

Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Dennis Mederos
Dennis Mederos was born and raised on a farm west of Tulare. He is a graduate of Tulare Western High School, COS, and he graduated from...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Richard Fagundes
Supervisor Richard Fagundes was born on December 10, 1941, raised and still lives on the original family farm in Hanford, Calif. He...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Ernest "Buddy" Mendes
Ernest “Buddy” Mendes grew up on his parents’ dairy farm in Riverdale in Western Fresno County. Buddy has been farming in the Central...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Dan Tavares Arriola
Dan Tavares Arriola has just been elected to the city council in Tract. He is a Tracy School Board Trustee and a Deputy District Attorney...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Brian Pacheco
Supervisor Brian Pacheco was designated as Chairman of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors on January 9, 2017. Brian Pacheco is a...

Portuguese-Americans in elected office in California
#electedofficials #cpac

Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Scott Silveira
Scott Silveira was born and raised in Los Banos and graduated from Dos Palos High School. Scott’s family have been dairymen for three...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Melvin Oliveira
[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe"...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Gary Soiseth
Mayor Gary Soiseth was elected to serve a four-year term as the 22nd Mayor of Turlock on November 4, 2014. In addition to being a...


Meet Your Portuguese-American Elected Officials in California: Craig Pedersen
Supervisor Craig Pedersen has Kings County most of his life. He was born in Reno Nevada to parents Robert and Mardell Pedersen while his...