About Gloria Negrete McLeod:
Gloria Negrete McLeod is an American politician who was the United States Representative for California's 35th congressional district from 2013-2015. The district included portions of eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County. She was a California State Senator, representing the 32nd District, from December 2006 until her election to Congress. Prior to that, she served in the California State Assembly from 2000 to 2006 after having lost in a 1998 bid for the Assembly. A resident of Chino, she defeated Joe Baca, Jr. in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat. She defeated Joe Baca Sr. in her 2012 election to Congress. In February 2014, she announced her intention not to stand at the following elections, and instead to run for the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. In a surprise, her campaign was unsuccessful, as she lost the November election to Republican state Assemblyman Curt Hagman.