, I became confirmed, and, the neat thing...my lifestyle was as the poor in other countries living in a tent. Having to go door step to door step until I came to a church where I stayed in my tent for about two months.- weird Huh? 9:32p.m.
Her stand on the issues came across as slightly cryptic, and the same applied to her philosophy behind the choice of a Vice-President. For reasons never really spelled out, she wanted the names of 13 men as running-mates. Although not officially designated as her VP, I am going to profile the eclectic four names out of the 13 she identified as desirable for her ticket: Newt Gingrich, (probably) Danny Google Aguilar, Rick Perry, and Joaquin Castro.
Tracing Cavazos' Facebook entries regarding the VP saga presents a murky story--
Mar. 31, 2016:
Email your Vice Presidential Resume to: meetcynthia@outlook.com
June 7, 2016:
Still looking for a Vice President. [Accompanied with a short video where Cavazos makes a direct appeal for a VP]
July 14, 2016:
Searching for a Vice President....To make sure y'all understand, If elected, I will choose one for now...and once I have my Vice President running Mate...I will search for six more....this is the first time if I am elected we will have Seven Vice Presidents (all men) if Cynthia T.Cavazos is elected the next President of the U.S.
July 16, 2016:
I have several people in mind to choose from...but, based on what I am looking for, I will choose 13 Vice Presidential Elects ....The Electoral College will choose from the 13 nominated to be the next Vice President.
July 18, 2016:
Having to look for a Vice President with Immigration Standards is not too hard...based on the quality and communication these candidates have, I am thinking about choosing...
(Round 1) Without Immigration as to where they stand.... Newt Gingrich, Aguilar from Nevada, Rick Perry, Joaquin Castro,
California not sure of who and other states I have not searched, but I am keen when it regard Human Resources. "A few I have seen to be an asset".
Understand this, because I have not yet chosen a Vice President...I am not saying the names listed will be my choice....but, they may be the list of 13 *I will submit as my chosen for legislature to choose from..after the people have chosen.
Joaquin Castro in 2016 was a rising star in the Democratic Party, having been elected to Congress in 2013 from the San Antonio region. The identical twin brother of Julian Castro, Joaquin later grew a beard to help the public identify him. He was one of the managers of the second impeachment of Trump. Cavazos expressing a desire for Castro as a running-mate combined with Gingrich and Perry is interesting, to say the least.
In 2016 Castro was unopposed in the Democratic primary for re-election. In the general election he did not have a Republican opponent and easily won with almost 80% of the vote over his Libertarian and Green challengers.
Cavazos was registered as a write-in, with no running-mate, in Washington and West Virginia. If the Cavazos/Castro ticket had emerged the winners on Election Day the fact they were both residents of the same state would have posed a potential problem with the Constitution.
In 2017 Cavazos finished 4th out of 6 candidates for the San Antonio City Council.
Election history:
2003-2013 - Texas House of Representatives (Democratic)
2013- - US House of Representatives (Democratic)
Other occupations: attorney, teacher
Notes:
Super obscuro third party trivia: Castro was named in honor of Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales' poem, "I am Joaquin." Gonzales was the VP in 1968 with Eldridge Cleaver for the Peace and Freedom Party in Iowa and Utah.
