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Maria Durazo's Biography

Office:

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State Senate (CA) - District 26

Contact Information

1021 O Street, Suite 7530
Sacramento, CA 95814-4900

1808 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Full Name:

Maria Elena Durazo

Gender:

Female

Family:

Widowed; 2 Children: Mario, Michael

Birth Date:

03/20/1953

Home City:

Los Angeles, CA

JD, People’s College of Law, 1985

Graduated, Saint Mary’s College at Moraga, 1975

Senator, California State Senate, District 24, 2022-present

Assistant Majority Whip, California State Senate, 2022-present

Senator, California State Senate, District 24, 2018-2022

Candidate, California State Senate, District 24, 2022

Member, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Governance and Finance Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Judiciary Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Legislative Budget Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Member, Rules Committee, California State Senate, 2021-present

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Housing Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on the Growing Impact of Artificial Intelligence in California, California State Senate

Former Member, Student Success Committee, California State Senate

General Vice President for Immigration, Diversity and Civil Rights, UNITE HERE, 2015-present

Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee, 2013-present

Former National Co-Chair, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign

Board Member, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), present

Board Member, Los Angeles Coalition, present

Member, Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board, present

Member, Los Angeles Commission on Airports

Former Chair, National AFL-CIO’s Immigration Committee

Board Member, United Way

International Union Vice President, Civil Rights, Diversity and Immigration with UNITE HERE, 2015

Vice President, National AFL-CIO Executive Council, 2010

Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, 2006

Organizer, President, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Local 11, 1983-1989

Names of Grandchildren:

Seneka, Sydney

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