Hector De La Torre is an American politician from Los Angeles County, California who served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010. A Democrat, he represented the largely Latino 50th Assembly district. De La Torre grew up in South Gate and taught at Edison Junior High in South Los Angeles.
De La Torre majored in Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles and attended graduate school at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. De La Torre and his wife, Christine, live in South Gate with their children, Elinor, Henrik, and Emilia.
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