On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State Senate (CA) - District 26
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, Peoples College of Law, 1985
Graduated, Saint Marys 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, Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Member, Health Committee
Member, Housing Committee
Member, Judiciary Committee
Member, Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee
Chair, Local Government Committee
Member, Select Committee on Hydrogen Energy
Member, Subcommittee 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
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-CIOs 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