Richard Alatorre

CA Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-16-1971	Democratic	AD-48	14818	Loss
11-07-1972	Democratic	AD-48	42194	Win
11-05-1974	Democratic	AD-55	25890	Win
11-02-1976	Democratic	AD-55	31199	Win
11-07-1978	Democratic	AD-55	27081	Win
11-04-1980	Democratic	AD-55	33819	Win
11-02-1982	Democratic	AD-55	35687	Win
11-06-1984	Democratic	AD-55	44505	Win

Candidate Biography:

Richard Jose Alatorre
Born: May 15, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Stella, ????, Angie
Children: Derrick Joseph and Darrell Joseph
University: University of Southern California (MPA)

1968-1969: Ford Foundation Legislative Intern (Assembly Fellow)
Previous: Consultant, US Commission on Civil Rights
1960s: Aide to Assemblyman Walter J. Karabian
1967: Western Regional Director, NAACP
1968: Aide, State Senator Alfred H. Song
1973-1978: Chair, California Latino Legislative Caucus
1985: Resigned from the State Assembly on December 20.
1985-1998: Member, Los Angeles City Council

• Legal Troubles: In 2001, Alatorre was convicted of income-tax evasion.
• PLACENAME: Richard Alatorre Park is located in the City of Los Angeles. 
• NOTE: First Chairman of the Assembly Chicano Caucus
• LEGISLATION: The Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers as well as the creation of the state's Agricultural Labor Relations Board
• His Federal Bureau of Prisons Register number was 59788-097 and he was released on 02-18-2001.

Source: California Blue Book (1975)
Source: California Assembly Handbook (1981)