Kris Valderrama
Valderrama in 2025
Member of theMaryland House of Delegates from the26th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2007 Serving with Veronica L. Turner,Jay Walker, andTony Knotts
Preceded by	Obie Patterson
Constituency	Prince George's County
Personal details
Born	Kriselda Valderrama (1970-11-17)November 17, 1970 (age 55) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Abraham A. Lobo
Children	2
Parent	David Mercado Valderrama (father)
Residence(s)	Fort Washington,Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Salisbury University (BS)

Kriselda Valderrama-Lobo (born November 17, 1970) is an Americanpolitician who representsDistrict 26 in theMaryland House of Delegates.^[1]

Kriselda Valderrama was born inWashington, D.C. toDavid Mercado Valderrama, a judge inPrince George's County, Maryland andMaryland State Delegate representingDistrict 26. She is ofFilipino ancestry.^[2][3] She graduated fromOxon Hill Senior High School, and earned aBachelor of Science degree in respiratory therapy fromSalisbury University.^[1]

Valderrama was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 10, 2007. She was a deputy majority whip from 2011 to 2018, and has served as the deputy majority leader of the House of Delegates since 2022.^[1]

Valderrama was a member of the Judiciary Committee from 2007 to 2015, afterwards serving on the Economic Matters Committee.^[1] In December 2025, she became the chair of the Economic Matters Committee,^[4] becoming the first Asian American committee chair and the first woman to chair the committee.^[5] Valderrama has also been a member of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee since 2021. She is a member of thePrince George's County Delegation, the Legislative Asian-American and Pacific-Islander Caucus, the Women Legislators of Maryland, and the Legislative Transit Caucus.^[1]

Valderrama introduced legislation during the 2020 legislative session to provide all Maryland workers with up to 12 weeks ofpaid family leave.^[6][7][8] The bill was reintroduced in 2022,^[9][10] during which it passed and became law after the General Assembly voted to override GovernorLarry Hogan's veto.^[11][12]

Valderrama endorsedHillary Clinton for president on April 9, 2016.^[13]

Valderrama was a co-sponsor of theCivil Marriage Protection Act, a bill to legalizesame-sex marriage in Maryland.^[14] The bill passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 72-67^[15] and was signed into law by GovernorMartin O'Malley on March 2, 2012.^[16]

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.^[17]

Valderrama introduced legislation in the 2018 legislative session to block employers from imposingnon-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.^[18][19]

Valderrama is married and has two children. She attends religious services at the St. Columba Catholic Church inOxon Hill, Maryland.^[1]

• Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
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• American politicians of Filipino descent
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• Salisbury University alumni
• Politicians from Prince George's County, Maryland
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• 21st-century members of the Maryland General Assembly
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