Kris Valderrama

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Kris Valderrama
Kris Valderrama (2009).jpg
Valderrama in April 2009
Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates
from the 26th district
Assumed office
January 10, 2007
Residence(s) Fort Washington, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater Salisbury University (BS)

Kriselda Valderrama-Lobo is an American politician who represents District 26 in the Maryland House of Delegates. [1]

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Early life and career

Kriselda Valderrama was born in Washington, D.C. to David Mercado Valderrama, a judge in Prince George's County, Maryland and Maryland State Delegate representing District 26. She is of Filipino ancestry. [2] [3] She graduated from Oxon Hill Senior High School, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in respiratory therapy from Salisbury University. [1]

In the legislature

Valderrama was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 10, 2007. Since 2022, she has served as the Deputy Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates. [1]

Committee assignments

Other memberships

Political positions

Valderrama introduced legislation during the 2020 legislative session to provide all Maryland workers with up to 12 weeks of paid family leave. [4] [5] [6] The bill was reintroduced in 2022, [7] [8] during which it passed and became law after the General Assembly voted to override Governor Larry Hogan's veto. [9] [10]

National politics

Valderrama endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on April 9, 2016. [11]

Social issues

Valderrama was a co-sponsor of the Civil Marriage Protection Act, a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. [12] The bill passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 72-67 [13] and was signed into law by Governor Martin O'Malley on March 2, 2012. [14]

Valderrama introduced legislation in the 2016 legislative session to prohibit employers from excluding women from desirable positions and for employers to retaliate against employees for sharing salary information with co-workers. [15]

Valderrama introduced legislation in the 2018 legislative session to block employers from imposing non-disclosure agreements on workers reporting sexual harassment and require employers with more than 50 workers to disclose information about their records in maintaining harassment-free workplaces. The bill passed and was signed into law on May 16, 2018. [16] [17]

Electoral history

Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Democratic Primary Election, 2006 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Veronica Turner 8,48919.1
Democratic Jay Walker 6,18413.9
Democratic Kris Valderrama6,17713.9
Democratic Ollie Anderson6,08713.7
Democratic Darryl A. Kelley5,12511.6
Democratic Earl Adams4,60310.4
Democratic Jerry J. Mathis2,9726.7
Democratic Nathaniel Bryant1,9394.4
Democratic Xavier Aragona1,8234.1
Democratic Jocelyne G. Stichberry9472.1
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Election, 2006 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Veronica Turner24,89134.1
Democratic Kris Valderrama22,23130.5
Democratic Jay Walker22,16230.4
Republican John Rowe3,5874.9
Write-In 1080.1
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Democratic Primary Election, 2010 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Veronica Turner9,13325.3
Democratic Jay Walker8,18122.7
Democratic Kris Valderrama6,88919.1
Democratic Ollie Anderson5,30214.7
Democratic Sidney L. Gibson3,70310.3
Democratic Hopal "Hope" Felton1,5404.3
Democratic Branndon D. Jackson1,3183.7
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Election, 2010 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Veronica Turner27,77035.0
Democratic Jay Walker24,32830.7
Democratic Kris Valderrama24,14130.5
Republican Holly Ellison Henderson2,9163.7
Write-In 1070.1
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Democratic Primary Election, 2014 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jay Walker9,42824.3
Democratic Kris Valderrama8,21721.2
Democratic Tony Knotts 8,12921.0
Democratic Tamara Davis Brown5,69814.7
Democratic David Sloan2,7827.2
Democratic Leonard "Lennie" Moses3,4757.2
Democratic Xavier A. Aragona1,6924.4
Democratic Keith L. Gray1,3593.5
Democratic Vernon O. Holmes, Jr.8772.3
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Democratic Primary Election, 2014 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tony Knotts27,48735.2
Democratic Jay Walker25,43432.6
Democratic Kris Valderrama24,82131.8
Write-In 2870.4
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Democratic Primary Election, 2018 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jay Walker11,74924.3
Democratic Veronica Turner10,19721.1
Democratic Kris Valderrama9,59019.8
Democratic David Sloan4,4039.2
Democratic Sade Oshinubi4,1538.6
Democratic Leonard "Lennie" Moses3,4757.2
Democratic Diedra Henry-Spires2,9126.0
Democratic Sean Chao1,8123.8
Maryland House of Delegates District 26 Election, 2018 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Veronica Turner35,74835.1
Democratic Kris Valderrama32,52332.0
Democratic Jay Walker11,74924.3
Democratic Diedra Henry-Spires (Write In)1,8521.8
Write-In 5090.5

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