List of Latino Democrats explained

The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Democratic Party, past and present.

A

• 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
• David Alvarez – California state assemblyman
• Toney Anaya – 26th Governor of New Mexico
• Jerry Apodaca – 24th Governor of New Mexico
• Joaquin Arambula – California state assemblyman
• Bob Archuleta – California state senator

B

• 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
• Mia Bonta – California state assemblywoman
• Flavio Bravo – Arizona state senator
• Albert Bustamante – former Congressman from Texas
• Cruz Bustamante – 45th Lieutenant Governor of California

C

• Anna Caballero – California state senator
• Charles Calderon – former Majority Leader of the California State Assembly
• Ian Calderon – former Majority Leader of the California State Assembly
• Lisa Calderon – California state assemblywoman
• Ron Calderon – former California state senator
• Sila María Calderón – Governor of Puerto Rico
• Tom Calderon – former California state assemblyman
• 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
• Richard Carmona – 17th Surgeon General of the United States
• Juan Carrillo – California state assemblyman
• Wendy Carrillo – California state assemblywoman
• 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
• Gil Cedillo – former Los Angeles City Council member
• Sabrina Cervantes – California state assemblywoman
• 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
• Lupe Contreras – Minority Leader of the Arizona House of Representatives
• Patty Contreras – Arizona state representative
• 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

• 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 Council member and former president pro tempore of the California Senate
• Oscar De Los Santos – Arizona state representative
• 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
• Fabian Doñate – Nevada state senator
• Monica Duran – Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives
• María Elena Durazo – California state senator

E

• Jorge Elorza – Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• Veronica Escobar – Congresswoman from Texas
• Pedro Espada Jr. – Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
• Diego Espinoza – former Arizona state representative
• Adriano Espaillat – Congressman from New York
• Albert Estopinal – former Congressman from Louisiana

F

• Hydee Feldstein Soto – Los Angeles City Attorney
• Brian Fernandez – Arizona state senator
• 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
• Edgar Flores – Nevada state senator
• Maxwell Frost – Congressman from Florida
• Jaime Fuster – resident commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

G

• Rosanna Gabaldón – Arizona state senator
• 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
• David Garcia – education researcher
• Eduardo Garcia – California state assemblyman
• Franklin Garcia – shadow congressperson from the District of Columbia
• Joe Garcia – former Congressman from Florida
• Joseph Garcia – 48th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
• Lorena Garcia – Colorado state representative
• 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
• Julie Gonzales – Colorado state senator
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez – Colorado state representative
• Cecelia González – Nevada state assemblywoman
• 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
• Luis V. Gutierrez – Congressman from Illinois
• Isabel Guzman – 27th Administrator of the Small Business Administration

H

• Alma Hernandez – Arizona state representative
• Consuelo Hernandez – Arizona state representative
• Elizabeth Hernandez – chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Illinois
• Eunisses Hernandez – Los Angeles City Council member
• José M. Hernández – NASA astronaut
• Lydia Hernandez – Arizona state representative
• Melody Hernandez – Arizona state representative
• Rafael Hernández Colón – Governor of Puerto Rico
• Tim Hernández – Colorado state representative
• Lina Hidalgo – Harris County Judge
• Ruben Hinojosa – Congressman from Texas
• Dolores Huerta – co-founder of the United Farm Workers
• Melissa Hurtado – California state senator

K

• Ruben Kihuen – former Congressman from Nevada
• John King Jr. – 10th U.S. Secretary of Education

L

• 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
• Sonya Jaquez Lewis – Colorado state senator
• Sam Liccardo – 65th Mayor of San Jose, California
• Monique Limón – California state senator
• Eva Longoria – actress
• 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
• Elda Luna-Nájera – Arizona state representative

M

• Patricia A. Madrid – New Mexico Attorney General
• Louis H. Marrero – Senator from Louisiana
• Javier Martínez – Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives
• Joe L. Martínez – New Mexico Attorney General
• Matthew Martinez – Colorado state representative
• Nury Martinez – former President of the Los Angeles City Council
• Elaine Marzola – Nevada state assemblywoman
• Sabina Matos – 70th Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
• Alejandro Mayorkas – 7th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
• Myrna Melgar – member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
• Juan Mendez – Arizona state senator
• Bob Menendez – Senator from New Jersey
• Rob Menendez – Congressman from New Jersey
• Caroline Menjivar – California state senator
• Catherine Miranda – Arizona state senator
• Roberto Mondragón – 21st Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
• Joseph Montoya – former Senator from New Mexico
• Dan Morales – Texas Attorney General
• 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^[2]

N

• 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

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Congresswoman from New York
• Liz Ortega – California state assemblywoman
• Solomon P. Ortiz – former Congressman from Texas

P

• Blanca Pacheco – California state assemblywoman
• Alex Padilla – Senator from California
• Imelda Padilla – Los Angeles City Council member
• Steve Padilla – California state senator
• 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

• Ceferino Quintana – Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico

R

• Delia Ramirez – Congresswoman from Illinois
• Anthony Rendon – former Speaker of the California State Assembly
• Eloise Reyes – California state assemblywoman
• Silvestre Reyes – former Congressman from Texas
• Antonio Reynoso – Borough President of Brooklyn
• Bill Richardson – former Congressman and the 30th Governor of New Mexico
• Luz Rivas – California state assemblywoman
• Robert A. Rivas – Speaker of the California State Assembly
• Freddie Rodriguez – California state assemblyman
• Monica Rodriguez – Los Angeles City Council member
• Robert Rodriguez – Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate
• Regina Romero – Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
• Carlos Romero Barceló – Governor of Puerto Rico and resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
• Pedro Rosselló – shadow congressperson from Puerto Rico and former Governor of Puerto Rico
• Ricardo Rosselló – shadow congressperson from Puerto Rico and former Governor of Puerto Rico
• Edward R. Roybal – former Congressman from California
• Lucille Roybal-Allard – Congresswoman from California
• Blanca Rubio – California state assemblywoman
• Susan Rubio – California state senator
• Raul Ruiz – Congressman from California

S

• Gregorio Sablan – Delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands
• Rudy Salas – former California state assemblyman
• Ken Salazar – 50th U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former Senator from Colorado
• Andrea Salinas – Congresswoman from Oregon
• Linda Sanchez – Congresswoman from California
• Loretta Sanchez – Congresswoman from California
• Roberto Sánchez Vilella – Governor of Puerto Rico
• Mariana Sandoval – Arizona state representative
• Miguel Santiago – California state assemblyman
• 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
• Esmeralda Soria – California state assemblywoman
• Darren Soto – Congressman from Florida
• Hugo Soto-Martinez – Los Angeles City Council member
• Sonia Sotomayor – Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Ray Suarez – Vice Mayor of Chicago

T

• 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
• Selena Torres – Nevada state assemblywoman
• 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

• Alex Valdez – Colorado state representative
• Donald Valdez – Colorado state representative
• Avelino Valencia – California state assemblyman
• 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
• Carlos Villapudua – California state assemblyman
• Antonio Villaraigosa – 41st Mayor of Los Angeles

Z

• Rick Zbur – California state assemblyman

See also

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• List of Latin Americans
• List of Latino Republicans
• List of Latino Americans in the United States Congress

Notes and References

1. News: Daunt. Tina. Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria Tapped for Key Roles at Democratic National Convention. 21 October 2014.
2. News: Dunham. Richard. 20 Latino Democrats to watch over the next 20 years (with PHOTO GALLERY). 20 October 2014. Houston Chronicle. 3 September 2012.