Gil Cisneros

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Gil Cisneros
File:Gil Cisneros official portrait.jpg
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Taking office
TBA
President Joe Biden
Succeeding Matthew Donovan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 39th district
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by Ed Royce
Succeeded by Young Kim
Personal details
Born Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr.
(1971-02-12) February 12, 1971 (age 54)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party Democratic (2008–present)
Other political
affiliations		 Republican (before 2008)
Spouse(s) Jacki
Children 2
Residence Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Education George Washington University (BA)
Regis University (MBA)
Brown University (MA)
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Navy
Rank 38px Lieutenant Commander

Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (born February 12, 1971)[1] is an American philanthropist and former politician who served as the U.S. Representative for California's 39th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the House in 2018.[2] He was defeated in his 2020 bid for reelection by former California State Assembly member Young Kim, whom he had defeated in 2018.

In 2010, he and his wife won a $266 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot.[3]

Early life and education

Cisneros's mother worked in a cafeteria, while his father served in the Vietnam War and suffered from exposure to Agent Orange.[3] Cisneros served in the United States Navy as a supply officer for 11 years.[4] He earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from George Washington University (GWU) and his Master of Business Administration from Regis University.[5]

Career

He worked as a shipping and manufacturing manager for Frito-Lay until he was laid off in 2010.[6]

Weeks after he was laid off, Cisneros won a Mega Millions jackpot worth $266 million.[6] He and his wife became philanthropists, establishing endowments for scholarships to be given to Latino students at GWU and the University of Southern California. They also founded Generation First Degree Pico Rivera, with the goal of ensuring every Latino household in Pico Rivera has at least one college graduate, and the Gilbert and Jacki Cisneros Foundation with an initial investment of $20 million to provide mentorship in education.[5][7][8] After setting up the foundation, Cisneros earned a Master of Arts from Brown University in Urban Education Policy.[3][4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Main article: 2018 California's 39th congressional district election

Cisneros was a Republican until 2008, but left the party because he felt it had become "too ideological" and switched to the Democratic Party.[9]

In 2017, he declared his candidacy against Ed Royce in the 2018 election for the United States House of Representatives to represent California's 39th congressional district.[7][10] He specifically cited Royce's vote to repeal the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, as a reason he chose to run.[9] In January 2018, Royce announced he would retire rather than seek reelection to a 14th term.[11] Later, the election attracted national attention as the "weirdest race in the country" after the California Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee brokered a truce on negative campaigning between Cisneros and Andy Thorburn, who had each spent $6 million on their respective campaigns.[12]

Fears of a lockout by either party were not realized when Cisneros advanced to the November runoff election, finishing second in the June primary election to Republican former Assemblywoman Young Kim,[13] with 19.35% of the vote.[14] This election was rated a "Toss-up" by the Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball.[15] The Associated Press called the election for Cisneros on November 17.[16]

Tenure

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Biden administration

On April 12, 2021, it was announced that Cisneros would be nominated to serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in the Biden administration.[17]

Electoral history

California's 39th congressional district election, 2018
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Young Kim 30,019 21.2
Democratic Gil Cisneros 27,469 19.4
Republican Phil Liberatore 20,257 14.3
Democratic Andy Thorburn 12,990 9.2
Republican Shawn Nelson 9,750 6.9
Republican Bob Huff 8,699 6.2
Democratic Sam Jammal 7,613 5.4
Democratic Mai-Khanh Tran 7,430 5.3
Democratic Herbert H. Lee 5,988 4.2
Republican Steven C. Vargas 4,144 2.9
Democratic Suzi Park Leggett 2,058 1.5
Republican John J. Cullum 1,747 1.2
style="background-color: Template:No party preference (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | [[No party preference (United States)|Template:No party preference (United States)/meta/shortname]] Karen Lee Schatzle 903 0.6
style="background-color: Template:No party preference (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | [[No party preference (United States)|Template:No party preference (United States)/meta/shortname]] Steve Cox 856 0.6
Republican Andrew Sarega 823 0.6
American Independent Sophia J. Alexander 523 0.4
American Independent Ted Alemayhu 176 0.1
Total votes 141,445 100.0
General election
Democratic Gil Cisneros 126,002 51.6
Republican Young Kim 118,391 48.4
Total votes 229,860 100.0

Personal life

Cisneros and his wife Jacki have two children, who are twins.[4] They own a home in Pico Rivera,[18] and lived in Newport Beach until they moved to Yorba Linda in late 2017, the year he began running for election.[7] Before Cisneros won the lottery, Jacki worked for KNBC in Los Angeles.[6]

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 39th congressional district
2019–2021		 Succeeded by
Young Kim

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Gil_Cisneros&oldid=726231236"