Nora Campos

Nora Campos (born June 15, 1965) is an American politician from California. Campos is a 2020 candidate to California's 15th State Senate district. She served on the San Jose City Council and then in the California State Assembly. She is a representative on the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls and a member of the Latino Caucus of the League of California Cities. While a State assemblywoman, Campos was chair of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee, and of the Status of Girls and Women of Color Committee.

Nora Campos
Speaker pro tempore of the California State Assembly
Preceded byFiona Ma
Succeeded byKevin Mullin
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 27th district
23rd district (2010–2012)
In office
December 6, 2010 – November 30, 2016
Preceded byJoe Coto
Succeeded byAsh Kalra
Member of the San Jose City Council from the 5th District
In office
March 13, 2001 – December 6, 2010
Preceded byManny Diaz
Succeeded byXavier Campos
Personal details
BornJune 1965 (age 55)[1]
San Jose, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Neil Struthers
ChildrenOne
EducationSan Francisco State University
OccupationPolitician
Websitenoracamposforsenate.com/

Prior to taking elected office, she worked as Community Relations Coordinator and then as Chief of Staff for a San Jose City Councilmember.

In addition to her role as chair of two committees, Campos was a member of the Budget Committee, the Business and Professions Committee, the Campus Climate Committee, the Governmental Organization Committee, the Health Committee, the Legislative Budget Committee, the Women in the Workplace Committee, the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, the Local Government Committee, and the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.

Early life and education

Nora Campos was raised in the Cassell neighborhood in East San Jose. She marched with Cesar E. Chavez and cites her early experience with the Farm Worker Movement as an influence on her decision to enter public service as an adult.

Campos graduated from William C. Overfelt High School in 1983 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University.[2]

Political philosophy

Throughout Campos' political career she has adhered to five pillars of public policy: 1) High performing public K-14 education. 2) Affordable post secondary education. 3) Affordable dependent health care. 4) Equality and civil rights against injustices. And 5) High-skill, high-wage, apprenticed careers.

Campos has been honored for her public service by groups such as the Clean Water Coalition, the California Latino Legislative Caucus Institute for Public Policy, and the Lupus Foundation of Northern California.[3]

San Jose City Council

Campos was elected to represent District 5 on the San Jose City Council in a special election in March 2001 and served for ten years, winning re-election twice. As a San Jose City councilwoman, as of 2015, Campos (2001) was one of only six women that have served in that role since 1998; the others are Madison Nguyen (2005), Nancy Pyle (2005), Judy Chirco (2003), Cindy Chavez (1998), and Linda J. LeZotte (1998).[4]

As a councilwoman, Campos struggled as a Latina with a council steeped in white patriarchy.[5] Campos was elected following the election of Ron Gonzales, the first Latino mayor at the time in the one hundred and fifty year U.S. history of San Jose; a region predominantly Latino. As a councilwoman, Campos focused on improving opportunities for youth as a counter to gang activities and looked to improve the wages of the working class in San Jose through enforcement of labor laws.[6][7][8][9]

California State Assembly

In June 2009, Campos announced her candidacy for the 23rd California State Assembly District. She was elected on November 10, 2010 with 75% of the vote,[10] succeeding term-limited Democrat Joe Coto. As an assemblywoman and a Latina, Campos alongside other Latina policymakers like Lorena Gonzalez, represented her constituents in the lopsidedly white male demographic of the California assembly.[11][12] Campos prevailed in that role, in August 2012 she was appointed speaker pro tempore in the Assembly.[13]

As an assemblywoman, Campos upheld civil rights.[14] She sponsored a bill that resolved for the federal government to "immediately halt cases it is pursuing against unrepresented immigrant children until lawyers are made available to represent them."[15] As a champion of workers, Campos balanced social justice with environmental justice, it is jobs or health, for workers, both are important and Campos maintained a lifetime Eco score of 87%, [16] which only a third of state assembly members achieved. In a disappointing turn during the 2015 session, Democratic Governor Brown vetoed Campos' AB1017, a bill that would have barred employers from using previous salary information to justify paying women less than their male co-workers.[17] The bill was one of two vetoed by Governor Brown that day that targeted gender equity, the other was by fellow Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez and addessed gender parity in workers compensation.[18] In a win, with AB 2393(2016) Campos gained the right to parental leave for all California K-14 employees; this time Governor Brown signed.[19]

California State Senate

In 2016, termed out as an Assembly member and after advancing in the primary with the endorsement of then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, [20] Campos failed to unseat Jim Beall in the election for the 15th State Senate District by a wide margin.[21]

In 2020, Jim Beall termed out of California's 15th State Senate district. Campos was one of three leading candidates competing for the open seat; the others were one-time fellow councilmember and current termed-out Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese and UC Berkeley Law School adjunct lecturer Ann Ravel.[22]

If successful, Campos would have been the first Latina/o to hold the 15th State Senate seat (including prior to rezoning the 13th Senate District). She was defeated in the primary by Cortese and Ravel, finishing in third place.[23]

Election results

2010 California State Assembly
California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nora Campos 58,629 75.1
Republican Atul Saini 19,494 24.9
Total votes 78,123 100.0
Democratic hold

2012 California State Assembly
California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2012
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nora Campos (incumbent) 34,217 70.6
Republican Roger F. Lasson 14,238 29.4
Total votes 48,455 100.0
General election
Democratic Nora Campos (incumbent) 91,816 77.6
Republican Roger F. Lasson 26,461 22.4
Total votes 118,277 100.0
Democratic hold

2014 California State Assembly
California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2014
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nora Campos (incumbent) 34,799 69.5
Republican G. "Burt" Lancaster 15,272 30.5
Total votes 50,071 100.0
General election
Democratic Nora Campos (incumbent) 49,416 69.4
Republican G. "Burt" Lancaster 21,779 30.6
Total votes 71,195 100.0
Democratic hold
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References
  1. Official Statement for Nora Campos
  2. "Hall of Fame: Nora Campos". East Side Union High School District Education Foundation. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  3. Just Facts, votesmart.org https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/70451/nora-campos
  4. "San Jose vice mayor: We need more women on council," Internal Affairs, September 10, 2015. http://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2015/09/10/san-jose-vice-mayor-we-need-more-women-on-council/
  5. the San Jose Spotlight "Ballard: Step aside, white men. It’s time for women of color to lead." April 14, 2019. https://sanjosespotlight.com/ballard-step-aside-white-men-its-time-for-women-of-color-to-lead/
  6. " panel discussion organized by City Councilwoman Nora Campos to discuss statistics from the National League of Cities on wealth, which indicate a persistent gap between "haves" and "have-nots." SJSU News Archive, 10/25/2004. http://www.sjsu.edu/news/archive/964.html"
  7. Healthier Kids Foundation, Hon. Nora Campos accomplishments. https://hkidsf.org/hkf_bods/hon-nora-campos/
  8. the City Peace Project, San Jose. http://www.thecitypeaceproject.org/index.php/about-us/awards-accolades
  9. Monica Luhar "Bill Seeks to Improve Futures of Young Boys and Men of Color," KCET, February 4, 2015. https://www.kcet.org/agenda/bill-seeks-to-improve-futures-of-young-boys-and-men-of-color
  10. "November 02, 2010 Statement of Vote -- State Assemblymember by District" (PDF). California Secretary of State's office. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  11. Francine Kiefer "California’s Latino voters helped turn state blue. Will others catch the wave?" The Christian Science Monitor, November 1, 2019. https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/USA/Politics/2019/1101/California-s-Latino-voters-helped-turn-state-blue.-Will-others-catch-the-wave
  12. MICHELLE GILCHRIST "California Legislature shifts but remains largely male, white." The San Diego Union-Tribune, JAN. 12, 2017. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/data-watch/sd-me-ca-legis-demographics-20170112-story.html?_amp=true
  13. Koehn, Josh (August 8, 2012). "Campos Appointed Speaker Pro Tempore". San Jose Inside. Metro Silicon Valley.
  14. "NORA CAMPOS A HOME GROWN LEADER FOR WOMEN, LATINOS AND SOUTH BAY FAMILIES," Latin Live, 2016. https://www.wearelatinlive.com/article/3561/nora-campos-for-senate-2016
  15. CA SJR28 Immigrant children: legal representation (2016)
  16. EcoVote scorecard https://scorecard.ecovote.org/2016/assembly/campos/
  17. "Brown's signing tsunami: A rundown of bills the governor has made law this week," KPCC, 2015. https://www.scpr.org/news/2015/10/11/54949/brown-s-signing-tsunami-a-rundown-of-bills-the-gov/
  18. "Brown's signing tsunami: A rundown of bills the governor has made law this week," KPCC, 2015. https://www.scpr.org/news/2015/10/11/54949/brown-s-signing-tsunami-a-rundown-of-bills-the-gov/
  19. "All K-14 education employees to receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave," Pleasanton Weekly, October 2016. https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2016/10/03/all-k-14-education-employees-will-receive-up-to-12-weeks-of-paid-parental-leav
  20. Our campiagns, https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=131905
  21. Kaplan, Tracey (November 9, 2016) [November 2, 2016]. "Beall coasts to victory over Campos, winning his 20th election". San Jose Mercury News.
  22. The Left Hook, "Beall's open senate seat attracts political heavy weights, Feb 02, 2019. http://thelefthook.com/2019/02/21/bealls-open-senate-seat-attracts-political-heavy-weights/
  23. https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-senate/district/15
California Assembly
Preceded by
Fiona Ma		 Speaker pro tempore of the California Assembly
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Kevin Mullin
Preceded by
Joe Coto		 California State Assemblywoman, 27th District (23rd district 2010–2012)
December 6, 2010 - November 30, 2016		 Succeeded by
Ash Kalra
Political offices
Preceded by
Manny Diaz		 San Jose City Council Councilwoman, 5th District
March 13, 2001 – December 6, 2010		 Succeeded by
Xavier Campos
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