Mary Casillas Salas was born on March 17,1948 and is an American politician from Chula Vista, California.
28 Facts About Mary Salas
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Mary Salas is a former California Assembly member who represented the 79th Assembly District from 2006 to 2010.
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Mary Salas ran for the California State Senate in 2010 but lost.
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Mary Salas was elected Mayor of the city of Chula Vista in 2014.
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Mary Salas earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work in San Diego State University.
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Mary Salas served as a member of Chula Vista's Civil Service Commission and Planning Commission.
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In 1996, Mary Salas was elected as a member of city council in Chula Vista.
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Mary Salas became the first Latina elected to the Chula Vista City Council, and second person of Latino descent on the City Council, after Steve Padilla.
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In 2000, as an incumbent, Mary Salas was re-elected as a member of Chula Vista City Council.
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In 2001, Mary Salas was early to call for San Diego Unified Port District Board member David Malcolm to resign over his consulting contract with Duke Energy, which he would ultimately do in early 2002.
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Mary Salas was term-limited out of the city council in 2004, being barred from serving more than two terms consecutively.
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In 2002, Mary Salas ran in the open-race for mayor against fellow city councilmember and political ally Steve Padilla, but lost.
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Mary Salas had placed a narrow first in the first-round of the election, but had failed to receive a full majority of the vote, thus triggering a runoff.
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Mary Salas was endorsed ahead of the primary by the editorial board of the La Presna San Diego newspaper.
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Mary Salas pledged to bring a broader vision to enhancing the city's regional economic importance.
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Mary Salas noted community concerns, such as illegal evictions and areas of the city being in need of sidewalks.
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Mary Salas proposed fast-tracking roadway projects to alleviate traffic congestion stemming from the city's rapid growth.
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Additionally, Padilla's campaign circulated literature quoting Mary Salas as having used the derisive term "gringos" in a quote to the newspaper El Latino.
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Mary Salas was a mamber of the South Bay Irrigation District from 2004 through 2006.
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Mary Salas was elected to the California State Assembly in 2006, defeating Jean Roesch.
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Mary Salas represented the 79th district which includes the communities of National City, Coronado, Imperial Beach and parts of Chula Vista and San Diego.
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Mary Salas was appointed Chair of the Committee on Veterans Affairs in 2007.
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Mary Salas served on the following standing committees: Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy; Water, Parks and Wildlife; and the Committee on Health.
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In 2012 Mary Salas ran again for election to the Chula Vista City Council, representing District 4.
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Mary Salas was sworn in as the first Latina Mayor of Chula Vista, California on December 9,2014.
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Mary Salas was sworn in for a second term in December 2018.
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Mary Salas positioned himself as a government insider but a political outsider.
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Mary Salas went into the first-round of the election having vastly out-fundraised her opponents.