- John Pérez
Infobox Politician
name = John A. Pérez
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nominee = theCalifornia State Assembly
from the 46th district
election_date =2008-11-04
opponent = Manuel Aldana Jr. (R)
incumbent =Fabian Núñez (D)
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party = Democratic
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residence =Los Angeles, California
alma_mater =University of California, Berkeley
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website = [http://www.perezforassembly.com perezforassembly.com]John A. Pérez is a union organizer and politician from
Los Angeles, California . He is the 2008 Democratic nominee in the race to succeedFabian Núñez as the representative from the 46th district in theCalifornia State Assembly .cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-legcon5-2008jun05,0,406946.story |title=Mervyn Dymally one victim in series of tough California races |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2008-06-04 |date=2008-06-04 ]The 46th district includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Little Tokyo, Westlake, Vernon and part of
South Los Angeles . Nuñez is termed out and Pérez faced only a little-known primary challenger in the race to succeed him. [cite news |url=http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?issueId=wy8n0m9ihpch06&xid=wyttwnqke6o67x&_adctlid=v%7Cjq2q43wvsl855o%7Cwyunwjpfshw2xg |title=Filing deadline leads to candidate hokey-pokey |work=Capitol Weekly |accessdate=2008-04-10 |date=2008-03-13 ] He won convincingly.Pérez is the cousin of Los Angeles mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa and has spent seven years handling political matters for theUnited Food and Commercial Workers , a union representing supermarket workers.cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-perez23feb23,1,1342869.story |title=Villaraigosa's cousin vies for Assembly seat |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=2008-04-10 |date=2008-02-23 ] He was a member of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency until 2008, when he resigned from the board in order to run for the assembly.Pérez – who grew up in El Sereno and Highland Park and attended the
University of California, Berkeley – is a member of theDemocratic National Committee , making him asuperdelegate to the2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.cite web |url=http://www.perezforassembly.com/about |title=Pérez for Assembly - candidate biography |accessdate=2008-04-10] [cite news |url=http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2896 |title=Political Notes: Gay Latino labor activist set to make history |work=Bay Area Reporter |accessdate=2008-04-17 |date=2008-04-10 ] He endorsedBarack Obama on2008-06-03 , the day of the final contests in the Democratic presidential nominating calendar. [cite news |url=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/03/1100876.aspx |title=Supers:Obama gets six so far |work=NBC News |accessdate=2008-06-04 |date=2008-06-03 ]Pérez is openly gay and has won the endorsement of the
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund . [cite web |url=http://www.victoryfund.org/endorsed_candidates/profile/candidate:151 |title=Victory Fund endorsed candidates: John Pérez |accessdate=2008-04-10]References
External links
* [http://www.perezforassembly.com/ Campaign website]
* [http://www.YouTube.com/perezforassembly Campaign YouTube channel]
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