Roybal-Allard, Lucille, 1941-

Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the U.S. Representative for California's 40th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. Her district was numbered as the 33rd from 1993 to 2003 and as the 34th from 2003 to 2013.

Born in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, she is the daughter of Edward R. Roybal, who served in Congress from 1963 to 1993. Roybal attended Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, California, graduating in 1959, and California State University, Los Angeles, graduating in 1965. She worked as a public relations officer and fund raising executive before serving in the California State Assembly. In 1992, she won the Democratic nomination for the newly created 33rd district, which included a sliver of the area her father had represented for 30 years. She won handily in November, and has been reelected 13 times with no substantive opposition in this heavily Democratic, Latino-majority district. Roybal-Allard is married to Edward Allard III.

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