state senator Pete Gallego (born 1961) – former U.S. representative (TX 23) Ruben Gallego (born 1979) – U.S. representative (AZ 7) Tony Gallegos (1924–2018) – Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (born 1956) – Cook County Commissioner, former Member of Illinois State Senate, Mayor Candidate for the city of Chicago Ruben Garcia Jr. (born 1951) – former executive assistant director of FBI Edward D. Garza (born 1969) – mayor Margarito C. Garza (1931–1995) – district judge, comic book creator José Antonio de la Garza (1776–1851?) – Mayor of San Antonio, Texas (in 1813 and 1832), the first landowner in San Antonio and the first man to create a coin in this state. Reynaldo Guerra Garza (1915–2004) – first Hispanic judge appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals Tony Garza (born 1959) – U.S. ambassador to Mexico Eric Garcetti (born 1971) – Mayor of Los Angeles Gil Garcetti (born 1941) – former Los Angeles district attorney Alberto Gonzales (born 1955) – United States Attorney General Henry Gonzalez (1916–2000) – U.S. representative (Texas) Irma Elsa Gonzalez (born 1948) – federal judge Matt Gonzalez (born 1965) – politician, member of the Green Party Rafael Gonzales (1789–1857) – native of San Antonio, Texas, he was governor of Coahuila and Texas. Ron Gonzales (born 1951) – former mayor of San José, California Steven Gonzalez (born 1963) – Justice of the Washington Supreme Court Vicente Gonzalez (born 1967) – U.S. House of Representatives (TX 15) Raúl Grijalva (born 1948) – U.S. House of Representatives (AZ 3) Michelle Lujan Grisham (born 1959) – Governor of New Mexico and former U.S. representative (NM 1) Philip S. Gutierrez (born 1959) – U.S. district judge Eva Guzman (born 1961) – member of Texas Supreme court Roger Hernández (born 1975) – Mayor of West Covina, California Ruben Hinojosa (born 1940) – U.S. representative (Texas 15) Ruben Kihuen (born 1980) – U.S. representative (NV 4) Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (1859–1930) – former governor of New Mexico and first Latino to serve United States Senate Oscar Leeser (born 1958) – Mayor of El Paso Mike Levin (born 1978) – U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since 2019. Sam Liccardo (born 1970) – Mayor of San Jose, California Carmen Lomellin (born 1950) – ambassador Marco A. López Jr. (born 1978) – Mayor of Nogales, Arizona Manuel Lujan Jr. (1928–2019) – U.S. representative from New Mexico Roberto de la Madrid (1922–2010)