Alex Padilla

California Secretary of State

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California Secretary of State; former Democratic State Senator for the Fernando Valley(2006-2014), where he chaired the Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications; former member of the Los Angeles City Council

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The nation’s highest court rejected the Trump administration’s argument to add a citizenship question to next year’s census.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Supreme Court 2020 Census decision

The nation’s highest court rejected the Trump administration’s argument to add a citizenship question to next year’s census.

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Democratic lawmakers are pushing to move California’s primary up to make it more relevant in 2020, but will it make a difference if they succeed?

New bill aims to move California's primary to just after Iowa and New Hampshire

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America's Hispanic population is growing so fast that 66,000 Latino Americans turn 18 every month according to the Pew Research Center.

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America's Hispanic population is growing so fast that 66,000 Latino Americans turn 18 every month according to the Pew Research Center.

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