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Learn about Alex Padilla, the senior U.S. senator from California since 2021, who was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom after Kamala Harris became vice president. Find out his biography, career, achievements, and views on various issues.
Alex Padilla. Democrat-California. B03 Russell Senate Office Building. Washington, DC 20510. Phone: 202-224-3553. About the Senator: Senator Alex Padilla is the proud son of Mexican immigrants, his father a short-order cook and his mother a housekeeper.
He is the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate. Since being sworn in to office, Padilla has established himself as a champion of voting rights, climate action, and ensuring everyone has a fair shot at the American dream.
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Alex Padilla (born March 22, 1973, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is the first Latino to represent California in the United States Senate. He was appointed to the position in 2021 after previously serving as California’s secretary of state (2015–21). Padilla, a Democrat, won a full Senate term in 2022.
Padilla was born in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Santos Padilla, a line cook, and Guadalupe (Lupe) Padilla, a house cleaner, who had emigrated from Mexico. After graduating from high school in 1990, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he earned a bac...
Padilla ran successfully for the Los Angeles City Council in 1999. Two years later he was elected president of the city council, becoming the youngest person ever to hold that post. During the attacks of September 11, 2001, Mayor James Hahn was out of town and Padilla stepped in as acting mayor to ensure the readiness of Los Angeles during the elev...
In 2020 California’s junior U.S. senator, Kamala Harris, became Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate. The Biden-Harris ticket defeated Republican Pres. Donald Trump and Vice Pres. Mike Pence in November. Ahead of her inauguration as vice president, Harris formally resigned her Senate seat on January 18, 2021. That same day California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Padilla to fill the seat for the remaining two years of Harris’s Senate term. Padilla was sworn into office on January 20, 2021.
One week before Padilla entered the Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives had impeached Trump, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, following a speech he gave that encouraged them to march to the Capitol and violently resist the certification of Biden’s victory. The impeachment proceedings moved to the Senate after Trump left office, by which time Padilla had entered the Senate. On February 13, 2021, he voted to convict Trump, calling the case against the former president “abundantly clear” and vowing to work with his Senate colleagues to combat the spread of “dangerous disinformation” regarding U.S. elections. The Senate voted 57–43 to find Trump guilty, but the count was 10 votes short of the two-thirds needed for conviction.
Padilla has been a strong supporter of President Biden’s domestic agenda. He voted in favor of the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan that was the first legislative priority of the Biden administration and a response to an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Padilla also supported the Biden administration’s efforts to rebuild roads, bridges, railways, and other transportation infrastructure across the country. In November 2022 Padilla decisively won an election for a full term in his Senate seat.
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As a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senator Padilla is focused on creating a justice system that works for all Americans. He is dedicated to confirming a diverse federal judiciary, overseeing the work of the Department of Justice, and passing legislation that promotes civil rights and due process of law.
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Dec 23, 2020 · Alex Padilla will be the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate. He will succeed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
