List of Latino Democrats
Appearance
The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Democratic Party, past and present.
A
[edit]- Aníbal Acevedo Vilá – former Governor of Puerto Rico and former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Cristobal Aguilar – Mayor of Los Angeles
- Pete Aguilar – Congressman from California
- Jessica Alba – actress[1]
- Aida Álvarez – 20th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
- Toney Anaya – 26th Governor of New Mexico
- Jerry Apodaca – 24th Governor of New Mexico
B
[edit]- Joe Baca – former Congressman from California
- Joe Baca Jr. – former California state assemblyman
- José A. Baca – Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
- Polly Baca – Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79) and member of the Colorado State Senate and the House and Senate of a state Legislature.
- Herman Badillo – former Congressman from New York
- Hector Balderas – New Mexico Attorney General
- Nanette Barragán – Congresswoman from California
- Xavier Becerra – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services – former California Attorney General, and former Congressman from California
- Jaime Benítez Rexach – former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Albert Bustamante – former Congressman from Texas
- Cruz Bustamante – 45th Lieutenant Governor of California
C
[edit]- Yvanna Cancela – Chief of Staff to Nevada Governor
- Lisa Cano Burkhead – 36th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- Yadira Caraveo – Congresswoman from Colorado
- Miguel Cardona – 12th U.S. Secretary of Education
- Salud Carbajal – Congressman from California
- Tony Cárdenas – Congressman from California
- Adolfo Carrión Jr. – Borough President of The Bronx
- Greg Casar – Congressman from Texas
- Julian Castro – United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Joaquin Castro – Congressman from Texas
- Raúl Héctor Castro – 14th Governor of Arizona
- Lauro Cavazos – former United States Secretary of Education
- Dennis Chávez – former Senator and former Congressman from New Mexico
- Tibo J. Chávez – 15th Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
- Julie Chávez Rodriguez – Senior Advisor to the President
- Gil Cisneros – Under Secretary of Defense and former Congressman from California
- Henry Cisneros – former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Antonio Colorado – former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Maria Contreras-Sweet – Administrator of the Small Business Administration
- Jorge Luis Córdova – former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Baltasar Corrada del Río – former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
- Lou Correa – Congressman from California
- Catherine Cortez Masto – Senator from Nevada
- Jim Costa – Congressman from California
- Henry Cuellar – Congressman from Texas
D
[edit]- Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca – 2nd Governor of New Mexico
- Morris Fidanque de Castro – Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
- Kika de la Garza – former Congressman from Texas
- Pablo de la Guerra – acting Lieutenant Governor of California
- Kevin de León – Los Angeles city councillor and former president pro tempore of the California Senate
- Ron de Lugo – former delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Antonio Delgado – Lieutenant Governor of New York and former Congressman from New York
- Mo Denis – Nevada state senator and former Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate
- Manny Diaz – former Mayor of Miami
- Rubén Díaz Jr. – Borough President of The Bronx
E
[edit]- Jorge Elorza – Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Veronica Escobar – Congresswoman from Texas
- Pedro Espada Jr. – Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
- Adriano Espaillat – Congressman from New York
- Albert Estopinal – former Congressman from Louisiana
F
[edit]- Hydee Feldstein Soto – Los Angeles City Attorney
- Maurice Ferre – former Mayor of Miami
- Fernando Ferrer – Borough President of The Bronx
- Antonio M. Fernández – former Congressman from New Mexico
- Joachim O. Fernández – former Congressman from Louisiana
- Antonio Fernós Isern – former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Maxwell Frost – Congressman from Florida
- Jaime Fuster – resident commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
G
[edit]- Pete Gallego – Congressman from Texas
- Ruben Gallego – Congressman from Arizona
- Jose Manuel Gallegos – Delegate from New Mexico
- Eric Garcetti – 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
- Chuy García – Congressman from Illinois
- Franklin Garcia – shadow congressperson from the District of Columbia
- Joe Garcia – former Congressman from Florida
- Joseph Garcia – 48th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
- Robert Garcia – Congressman from California and former Mayor of Long Beach
- Robert García – Congressman from New York
- Sylvia Garcia – Congresswoman from Texas
- Alejandro García Padilla – Governor of Puerto Rico
- Edward D. Garza – Mayor of San Antonio
- George Gascón – District Attorney of Los Angeles County – former District Attorney of San Francisco
- Thomas Gill – 4th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii and Congressman from Hawaii
- Todd Gloria – Mayor of San Diego
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez – Congresswoman from Washington
- Jimmy Gomez – Congressman from California
- Charlie Gonzalez – former Congressman from Texas
- Henry B. Gonzalez – former Congressman from Texas
- Lena Gonzalez – Majority Leader of the California Senate
- Vicente Gonzalez – Congressman from Texas
- Nellie Gorbea – Rhode Island Secretary of State
- Raúl Grijalva – Congressman from Arizona
- Isabel Guzman – 27th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
H
[edit]- Elizabeth Hernandez – chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Illinois
- Lina Hidalgo – Harris County Judge
- Ruben Hinojosa – Congressman from Texas
- Dolores Huerta – co-founder of the United Farm Workers
I
[edit]- Luis V. Gutierrez – Congressman from Illinois
K
[edit]- Ruben Kihuen – former Congressman from Nevada
- John King Jr. – 10th U.S. Secretary of Education
L
[edit]- Ricardo Lara – California Insurance Commissioner
- Ladislas Lazaro – former Congressman from Louisiana
- Oscar Leeser – Mayor of El Paso
- Teresa Leger Fernandez – Congresswoman from New Mexico
- Mike Levin – Congressman from California
- Eva Longoria – actress[4]
- Ben Ray Luján – Senator and former Congressman from New Mexico
- Michelle Luján Grisham – Governor of New Mexico
- Casey Luna – 26th Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
M
[edit]- Louis H. Marrero – Senator from Louisiana
- Javier Martínez – Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- Sabina Matos – 70th Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
- Alejandro Mayorkas – 7th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
- Bob Menendez – Senator from New Jersey
- Rob Menendez – Congressman from New Jersey
- Roberto Mondragón – 21st Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
- Joseph Montoya – former Senator from New Mexico
- Howie Morales – 30th Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell – former Congresswoman from Florida
- Cecilia Muñoz – director of the White House Domestic Policy Council
- Janet Murguia – President of the National Council of La Raza[4]
N
[edit]- Grace Napolitano – Congresswoman from California
- Gloria Negrete McLeod – former Congresswoman from California
- Fabian Núñez – former Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Samuel B. Nunez Jr. – President of the Louisiana State Senate
O
[edit]- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Congresswoman from New York
- Solomon P. Ortiz – former Congressman from Texas
P
[edit]- Alex Padilla – Senator from California
- Ed Pastor – Congressman from Arizona
- Federico Peña – former United States Secretary of Transportation and former United States Secretary of Energy
- John Pérez – former Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Leander Perez – Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, Louisiana
- Tom Perez – United States Secretary of Labor
- Pedro Pierluisi – Governor of Puerto Rico and former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Jesús T. Piñero – former Governor of Puerto Rico and former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Santiago Polanco-Abreu – former resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
Q
[edit]R
[edit]- Delia Ramirez – Congresswoman from Illinois
- Anthony Rendon – former Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Silvestre Reyes – former Congressman from Texas
- Antonio Reynoso – Borough President of Brooklyn
- Bill Richardson – former Congressman and the 30th Governor of New Mexico
- Robert A. Rivas – Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Regina Romero – Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
- Carlos Romero Barceló – Governor of Puerto Rico and resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
- Edward R. Roybal – former Congressman from California
- Lucille Roybal-Allard – Congresswoman from California
- Raul Ruiz – Congressman from California
S
[edit]- Gregorio Sablan – Delegate from Northern Mariana Islands
- Ken Salazar – former Senator and former United States Secretary of the Interior
- Andrea Salinas – Congresswoman from Oregon
- Linda Sanchez – Congresswoman from California
- Loretta Sanchez – Congresswoman from California
- Pedro Segarra – Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
- José E. Serrano – Congressman from New York
- Albio Sires – Congressman from New Jersey
- Hilda Solis – former Congresswoman from California and the 25th United States Secretary of Labor
- Darren Soto – Congressman from Florida
- Sonia Sotomayor – Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Ray Suarez – Vice Mayor of Chicago
T
[edit]- Angel Taveras – Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Esteban Edward Torres – former Congressman from California
- Norma Torres – Congresswoman from California
- Ritchie Torres – Congressman from New York
- Patricia Torres Ray – first Hispanic woman to serve in the MN Senate as MN Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party SD63
- Xochitl Torres Small – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and former Congresswoman from New Mexico
- Raúl Torrez – New Mexico Attorney General
V
[edit]- Juan Vargas – Congressman from California
- Gabe Vasquez – Congressman from New Mexico
- Filemon Vela Jr. – former Congressman from Texas
- Nydia Velázquez – Congresswoman from New York
- Alex Villanueva – former Los Angeles County Sheriff
- Antonio Villaraigosa – 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
See also
[edit]- Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- List of Latin Americans
- List of Latino Republicans
- List of Latino Americans in the United States Congress
References
[edit]- ^ Daunt, Tina. "Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria Tapped for Key Roles at Democratic National Convention". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Marquand, Robert (21 October 1988). "Wake-up call on US education. New Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos speaks out on issues". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Dennis Chavez: A Featured Biography". US Senate. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ a b Dunham, Richard (3 September 2012). "20 Latino Democrats to watch over the next 20 years (with PHOTO GALLERY)". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 20 October 2014.