United States SenateCandidate for SenatorShort Term

Senator Alex Padilla is the first Latino to represent California to the U.S. Senate, appointed in January of 2021 in order to complete Vice President Kamala Harris’s term. Alex is the proud son of immigrants from Mexico and a proud MIT graduate. Alex was elected to the City Council of Los Angeles in 1999 and to California’s State Senate in 2006. He then served as California’s Secretary of State, where he oversaw expansions to voting rights in California and historic voter participation in the 2020 election cycle. Now Alex serves as a U.S. Senator on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Citizenship and Border Safety, and is a member of multiple other committees including the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Judiciary committee; and the Rules committee. Alex lives in the San Fernando Valley with his wife, Angela, their three sons, Roman, Alex and Diego and Taco their Chihuahua/Jack Russell Terrier mix.