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Gloria Molina

Democratic

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Date Party Office Votes Result
11-02-1982 Democratic AD-56 23835 Win
11-06-1984 Democratic AD-56 26981 Win
11-04-1986 Democratic AD-56 21170 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 31, 1948 in Montebello, CA
Married: Ron Martinez
Child: Valentina
Died: May 14, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA

1970s: Staff, Office of Presidential Personnel, President Jimmy Carter
Previous: Reg. Director, Intergovernmental and Congressional Affairs, US Department of Health and Human Services
1980s: Los Angeles District Staff, Assembly Speaker Willie Brown 
1987: Resigned from the State Assembly on February 27.
1987-1991: Member, Los Angeles City Council
1991-2014: Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
2015: Candidate for Los Angeles City Council (Lost; 23.9%)

 

  • On March 14, 2023, Molina announced that she had been fighting cancer for three years, but that it had become very aggressive and would be terminal. She died exactly two months later.