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Alex Padilla

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Alejandro "Alex" Padilla (born March 22, 1973) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 30th secretary of state of California from 2015 to 2021 and was a member of the California State Senate and the Los Angeles City Council. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Padilla to the United States Senate after then-Senator Kamala Harris was elected vice president of the United States; Harris, as the newly elected vice president and president of the Senate, swore Padilla in on January 20, 2021. In dual November 2022 elections, Padilla won a special election to complete Harris's term as well as election to a full Senate term, defeating Republican nominee Mark Meuser in both. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Alex Padilla is the 18,211th most popular politician (up from 18,692nd in 2024), the 14,285th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,148th in 2019) and the 1,102nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alex Padilla ranks 18,211 out of 19,576. Before him are Christine Lieberknecht, Agnès Buzyn, Ilse Aigner, Elena Poptodorova, Ināra Mūrniece, and Elena Cattaneo. After him are Allen Chastanet, Josefa Idem, Miguel Ángel Blanco, Adrián Fernández, Alistair Darling, and Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Alex Padilla ranks 548. Before him are Michalis Kapsis, Alexei Kovalev, Ionel Ganea, Emre Aşık, Azad, and Sergey Shnurov. After him are Raquel Sánchez-Silva, Oleksandr Ponomariov, Olesia Zhurakivska, Montel Vontavious Porter, Albert Portas, and Inger Støjberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Padilla ranks 14,289 out of 20,380. Before him are Alex Groza (1926), Rachel Miner (1980), Walter Mosley (1952), Tamarine Tanasugarn (1977), Brian J. Smith (1981), and Timothy Busfield (1957). After him are Michael Rispoli (1960), Hobart Cavanaugh (1886), Samoa Joe (1979), Matt Lanter (1983), Walter Payton (1954), and Devendra Banhart (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alex Padilla ranks 1,102. Before him are Sam Rayburn (1882), Lincoln Chafee (1953), Robert Smalls (1839), Shelley Moore Capito (1953), John B. Weller (1812), and Ben Nelson (1941). After him are Martha Layne Collins (1936), Mike Oxley (1944), Paul LePage (1948), Kim Reynolds (1959), Charles Pinckney (1757), and Linda Lingle (1953).

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