Alex Padilla
Democrat · CA · U.S. Senate
Bio
Alejandro Padilla is an American politician and engineer 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 29th secretary of state of California from 2015 to 2021 and was a member of the California State Senate and the Los Angeles City Council.
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We’re Talking About “Hypocrisy” All WrongPick any Trump-imposed crisis over the last year, and you’ll find prominent Democrats decrying the president’s actions with an all-too-familiar word. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s “hypocrisy knows no bounds” after he pardoned fraudsters while thro…
Mother Jones · June 29, 2026
Secret gathering lays out plan to stop Trump from 'perverting the election'A group of 10 Democratic senators and the party's top election lawyers quietly convened to game out responses to what they fear could be an unprecedented attempt to disrupt or overturn the results of this fall's midterm elections.The closed-door session, firs…
Raw Story · June 11, 2026- Warner, Padilla, Peters Demand Answers on Election Security Preparations Ahead of 2026 Midterms
With less than six months until the 2026 midterm elections, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Alex Padilla (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (D-MI), …
Globalsecurity.org · June 10, 2026 
Worst People You Know Are Already Applying to Trump’s Slush FundThe MAGA-verse is lining up for the Justice Department’s taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization” payouts.The DOJ launched its $1.8 billion slush fund earlier this week, offering compensation to virtually any right-winger who felt targeted by the previous preside…
The New Republic · May 21, 2026
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