Norma Judith Torres
Democrat Representative of California's 35th district
Representative
California, district 35
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
California, district 35
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
California, district 35
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
California, district 35
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
California, district 35
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
5
Congresses Served
5
House Terms
April 4, 1965 (59 years old)
Birthday
- Born in Guatemala and immigrated to the United States at the age of five.
- Became a U.S. citizen in 1992.
- Worked as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and led a campaign for the hiring of bilingual 9-1-1 operators.
- Served as a local shop steward for AFSCME.
- Held office as a member of the Pomona city council and later as the mayor of Pomona.
- Was a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention and endorsed Barack Obama in 2008.
- Served in the California State Assembly and the California State Senate.
- Earned a bachelor’s degree in labor studies from National Labor College.
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and has been reelected multiple times.
- Accused President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador of interfering in her reelection race in 2022.
- Holds committee assignments in the 118th Congress including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on House Administration.
- Member of several caucuses including the New Democrat Coalition, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus.
- Has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and an F rating from the Susan B. Anthony List for her abortion-related voting record.
- Voted against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021 and the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
- Married to Louis Torres with three sons, one of whom is a Pomona City Council member.
- Lives in Pomona, California.