Alex Padilla
U.S. Senate (Full Term) Candidate: Alex Padilla
| Candidate Name | Alex Padilla |
| Political Party | Democratic Party |
| Website / Social Media | alex-padilla.com Facebook: Alex Padilla Instagram: @alexpadilla4ca Twitter: @AlexPadilla4CA Email: alex@alex-padilla.com |
| Candidate Bio | The son of two Mexican immigrants who settled in Pacoima, Padilla graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then made the unlikely jump into politics in his mid-20s. Like many of California’s most powerful Latino politicians today, Padilla says the impetus was Proposition 187, the 1994 California ballot measure that blocked public education and non-essential services to undocumented immigrants. Since then, Padilla has steadily climbed the ranks of California political power: From staffer to Sen. Dianne Feinstein to Los Angeles City Council member to state senator to California’s Secretary of State. It was early during his state Senate career when Padilla made the fateful decision to support then-San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in his 2014 unsuccessful campaign for governor. That cemented a political alliance that made Padilla an obvious choice when Newsom was elected governor four years later and was tasked with filling a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. |
