Maria Elena Durazo

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-06-2018	Democratic	SD-24	139473	Win
11-08-2022	Democratic	SD-26	155727	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 20, 1953 in Madera, CA
Married: Miguel Contreras (m. 1988, d. 2005)
Children: Mario Salazar and Michael Contreras

1989-2006: President, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE), Local 11
1995: Woman of the Year (Assembly District 45) [selected by Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa]
2001: Woman of the Year (State Senate Ceremony) [selected by Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante]
2006-2014: Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
2008: National Co-Chair, Obama for President campaign
2008: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2010: Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO Executive Council
2012: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2016: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
2017-Present: Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee

• LEGISLATION: Author of SJR 9 (2025) which "strongly condemns the mass immigration raids, targeting of immigrant workers and families, and the militarized federal response in California", "denounces President Trump’s deployment of military forces to suppress community protests and engage in immigration enforcement operations," and "rejects the criminalization of peaceful protest and reaffirms the constitutional rights of all residents to organize, demonstrate, and demand justice without fear of violent retaliation."