1. Ruben Barrales was born on April 14,1962 and is the former Deputy Assistant to President George W Bush, and was the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
18 Facts About Ruben Barrales
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Ruben Barrales then served as the CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Ruben Barrales is currently the President and CEO of GROW Elect, a political action committee that recruits, endorses, trains, and funds Latino Republican candidates for public office.
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Ruben Barrales serves on the board of directors for the Public Policy Institute of California.
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Ruben Barrales identifies as a Mexican American and is recognized as the first Latino person to serve on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
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Ruben Barrales has appeared in the Hispanic Business Magazine's "100 Most Influential Hispanics" list on three occasions within the last ten years.
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Ruben Barrales is the son of Mexican immigrants from Mexico City, Mexico, and was raised in Redwood City, California.
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Ruben Barrales's father was paralyzed from a fall from a roof during a roofing job during Ruben's youth.
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Ruben Barrales attended Nativity Catholic School in Menlo Park, California and graduated from Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California in 1980.
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Ruben Barrales graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a BA in political science in administrative studies.
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Ruben Barrales was first registered as a Democrat before he ran for San Mateo County Supervisor.
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Ruben Barrales supported the citizens of Redwood City in bringing the Shot Spotter to Redwood City to reduce random gun fire.
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In 1998, Ruben Barrales was the Republican candidate for California State Controller, though he failed to unseat Kathleen Connell.
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Ruben Barrales received 2,652,115 votes to Connell's 4,874,097 votes.
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Ruben Barrales is married and has two kids, Ryan and Rachel.
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Ruben Barrales was a founding member of Garfield Charter School, in the Redwood City Elementary School District.
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Ruben Barrales was instrumental in getting Garfield's Charter and secured funding for the first years.
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Ruben Barrales served as Director of the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center.