Keeping Up With Alex Padilla

  @alexpadilla4ca Social Media Strategy: According to Open Secrets, Alex Padilla has spent $449,275 on Media and $553,331 on fundraising. Alex Padilla gets his message out to voters on his very active Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. Padilla's Instagram conveys his homestyle as a family man, raised by working-class parents, and being a Mexican American. On Instagram, he frequently posts about his family and many of his posts highlight his Mexican roots. His heritage contributes to his position taking on advocating for more immigrant reforms and expanding protections towards the undocumented, which is highlighted in his campaign slogan "Defending the Dream."  Alex Padilla does connect with the professional sports crowd as is an avid LA Rams fan. He even went as far as to make a bet with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) that if the Rams lost the Super Bowl title he would give him Porto Bakery's guava pastries, if the Bengals lost then Senator Brown would give him ...

  https://alex-padilla.com Senate Appointment: In December 2020, Alex Padilla was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to finish Kamala Harris' term set to expire in 2023 ( Hubler 2020 ). There were many controversies over Padilla's appointment as many felt that Governor Newsom should have chosen a Black woman to fill Kamala Harris's spot because women are demographically underrepresented in Congress and there are only three African Americans in  the Senate who are all males: Democrat Cory Booker, Democrat Raphael Warnock, and Republican Tim Scott ( The Associated Press 2020 ). However, those who were originally opposed with Padilla's appointment ended up supporting Alex Padilla as he would be the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate.  https://www.facebook.com/alexpadilla4ca/videos/alex-padilla-for-senate/1109814026206129/ Elections: Alex Padilla announced his reelection campaign for U.S. Senate after a few short months into office. Since he was origina...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/312707/california-s-top-companies-by-revenue/ Meet the Constituency: Alex Padilla represents the wonderful Golden State, which is the most populous state with a population of 39,237,836 (U.S. Census Bureau) . California has a diverse population with 36% of the population being white, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 39% Hispanic, and 3% identifying as two or more races (Census Reporter) .  The median household income of Californians is $75,235 and the poverty rate is 11.5% (U.S. Census). The median age range in California is 37.3, which is slightly younger than the national median age of 38.7 (Johnson et. al 2022) . However, the population is steadily aging as by 2030 one in five Californian;s will be over the age of 65  (Johnson et. al 2022) .  According to the Pew Research Center 63% of Californians are Christian, 9% are member of Non-Christian faiths, and the unaffiliated or religious nones including atheists and agnostics include 27%. Catholic...

                                                          https://www.padilla.senate.gov/about/   Biography: Alex Padilla is from Pacoima, California in the San Fernando Valley.  Padilla is a 48-year-old Catholic who lives with his wife Angela Padilla and their three children, Alejandro Miguel Padilla, Roman Flores, and Diego Padilla.  He was raised by his Mexican immigrant parents, Lupe Padilla who worked as a housekeeper, and his father Santos Padilla who worked as a short-order cook. Padilla grew up as an active participant in his community via community clean-ups and service projects. His parents dreamed for him and his siblings to have a better life and his dad told him " Mi hijo, cuando crezcas, quiero que trabajes con tu mente, y no con tu espalda," which means "son, when you grow up I want yo...