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Senator Alex Padilla is the first Latino elected to represent California in the U.S. Senate. The son of immigrants, Padilla grew up in the San Fernando Valley and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was drawn to politics in response to California’s anti-immigrant Proposition 187. Padilla was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1999 and the State Senate in 2006.

Senator Butler is the first former labor leader to serve in the U.S. Senate in nearly 60 years. She is also the first openly LGBTQ black female U.S. Senator in American history. For nearly two decades she was an organizer and leader in the labor movement. At just 30 years old Senator Butler was elected President of California’s largest homecare and nursing home workers union SEIU local 2015. She helped to orchestrate raising California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and secure paid sick days for the state’s home care workers.

California has 53 representatives out of 453 in the United States Congress. Two of California's 53 congressional representatives represent San Mateo County; Anna Eshoo and Kevin Mullin. San Mateo County falls in both the 14th and 18th Congressional Districts.

Congresswoman Eshoo has represented residents in portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, but she is not running for re-election. Her local office is at 698 Emerson St., Palo Alto. Phone numbers are (650) 323-2984, (408) 245-2339 and (831) 335-2020.

Congressman Kevin Mullin represents residents from portions of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. His local office is at 1528 S. El Camino Real, Suite 307, San Mateo and his office phone is (650) 342-0300.