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Norma J. Torres

U.S. House · CA-35 · Democrats · since 2025

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Candidate for U.S. House · CA-35

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Biography

Overview

Norma Torres is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 35th congressional district since 2014. Born in Guatemala in 1965, she immigrated to the United States at age five and became a U.S. citizen in 1992. Before her congressional career, she served on the Pomona city council and as the city's mayor, and represented the 32nd district in the California State Senate. She has a background as a 9-1-1 dispatcher and labor organizer with AFSCME.

Career

In Congress, Torres has championed gun safety measures, veterans services, and consumer protection legislation. She has focused attention on January 6th accountability through sponsored bills establishing a truth commission and an oral history project. She has been vocal on abortion rights, holding a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America. As a member of multiple caucuses including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Black Maternal Health Caucus, she has worked on issues affecting these communities. She opposed the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it "devastating" and saying it reversed "years of hard-fought progress" for women. She has also worked on infrastructure resilience and wildfire prevention in her state.

Prior political experience

Torres was first elected to the U.S. House in 2014, defeating Democratic primary opponent Christina Gagnier with 63.5% of the vote. She has been reelected three times: in 2016 with 72.4% of the vote against Republican Tyler Fischella; in 2018 with 69.4% of the vote against Republican Christian Valiente; and in 2020 with 69.3% of the vote against Republican Mike Cargile. In her 2022 reelection campaign, she accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of interfering by urging voters to oppose her.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress-0.364

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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+0.071
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 343 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
6thU.S. House CA-352025–presentIn progressNorma J. Torres—
5thU.S. House CA-352023–2025Term endedNorma J. TorresNorma J. Torres
4thU.S. House CA-352021–2023Term endedNorma J. TorresNorma J. Torres
3rdU.S. House CA-352019–2021Term endedNorma J. TorresNorma J. Torres
2ndU.S. House CA-352017–2019Term endedNorma J. TorresNorma J. Torres
1stU.S. House CA-352015–2017Term endedMaxine WatersNorma J. Torres

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

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