Candidate for
State Senator; District 1

Thomas A. Romero

Democratic Candidate First State Senate District
P.O. Box 2046
Loomis, California 95650
Tel/FAX (916) 652-1175
ID# 990724
E-mail: electtom@pacbell.net

BIOGRAPHY

BACKGROUND AND FAMILY

• Born 1939 Los Angeles, California
• Educated 1-12 in Los Angeles Schools
• Wife-Jan Romero
• Sons-Kurt Romero & William Romero

• Public School Teacher - Rocklin Unified School (31 years)
• Elementary & Secondary School Administrator

• Retail Sales
• Vice Chairman of the Board of Publishers for the newspaper the "Sacramento Valley Labor Bulletin"

• President of AFT Local 2267, AFL-CIO Charter member of union (1969-Present)
• Delegate Sacramento Central Labor Council, A.F.L.-C.I.O., 1969- Present
• Elected to Board of Publishers of Sacramento Valley Union Labor Bulletin 1977-1986
• Charter Member of Sacramento Labor Committee for Latin American Advancement, AFL-CIO
• Member UFCW Locals 770 & 324, withdrawal-1963 Member Local 770's Heath Care Committee Member Local 770's Bylaws Committee

• Region 1 Director of California Democratic Party,1995-present
• Ex-officio Member of 20 Northeastern Counties' Central Committees (Assembly Districts 2,3,4)
• Democratic Nominee for State Senate District #1, 1992 and 1996
• Executive Board of California Democratic Party, 1981 - present
• Chair Placer County Democratic Central Committee, 1982-1992
• Member Placer County Democratic Central Committee 1970-present
• Town of Loomis Parking and Traffic Commissioner, 1989-1991
• Plaintiff in US Supreme Court ruling freeing political parties (small third parties) from control by California state government, c.1986.

• Southern Poverty Law Center, Klan Watch Project
• Holocaust Memorial Museum
• California Association of School Administrators
• California Tax Payers Association

• Master of Arts: Humanities - CSU Dominguez Hills
• Certificate in Public Sector Labor-Management *Relations,UC Davis
• Administrative Service Credential K-12
• Standard Teaching Credential-Secondary (Major: History / Minors:Political Science,Anthropology&Mandarin Chinese
• Bachelor of Arts: History - CSU Los Angeles
• Associate of Arts: Los Angeles City College

• California Labor Federation
• Five Counties Central Labor Council
• Sacramento Central Labor Council
• United Auto Workers, Region 5
• California Federation of Teacher, AFT
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245