title: List of Latino Democrats
text: # 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
  