List of Mexican Americans - Political Figures

Political Figures

• Oscar Zeta Acosta - Politician, Attorney, Minor Novelist and Activist
• Romana Acosta Bañuelos - former Treasurer of the United States
• Mike Aguirre - former city attorney of San Diego, California
• Juan Bautista Alvarado - twice Governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1837 and 1838 to 1842
• Toney Anaya - US Democratic Politician & Former Governor of New Mexico
• Rosemary Barkett - federal judge
• Xavier Becerra - U.S. Representative (CA-31)
• Cruz Bustamante - former California lieutenant governor
• Anna Escobedo Cabral - 42nd Treasurer of the United States
• Carlos Antonio Carrillo - (1783–1852), Gobernor of Alta California, (1837–1838). His father, José Raimundo Carrillo, came from Loreto, México.
• José Antonio Carrillo - (1796–1862), Californio ranchero, official and political. He was brother of Carlos Antonio Carrillo.
• Juan José Carrillo - the first mayor of Santa Monica, California
• José Castro (b. California, 1808 – d. February 1860) was acting governor of Alta California in 1835-1836, and Commandante General of the Mexican army in Alta California at the time of the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848
• Raul Hector Castro - governor of Arizona
• Lauro Cavazos - secretary of education
• Gabe Cazares - former mayor of Clearwater, Florida
• Dennis Chavez - U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Henry Cisneros - former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and mayor of San Antonio, Texas
• Henry Cuellar - U.S. House of Representatives Texas's 28th congressional district
• Mario Gallegos, Jr. - Texas state senator
• Ruben Garcia Jr.- former Executive Assistant Director of FBI
• Reynaldo Guerra Garza - first Hispanic judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals
• Tony Garza - U.S. ambassador to Mexico
• Alberto Gonzales - United States Attorney General
• Henry Gonzalez (1916–2000) U.S. Representative (Texas)
• Matt Gonzalez - politician, member of the Green Party
• Rafael Gonzales - (1789–1857) A native of San Antonio, Texas, he was governor of Coahuila and Texas.
• Ron Gonzales - former mayor of San José, California
• Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo - former governor of New Mexico and first Latino to serve United States Senate
• Marco Lopez - mayor of Nogales, Arizona
• Manuel Lujan Jr. - U.S. Representative from New Mexico
• Abel Maldonado - 47th Lieutenant Governor of California
• Rosario Marin - 41st Treasurer of the United States
• Gloria Molina - Los Angeles County Supervisor and former vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee
• Joseph Montoya - former U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Carlos R. Moreno - Supreme Court Justice, California
• Fabian Núñez - California State Representative, current Speaker of the California State Assembly
• Estevan Ochoa- historic mayor of Tucson, Arizona, he was the first Mexican-American mayor after the Gadsen Purchase of 1854
• Solomon Ortiz - U.S. Representative (TX-27)
• Mariano S. Otero - a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
• Miguel Antonio Otero - former Governor of New Mexico
• Romualdo Pacheco - governor of California
• Alex Padilla- Los Angeles City Council Member
• Steve Padilla - former mayor of Chula Vista, California
• Federico Peña - former mayor of Denver, Colorado, former United States Secretary of Transportation and former United States Secretary of Energy
• Francisco Perea - a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico
• Andrés Pico (1810 – February 14, 1876) was, as the political administration changed, a mixed-race Californio youth; a successful rancher and commander; and an influential American politician; in 19th century California. He was brother of Pío Pico
• Pío Pico (May 5, 1801 – September 11, 1894) was the last Governor of Alta California (now the State of California) under Mexican rule
• Miguel A. Pulido - mayor Santa Ana, California
• Cruz Reynoso - former judge on the Supreme Court of California, Presidential Medal of Freedom (Recipient)
• Bill Richardson - former governor of New Mexico, former U.S. Secretary of Energy
• Albert Robles - politician and convicted criminal
• Gloria Romero - Democratic Majority Leader in the California State Senate, college professor
• Trinidad Romero - Delegate to United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico
• Edward Roybal - former U.S. Representative from California
• Ernesto Ruffo Appel - politician & former governor of Baja California
• Mary Salas - former California Assembly representative
• John Salazar - U.S. Representative (CO-3)
• Ken Salazar - U.S. Senator (CO)
• Ezequiel D. Salinas - state court judge from Texas
• Loretta Sanchez - U.S. Representative (CA-47)
• Linda Sánchez - U.S. Representative (CA-39)
• Hilda Solis - U.S. Secretary of Labor, former U.S. Representative (CA-32)
• Raymond Telles - mayor of El Paso, Texas
• Esteban Edward Torres - former Representatives, U.S. ambassador to UNESCO, and labor activist
• Gaddi Vasquez - 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• Antonio Villaraigosa - mayor of Los Angeles
• Kim McLane Wardlaw - federal judge, US Court of Appeals
• Brian Sandoval - governor of Nevada
• Susana Martinez - governor of New Mexico