Grace Napolitano
U.S. Representative from California
Graciela "Grace" Napolitano ( nə-POL-ih-TAH-noh; née Flores; born December 4, 1936) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented California's San Gabriel Valley and other parts of Los Angeles County in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2025. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the Norwalk City Council. At the age of 89, Napolitano was the oldest sitting member of the House of Representatives at the time of her departure.
Napolitano represented the 34th district from 1999 to 2003, the 38th district from 2003 to 2013, the 32nd district from 2013 to 2023, and 31st district from 2023 to 2025. Due to redistricting, Napolitano ran for and won reelection in the 2012 United States elections in California's 32nd congressional district against Republican nominee David Miller. In the 2014 midterm elections, Napolitano was reelected, defeating Republican nominee Arturo Alas. Napolitano retired from Congress in 2025.
Early life, education and career
Napolitano was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. After high school, she married Federico "Fred" Musquiz and moved with her husband to Norwalk, California, where they raised five children. After Musquiz's death in 1980, she married Frank Napolitano in 1982.
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