List of Latino Democrats
# 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

* Pete Aguilar, Congressman from California
* Jessica Alba, actress
* Aída Álvarez, 20th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
* Toney Anaya, 26th Governor of New Mexico
* Jerry Apodaca, 24th Governor of New Mexico

## B

* 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 State Auditor
* Xavier Becerra, Congressman from California and Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus
* Albert Bustamante, former Congressman from Texas

## C

* Yvanna Cancela, Chief of Staff to Nevada Governor
* Tony Cárdenas, Congressman from California
* 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
* Dennis Chávez, former Senator and former Congressman from New Mexico
* Henry Cisneros, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
* Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
* Baltasar Corrada del Río, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
* Jim Costa, Congressman from California
* Henry Cuellar, Congressman from Texas

## D

* Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca, 2nd Governor of New Mexico
* Kika de la Garza, former Congressman from Texas
* Ron de Lugo, former delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands
* Mo Denis, Nevada state senator and former Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate
* Manny Diaz, former Mayor of Miami

## E

* Albert Estopinal, former Congressman from Louisiana
* Albert Estopinal Jr., former Sheriff of St. Bernard Parish

## F

* Maurice Ferre, former Mayor of Miami
* Antonio M. Fernández, former Congressman from Louisiana
* Joachim O. Fernández, former Congressman from Louisiana
* Jaime Fuster, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

## G

* Pete Gallego, Congressman from Texas
* Ruben Gallego, Congressman from Arizona
* Jose Manuel Gallegos, Delegate from New Mexico
* Joe Garcia, former Congressman from Florida
* Joseph Garcia, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
* Robert García, Congressman from New York
* Alejandro García Padilla, Governor of Puerto Rico
* Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
* Charlie Gonzalez, former Congressman from Texas
* Henry B. Gonzalez, former Congressman from Texas
* Nellie Gorbea, Rhode Island Secretary of State
* Raúl Grijalva, Congressman from Arizona

## H

* Ruben Hinojosa, Congressman from Texas

## I

* Luis V. Gutierrez, Congressman from Illinois

## L

* Ladislas Lazaro, former Congressman from Louisiana
* Eva Longoria, actress
* Ben Ray Luján, Congressman from New Mexico
* Michelle Luján Grisham, Governor of New Mexico

## M

* Louis H. Marrero, governor of Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana (1884–1896), Sheriff (1896), President of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (1884–1916) and United States Senator for Louisiana
* Robert Menendez, Senator from New Jersey
* Joseph Montoya, former Senator from New Mexico
* 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, Congresswoman from California
* Samuel B. Nunez Jr., Louisiana State Senator and President of the Louisiana State Senate

## O

* Solomon P. Ortiz, former Congressman from Texas

## P

* 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
* Thomas Perez, United States Secretary of Labor
* Pedro Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

## R

* Silvestre Reyes, former Congressman from Texas
* Bill Richardson, former Congressman and the 30th Governor of New Mexico
* Edward R. Roybal, former Congressman from California
* Lucille Roybal-Allard, Congresswoman from California
* Raul Ruiz, Congressman from California

## S

* Gregorio Sablan, Delegate from Northern Mariana Islands
* Ken Salazar, former Senator and former United States Secretary of the Interior
* Linda Sanchez, Congresswoman from California
* Loretta Sanchez, Congresswoman from California
* Pedro Segarra, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
* Jose Serrano, Congressman from New York
* Albio Sires, Congressman from New Jersey
* Hilda Solis, former Congresswoman from California and the 25th United States Secretary of Labor
* Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

## T

* Angel Taveras, Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
* Esteban Edward Torres, former Congressman from California
* Norma Torres, Congresswoman from California
* Patricia Torres Ray, first Hispanic woman to serve in the MN Senate as MN Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party SD63

## V

* Juan Vargas, Congressman from California
* Leticia Vasquez, former mayor of Lynwood, California
* Filemon Vela, Jr., Congressman from Texas
* Nydia Velázquez, Congresswoman from New York
* Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
