Oscar De Los Santos | |
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Minority Leader of theArizona House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 13, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Lupe Contreras |
Member of theArizona House of Representatives from the11th district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2023 Serving with Junelle Cavero | |
Preceded by | Mark Finchem |
Personal details | |
Born | Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Southern California (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPP) Union Theological Seminary (MA) Yale University |
Oscar De Los Santos is an American politician. He is aDemocratic member of theArizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 11 in 2022.[1]
De Los Santos was born inLos Angeles to Gregorio and María Dolores, both immigrants fromTenamaxtlán.[2] In 2015, De Los Santos completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science from theUniversity of Southern California, where he graduatedmagna cum laude and was inducted intoPhi Beta Kappa.[2] He was also aTruman scholar.
As aRhodes Scholar, he completed a master's in public policy fromSt Antony's College, Oxford in 2018.[3] He earned a master's degree in Christian social ethics from theUnion Theological Seminary in 2020.[2] He is aJuris Doctor student atYale Law School and received aPaul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2022.[2]
In 2012, De Los Santos was the youngest Florida field organizer for theObama campaign.[4] From 2015 to 2016, he taught English and social studies to sixth graders at Champion South Mountain School inPhoenix, Arizona.[4] He also interned for theNational Economic Council and theU.S. House Of Representatives.[4] De Los Santos was a lobbyist and head of public policy for the Association of Arizona Food Banks.[2][4]
During the2022 Arizona House of Representatives election, De Los Santos was elected to represent the 11th district.[1] He is the first out LGBT person to represent the district.[1]
Arizona House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Minority Leader of theArizona House of Representatives 2025–present | Incumbent |
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