Delia Garcia | |
Office: | Kansas Secretary of Labor |
Governor: | Laura Kelly |
Term Start: | January 14, 2019 |
Term End: | June 22, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Lana Gordon |
Successor: | Ryan Wright (acting) |
State House1: | Kansas |
District1: | 103rd |
Term Start1: | January 10, 2005 |
Term End1: | January 10, 2011 |
Predecessor1: | Thomas Klein |
Successor1: | Ponka-We Victors |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1977 |
Birth Place: | Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
Education: | Wichita State University (BA) St. Mary's University (MA) |
Delia Garcia (born May 13, 1977) is an American official who formerly served as the Kansas Secretary of Labor. Garcia previously served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 103rd district.[1] She served from 2005 to 2011, and was a member of the Kansas Democratic Hispanic Caucus.
Garcia, who has a Bachelor's degree from Wichita State University and a Master's in political science from St. Mary's University, Texas, worked as a professor at Butler Community College, as well as an assistant manager at Connie's Mexico Cafe.[2]
In 2010, rather than run for re-election herself, she helped longtime ally Ponka-We Victors file as the sole candidate in the Democratic primary election. (No Republican had bothered to run in the 103rd district since 1998.)[3] Victors has held the seat ever since.
The top 5 donors to Garcia's 2008 campaign:[4]