Alexandra "Alex" Gallardo-Rooker is a Mexican-American lobbyist and political executive who served as vice chair of the

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from 1997 to 2021. After the resignation of Eric C. Bauman amid sexual assault allegations, Gallardo-Rooker served as acting chair from November 2018 to July 2019, after which

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was elected to serve as chair.

Early life and education

Gallardo-Rooker was born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

and graduated from

Cypress College Cypress College is a public community college in Cypress, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and belongs to the North Orange County Community College District. It offers a variety of general education (55 associat ...

Career

Gallardo-Rooker works as the legislative advocate in California for the

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. She has also worked for the

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, including as an advisor to DNC Chairs

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and

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. She has served as vice chair of the

since 1997, and was installed in an acting capacity as chair from November 2018 to July 2019. Gallardo-Rooker supported

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in the

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and served as a senior advisor to the

Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign The 2020 presidential campaign of Michael Bloomberg commenced in November 2019, later than most other campaigns for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Bloomberg opted not to compete in the early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada ...

References

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