James C. Ramos

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-2018	Democratic	AD-40	77585	Win
11-03-2020	Democratic	AD-40	111885	Win
11-08-2022	Democratic	AD-45	45194	Win
11-05-2024	Democratic	AD-45	0

Candidate Biography:

Born: January 29, 1967 at the San Manuel Indian Reservation near Highland, CA
Married: Theresa "Terri" (m. ~1990)
Children: Four

2003: Candidate for San Bernardino City Unified School District Board (Lost)
2005-2012: Member, San Bernardino Community College Board of Trustees
2008-2018: Member, California State Native American Heritage Commission
2009-2012: Chairman, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
2011-2018: Member, California State Board of Education
2012-2018: Member, San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors

• LEGISLATIVE PAY: As of January 2022, Ramos was the lowest-paid member of the State Assembly (having declined all pay increases since his arrival in the legislature).
• A number of sources have cited Ramos as the first Native American to serve in the California State Legislature. Ramos was the first member of California Native American tribes (Serrano and Cahuilla nations) to serve in the California State Legislature. Todd Gloria, elected two years before Ramos, is a member of the Tlingit Haida Tribes of Alaska, and is the earliest known Native American to serve in the California State Legislature.