Delia Garcia | |
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Kansas Secretary of Labor | |
In office January 14, 2019 –June 22, 2020 | |
Governor | Laura Kelly |
Preceded by | Lana Gordon |
Succeeded by | Ryan Wright (acting) |
Member of the KansasHouseofRepresentatives from the 103rd district | |
In office January 10,2005 –January 10,2011 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Klein |
Succeeded by | Ponka-We Victors |
Personal details | |
Born | Wichita,Kansas,U.S. | May 13,1977
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Wichita State University (BA) St. Mary's University (MA) |
Delia Garcia (born May 13,1977) is an American official who formerly served as the Kansas Secretary of Labor. Garcia previously served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 103rd district. [1] She served from 2005 to 2011,and was a member of the Kansas Democratic Hispanic Caucus.
Garcia,who has a Bachelor's degree from Wichita State University and a Master's in political science from St. Mary's University,Texas,worked as a professor at Butler Community College,as well as an assistant manager at Connie's Mexico Cafe. [2]
In 2010,rather than run for re-election herself,she helped longtime ally Ponka-We Victors file as the sole candidate in the Democratic primary election. (No Republican had bothered to run in the 103rd district since 1998.) [3] Victors has held the seat ever since.
The top 5 donors to Garcia's 2008 campaign: [4]
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