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‘Can Not Toast A Tortilla On An Electric Range’: Latina Politician Ditches Democratic Party Over Gas Stove Crackdown
Former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero said on Friday she is abandoning her party, taking aim at Democrats’ crackdown on gas stoves. Romero said she has “had enough” and has become misaligned with the…
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About Gloria Romero
Gloria J. Romero is an American politician. She served as a California state senator from 2001 until 2010 and was the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate from 2005 until 2008. She was the first woman to hold that leadership position. In 2024, she joined the Republican Party.
Everything about Gloria Romero →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the California State Assembly, member of the State Senate of California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 10, 1955