Henry T. Perea (born June 29, 1977 in
Fresno,
California) was elected to the
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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in November 2010. He is a
Democrat who formerly represented the
31st district, encompassing western
Fresno.
Career
Perea has been described as a leader of the moderate, more business-friendly wing of the state legislature's Democrats. On December 1, 2015 he announced that he would resign his seat at the end of 2015, a year early, to seek a lucrative position as a
lobbyist.
[Melanie Mason]
"Leader of Legislature's moderate Democrats will resign to seek government relations job"
'' Los Angeles Times'', December 1, 2015.
Prior to his election to the Assembly, Perea served on the
Fresno City Council from 2003 to 2010. He was first elected to the council at the age of 25 and served as council president in 2007.
Perea also ran, unsuccessfully, in the
2008 Fresno mayoral election
The 2008 Fresno mayoral election was held on June 3, 2008 and November 4, 2008 to elect the mayor of Fresno, California. It saw the election of Ashley Swearengin.
Incumbent mayor Alan Autry was term limited.
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Family
He is married to Yahaira Garcia-Perea and they have three children.
His father, Henry R. Perea, was a member of the
Fresno County Board of Supervisors
A board of supervisors is a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government in the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as 16 counties in New York. There are equivalent agenc ...
and the
Fresno City Council.
Electoral history
City council
Mayoral
State assembly
References
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1977 births
California city council members
California State University, Fresno alumni
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in California
Living people
Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly
People from Fresno, California
21st-century American politicians