Maria Elena Durazo

Democratic National Committee

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Vice Chair of the Democratic Party, a superdelegate, and a Los Angeles labor leader

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Maria Elena Durazo has been President of the LA County Federation of Labor since 2005. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she now leads more than 600,000 union members here in LA.

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