page_title: List of Dominican Americans
section_title: Politicians
hierarchical_section_title: List of Dominican Americans / List / Politicians
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
context_page_description: This is a list of notable Dominican Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Dominican American or must have references showing they are Dominican American and are notable.
context_section_description: Alex Blanco – politician, mayor of Passaic, New Jersey
  Fernando Cabrera – New York City Council member
  Nelson Castro – politician from the state of New York
  Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez – 65th Secretary of State of New York, serving in the Cabinet of Governor David Paterson
  Marcos Devers – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
  Grace Diaz – politician, Democratic State Representative from Rhode Island representing District 11 in the city of Providence, Rhode Island
  Adriano Espaillat – member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 13th congressional district
  Rafael Espinal – politician who won the open 54th district seat in the New York State Assembly in a special election held on September 13, 2011
  Julissa Ferreras – Democratic member of the New York City Council
  William Lantigua  – politician in Massachusetts, Dominican born and raised
  Guillermo Linares – Dominican Democratic member of the New York State Assembly
  Miguel Martinez – former New York City Council member from Council District 10 in Upper Manhattan in New York City
  Joseline Peña-Melnyk – politician, represents District 21 in the Maryland House of Delegates
  Cesar A. Perales – Secretary of State of New York currently serving in the Cabinet of Governor Andrew Cuomo
  Thomas Perez – Democratic National Committee Chairman, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, US Secretary of Labor-designate; parents are Dominicans
  Ydanis Rodríguez – currently a Democratic New York City Council member from the borough of Manhattan
  Angel Taveras – lawyer and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island; of Dominican descent; first Hispanic mayor of the city
  Juana Matias – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
caption: Thomas Perez
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