# List of Latino Democrats

The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of the United States Democratic Party, past and present.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 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
* 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

## 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 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
* 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

## G

* 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
* 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
* 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

## 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
* 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
* 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
* 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

## 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
* Eloise Reyes – California state senator
* 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 – Congresswoman from California
* Robert A. Rivas – Speaker of the California State Assembly
* Celeste Rodriguez – California state assemblywoman
* 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
* Julia Salazar- New York state senator
* 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
* Jose Solache – California state assemblyman
* 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

* Yudelka Tapia- New York State assemblywoman
* 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