14 Facts About Delia Ramirez

Delia Catalina Ramirez was born on June 2,1983 and is an American politician who has served as the US representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district since 2023.

Delia Ramirez was elected to the House in 2018 and reelected in 2020.

Delia Ramirez was the first Guatemalan American elected to the Illinois General Assembly.

In 2022, Delia Ramirez was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Illinois's 3rd congressional district.

The daughter of undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, Delia Ramirez was raised in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Delia Ramirez graduated from Sabin Magnet Elementary School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in justice studies from Northeastern Illinois University.

Delia Ramirez was part of a slate of Latino candidates backed by then-Cook County Commissioner and congressional candidate Chuy Garcia.

Delia Ramirez was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives Progressive Caucus.

In October 2019, Delia Ramirez was part of a group of Democratic state legislators who opposed Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot's proposed plan for the use of a new real estate transfer tax, arguing that a portion of the funds from the new tax should be explicitly set aside to address homelessness and affordable housing.

In early 2020, Delia Ramirez chaired a task force in the state legislature focused on the condition of children of incarcerated people.

Delia Ramirez led a successful effort to include a provision that would provide Medicaid benefits to undocumented seniors in the budget bill.

Delia Ramirez had been pushing for such a provision since 2019, and its successful adoption made Illinois the first state to provide Medicaid regardless of immigration status.

On December 7,2021, Delia Ramirez announced that she would run in the 2022 US House election for Illinois's 3rd congressional district.

Delia Ramirez was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.