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 Aida Álvarez – 20th Administrator of the Small Business Administration David Alvarez – California state assemblyman Marianna Anaya – New Mexico state legislator Toney Anaya – 26th Governor of New Mexico Jerry Apodaca – 24th Governor of New Mexico Joaquin Arambula – California state assemblyman Bob Archuleta – California state senator Jesse Arreguín – California state senator Anamarie Avila Farias – California state assemblywoman
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
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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 senator 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 Michelee Crawford – Nevada state representative Catalina Cruz- New York State assemblywoman 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 Sade Elhawary – California state assemblywoman 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
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Rosanna Gabaldón – Arizona state senator Pete Gallego – Congressman from Texas Ruben Gallego – Senator 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 Martha Garcia – New Mexico state legislator Robert Garcia – Congressman from California and former Mayor of Long Beach Robert Garcia – California state assemblyman 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 Kristen Gonzalez- New York state senator Lena Gonzalez – Majority Leader of the California Senate Mark Gonzalez – California state assemblyman Michelle Rodriguez – California state assemblywoman Vicente Gonzalez – Congressman from Texas Nellie Gorbea – Rhode Island Secretary of State Adelita Grijalva – Congresswoman from Arizona 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 Pablo Hernández Rivera – Resident Commissioner 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 – Congressman from California, 65th Mayor of San Jose 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
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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 Monica Martinez- New York state senator 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
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 City Liz Ortega – California state assemblywoman Solomon P. Ortiz – former Congressman from Texas
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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 Sasha Renée Pérez – California state senator 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 Nellie Pou – Congresswoman from New Jersey
Q Ceferino Quintana – Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico Chente Quintanilla – Texas state representative
R Delia Ramirez – Congresswoman from Illinois Jessica Ramos – New York state senator Emily Randall – Congresswoman from Washington Anthony Rendon – former Speaker of the California State Assembly