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Richard Andrade

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ26703635 ↗
Source-derived summary

Richard C. Andrade is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 29 from 2015 to 2023. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to 1990.

Elections

2014 Andrade and Ceci Velasquez defeated Steve Chapman and Denise Garcia in the Democratic primary. Andrade and Velasquez defeated Republican Borders in the general election.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Richard Andrade” as american politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Richard, Andrade and American.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 2023, 1983, 1990—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Richard, Andrade and American providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Richard Andrade”, the useful work is to connect “american politician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26703635. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2015, 2023, 1983 and 1990.

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This entry incorporates text from “Richard Andrade” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.