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1 NALEO EDUCATIONAL UND NATIONAL DIRECTORY LATINO ELECTED OICIALS

2 The NALEO Educational und would like to acknowledge THE ORD OUNDATION for its generous support this year in making the Directory possible. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational und is the leading organization that empowers Latinos to participate fully in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. As a national, nonpartisan 0(c)() organization, the NALEO Educational und utilizes its network of more than,000 governmental, political, and business leaders to conduct civic engagement programs, to provide professional development opportunites and technical assistance, and to conduct advocacy and research on Latino political participation and representation. To reach the NALEO Educational und contact: NALEO Educational und National Office W. Washington Blvd., Third loor Los Angeles, CA 00 / 0 NALEO Educational und 00 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Suite 0 Washington, DC 000 0/ NALEO Educational und N. Loop West wy, Suite 00 Houston, TX 00 / 00 NALEO Educational und Broad St., Ste. B New York, NY 000 / 0 NALEO Educational und 0 Lakehurst Dr. Orlando, L / 0 NALEO Educational und Los Angeles, CA All Rights Reserved

3 PREACE The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational und is pleased to publish the 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials, which marks the thirtysecond year that the NALEO Educational und has compiled and disseminated a comprehensive enumeration of Latino elected officials throughout the nation. The Directory includes the following information in Excel database format: The names and the addresses of the nation s Latino elected officials; Their geographic distribution; The levels of government they represent; and Their political affiliation. or each year between and, prior to the publication of the Directory, the NALEO Educational und published its National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials, which provided a listing of Hispanic elected officials, organized by jurisdiction. In, the NALEO Educational und decided to change its methodology for compiling information about Latino elected officials, and initiated its publication of the National Directory of Latino Elected Officials, which contains a listing similar to the one published in the Roster. However, where the Roster for any given year had included elected officials who had served in office at any time during that year, the Directory generally includes only those elected officials who were in office as of January of the year of publication. Because so many significant elections occur in November of each year, this change enables the Directory to reflect the results of the previous year s November elections. or the reasons explained in the ethodology section on page iv, as a result of this change, data on the number of elected officials in the Directory should not be used to make statistical comparisons with the data in previous Rosters. We hope that this Directory provides our readers with a useful resource both to identify Latino representatives and to measure the civic activity of the Latino community. i 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

4 Table of Contents Acknowledgements iii ethodology iv Directory Guide v Latino embers of Congress United States Arizona California Colorado lorida Illinois New Jersey New exico New York Texas ii 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

5 ACKNOWLEDGENTS 0 Edition The NALEO Educational und extends its sincere appreciation to all the individuals who assisted in the compilation of this Directory. Without their assistance it would not be possible to complete this work. While it is impossible to acknowledge all, the NALEO Educational und is particularly indebted to the following persons. We are appreciative of the Latino office holders and their staff who were so responsive to our verification phone calls and who referred the names of other Latino elected officials. any of these individuals generously gave of their time to review sections of the Directory to help ensure its accuracy and completeness. Additionally, we wish to acknowledge the many significant contributions made by the late Dr. Harry Pachon, who laid the foundation for the Rosters that preceded the Directory and guided their development during his tenure as the NALEO Educational und s Executive Director. inally, we are grateful to the members of the NALEO Educational und staff for their efforts on the Directory. irst, we extend a special thanks to artha Recio, who coordinated the entire Directory production process, and personally conducted a significant amount of the elected official verification. We also appreciate the contributions of Jennifer Recio, who assisted with verification, and Rosalind Gold who provided overall guidance for the publication of the Directory. The NALEO Educational und is grateful to all those individuals who helped make the Directory a successful reality. iii 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

6 ETHODOLOGY Since, the NALEO Educational und has conducted an annual verification to ascertain the number of Latino elected officials nationwide. To initiate the enumeration process, the NALEO Educational und turned first to its own constituency, Latino elected officials identified during past verifications. Potential Latino office holders were also identified through state and local government directories and World Wide Web sites on the Internet, major newspapers listings of national and local election results, and membership lists of national, state and local organizations. Because turnover in elected office occurs so frequently, the NALEO Educational und also conducted an extensive phone verification process. The NALEO Educational und staff contacted all Latino elected officials identified by phone or fax, and more than,000 inquiries were completed during the verification period. Typically, questions asked in the verification process included Is the office holder Latino? and Does he or she know of other Latino elected office holders in the jurisdiction? In the overwhelming majority of cases, the individuals contacted were cooperative with the NALEO Educational und staff, generously providing mailing addresses, telephone numbers, addresses, fax numbers, party affiliations, term of office expiration dates, and demographics of Latino office holders. The phone verification process proved invaluable. any individuals having Spanish surnames were in fact, not Latino. Conversely, other individuals with nonspanish surnames were identified as being Latino. As noted in the Preface, in, the NALEO Educational und changed its methodology for the compilation of information about Latino elected officials. The 0 Directory generally includes only those elected officials who were in office as of January 0. Thus, although the Directory contains some basic data on Latino elected officials for the nation as a whole and each state, the data in the Directory should not be used to make statistical comparisons with the data in the National Rosters of Hispanic Elected Officials published by the NALEO Educational und between and. Additionally, past Rosters and Directories included a listing of Latino Chicago Local School Councilmembers (LSC s) in the Illinois section. However, the NALEO Educational und found that the number of Latino LSC s fluctuates widely from year to year, and their inclusion in the statistics presented in the Directory created questions about using Directory data to make comparisons between different states and different time periods. To enhance the comparability of Directory data, the NALEO Educational und has decided to discontinue the inclusion of statistics about LSC s and their listing in its Directory. Although the NALEO Educational und employed an extensive variety of methods to identify Latino office holders, and we are highly confident of the names included, as a result of the frequent turnover in elected offices, the Directory may contain some errors or omissions. It is our hope that in future editions of the Directory, these errors will be corrected. All readers of the Directory are urged to contact artha Recio of the NALEO Educational und by phone at () 0, ext., or by at mrecio@naleo.org, to provide information on Latino elected officials not currently included. iv 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

7 DIRECTORY GUIDE The Directory s Excel database uses a letter code to indicate elected officials level of office, and abbreviations to indicate their party affiliation. The following is a guide to this coding: Level of Office A U.S. Senator a U.S. Representative b Governor c State Executive d State Senator e State Representative or Assemblymember f County Official g unicipal Official h Judicial/Law Enforcement Official i Education/School Board Official x Special District Official Party Affiliation DE Democrat GOP Republican IND Independent NP Nonpartisan * No party affiliation indicated In the statistical tables for each state, HEOs refers to Hispanic Elected Officials. v 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

8 Latino embers of Congress

9 U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (RTX) United States Senate 0 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) District Office: 00 E. th, Ste. Austin, TX 0 Robert enendez (DNJ) United States Senate Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) One Gateway Center, Ste. 00 Newark, NJ (fax) arco Rubio (RL) United States Senate Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) NW th St., Ste. 0 iami, L 0 00 (fax) Latino embers of Congress U.S. Representatives Pete Aguilar (DCA) st District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) E. Carnegie Dr., Ste. 00 San Bernardino, CA (fax) Xavier Becerra (DCA) th District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 S. Bixel St., Ste. 0 Los Angeles, CA 00 (fax) Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (DP) Congressman Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC (fax) P.O. Box 0 Saipan, P (fax) Tony Cárdenas (DCA) th District 0 Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Van Nuys Blvd., Ste. 0 Panorama City, CA 0 0 (fax) Joaquin Castro (DTX) 0th District Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) E. Cesar E.Chavez Blvd., Ste. B San Antonio, TX (fax) Henry Cuellar (DTX) th District Washington Office 0 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) E. Houston St., Ste. San Antonio, TX (fax) 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

10 Latino embers of Congress, con t. Carlos Curbelo (RL) th District Washington Office: Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC SW nd St., Ste. iami, L 000 0(fax) ario DiazBalart (RL) th District Washington Office: 0 Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) NW th St., Ste. 00 Doral, L (fax) Grace. Napolitano (DCA) nd District 0 Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 Santa Anita Ave., Ste. 0 El onte, CA (fax) Ruben Gallego (DAZ) th District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC N. Central Ave., Ste. 0 Phoenix, AZ (fax) Luis V. Gutierrez (DIL) th District 0 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 W. ullerton Ave. Chicago, Il (fax) Jaime HerreraBeutler (RWA) rd District 0 Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 Anderson St., Ste. B Vancouver, WA 0 0 (fax) Bill lores (RTX) th District 00 Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 00 Austin Ave., Ste. 0 Waco, TX 0 0 (fax) Raúl. Grijalva (DAZ) rd District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) N. th Ave., Ste. 0 Tucson, AZ (fax) Rubén Hinojosa (DTX) th District Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) W. Trenton Rd. Edinburg, TX 0 (fax) 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

11 Latino embers of Congress, con t. Raúl R. Labrador (RID) st District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) E. Broadway Ave., Ste. eridian, ID 0 00 (fax) Alex X. ooney (RWV) nd District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 Capitol St., Ste. Charleston, WV 0 0 Lucille RoybalAllard (DCA) 0th District 0 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 00 Citadel Dr., Ste. 0 Commerce, CA (fax) Ben Ray Luján (DN) rd District Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Calle Lorca, Ste. A Santa e, N (fax) ichelle Lujan Grisham (DN) st District Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 00 Gold Ave. SW, Ste. 0 Albuquerque, N (fax) Pedro R. Pierluisi (DPR) Resident Commissioner 0 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Ave. de la Constitución Ant. Edif. edicina Tropical San Juan, PR 000 (fax) Ileana RosLehtinen (RL) th District 0 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 SW Ave., Ste. 0 iami, L 0 00 (fax) Raul Ruiz (DCA) th District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Washington St., Ste. Palm Desert, CA 0 0 (fax) Linda Sánchez (DCA) th District Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 0 E. Imperial Hwy., Ste. 0 Norwalk, CA (fax) 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

12 Latino embers of Congress, con t. Loretta Sanchez (DCA) th District Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Lewis St., Ste. 0 Garden Grove, CA (fax) José E. Serrano (DNY) th District Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Lafayette Ave., th l. Bronx, NY (fax) Norma Torres (DCA) th District Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 00 Inland Empire Blvd., Ste. 00B Ontario, CA 0 0 (fax) Juan Vargas (DCA) st District 0 Longworth House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) St., Ste. A Chula Vista, CA 0 0 (fax) Nydia. Velázquez (DNY) th District 0 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Broadway, Ste. 0 Brooklyn, NY (fax) Albio Sires (DNJ) th District Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) Newark Ave., Ste. 00 Jersey City, NJ (fax) ilemon Vela (DTX) th District Cannon House Office Bldg. Washington, DC (fax) 00 E. ain Alice, TX 0 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

13 United States Total HEOs:, a Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Senators U.S. Representatives 0 State Officials b 0 State Senators 0 0 State Representatives County Officials 0 unicipal Officials,, Judicial/Law Enforcement Education/School Board a,00, 0,0 0 Special District Officials b 0 SubTotals,,0, 0,, 0 TOTALS,,, DE: Democratic office : ale : emale GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials a Does not include Chicago Local School Councilmembers (LSC s). The number of Latino LSC s fluctuates widely from year to year, and their inclusion in the statistics presented in the Directory has created questions about using Directory data to make comparisons between different states and different time periods. To enhance the comparability of Directory data, the NALEO Educational und has decided to discontinue the inclusion of statistics about LSC s in its Directory. Additionally, in 00, New York City replaced its community school boards with community education councils, each governing a community school district. embers of the public elected representatives to the community school boards, and past Directories included those representatives as elected officials. However, for the reasons set forth in the note on page, we do not classify the members of the new community education councils as elected officials. This change should be taken into account when making comparisons between data in this Directory and those of previous years. b In Directories published before 00, Latino elected officials who were elected statewide or who served on certain state governing boards were classified as State Executives. Starting with the 00 Directory, State Officials replaced the category of State Executives, and includes only those state officials who are elected statewide. As a result, the Public Regulation Commissioners of New exico who were formerly included in the category of State Executives in earlier Directories have now been included in the category of Special District Officials, and this reclassification should be taken into account when making comparisons between data in this Directory and those of previous years. Additionally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of September 0 (for state officials and state legislators) or as of January 0 (for all other elected officials). As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

14 Arizona Total HEOs: Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials unicipal Officials 0 0 Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board 0 0 Special District Officials SubTotals TOTALS DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of January 0. As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

15 California Total HEOs:, Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Representatives 0 State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials unicipal Officials 0 0 Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board 0 0 Special District Officials 0 0 SubTotals, 0 TOTALS, DE: Democratic office : ale : emale GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of September 0 (for state legislators) and as of January 0 (for all other elected officials). As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

16 Colorado Total HEOs: Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials unicipal Officials 0 0 Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board 0 0 Special District Officials SubTotals TOTALS 0 DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of September 0 (for state officials) and as of January 0 (for all other elected officials). As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

17 lorida Total HEOs: Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Senators U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials unicipal Officials 0 Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board Special District Officials SubTotals 0 0 TOTALS 0 DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of January 0. As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

18 Illinois Total HEOs: a Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials 0 unicipal Officials Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board a Special District Officials SubTotals 0 TOTALS DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of September 0 (for state legislators) and as of January 0 (for all other elected officials). As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. a Does not include Chicago Local School Councilmembers (LSC s). The number of Latino LSC s fluctuates widely from year to year, and their inclusion in the statistics presented in the Directory has created questions about using Directory data to make comparisions between different states and different time periods. To enhance the comparability of Directory data, the NALEO Educational und has decided to discontinue the inclusion of statistics about LSC s in its Directory. 0 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

19 New Jersey Total HEOs: Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Senators U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials unicipal Officials Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board 0 Special District Officials SubTotals 0 TOTALS 0 DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of January 0. As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

20 New exico Total HEOs: Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives 0 County Officials 0 unicipal Officials 0 Judicial/Law Enforcem. 0 Education/School Board 0 Special District Officials 0 SubTotals 0 0 TOTALS DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials In Directories published before 00, Latino elected officials who were elected statewide or who served on certain state governing boards were classified as State Executives. Starting with the 00 Directory, State Officials replaced the category of State Executives, and includes only those state officials who are elected statewide. As a result, the Public Regulation Commissioners of New exico who were formerly included in the category of State Executives in earlier Directories have now been included in the category of Special District Officials, and this reclassification should be taken into account when making comparisions between data in this Directory and those of previous years. Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of September 0 (for state legislators) and as of January 0 (for all other elected officials). As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

21 New York Total HEOs: 0 a Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials unicipal Officials Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board a 0 Special District Officials SubTotals TOTALS 0 DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of January 0. As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. a In 00, New York City replaced its community school boards with community education councils, each governing a community school district. embers of the public elected representatives to the community school boards, and past Directories included those representatives as elected officials. embers of the new community education councils are selected by either officers of the community school district s parent and parentteacher associations; the borough president; or the community superintendent. Thus, we do not classify community education councilmembers as elected officials. The 00 Directory included Latino New York City community school board members. As a result of the replacement of the school boards with educational councils, the 0 Directory does not include any Latinos serving in comparable elected office. This change should be taken into account when making comparisons between data in this Directory and those of previous years. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

22 Texas Total HEOs:, Total HEOs at ederal and State Level: Level of Office ale em. TOTAL DE GOP * IND N/P U.S. Senators U.S. Representatives State Officials State Senators State Representatives County Officials 0 unicipal Officials Judicial/Law Enforcem. Education/School Board 0,00 0 Special District Officials SubTotals,0,, TOTALS,, DE: Democratic office GOP: Republican office * : No party stated IND: Independent office N/P: Nonpartisan office : ale : emale Source: NALEO Educational und, 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials Generally, the foregoing data pertain to the Latino elected officials who held office as of September 0 (for state legislators) and as of January 0 (for all other elected officials). As noted in the ethodology section on page iv of this Directory, these data should not be used to make statistical comparisons with data contained in previous editions of the NALEO Educational und s National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials. 0 National Directory of Latino Elected Officials

ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES: 55

CALIFORNIA E L E C T I O N D A Y : T U E S D A Y, J U N E 7, 2 1 6 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES: 55 TOTAL POPULATION (214): 38,82,5 LATINO POPULATION (214): 14,988,77 Since 1992, California has been a Democratic