SEN. ALEX PADILLA (D-CA) REMARKS ON SENATE FLOOR
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Sen. Padilla holds an MIT mechanical engineering degree!
Padilla, the first Latino U.S. Senator from California, graduated from MIT in 1994. He represents a state where Latinos make up ~40% of the population, yet no Latino had held a CA Senate seat before him.
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- 1945
- 1963
- 1973
- 1991
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1973
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Sen. Padilla is California's first Latino U.S. Senator ever.
Appointed in Jan. 2021 by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill Kamala Harris's vacated seat, Padilla — an MIT-trained engineer and former CA Secretary of State — made history representing the nation's most populous state.
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- Mechanical Engineering
- Constitutional Law
- Political Science
- Public Administration
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Mechanical Engineering
Mona Yacoubian is a senior Middle East adviser at CSIS.
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