Parra served as CongressmanCal Dooley's campaign manager in 2000 and as his District Director from 1998 to 2002.
California Assembly
Parra was elected to the Assembly in 2002 by a margin of 266 votes.[2] She served as Chair of the Agriculture Committee. She also served on the Banking & Finance, Insurance, and Water Parks and Wildlife Committees. Parra's 2004 re-election campaign was endorsed by the California Farm Bureau.[3]
In 2008 Parra was not eligible to seek a fourth term because of term limits. She chose to endorse her opponent from the 2006 campaign to replace her, Republican Danny Gilmore, over the Democratic party nominee, Shafter Mayor Fran Florez.[4]
During her final months in office, Parra was kicked out of her Capitol office by then-Assembly Speaker Karen Bass after refusing to vote on a state spending bill.[5]
Later career
In late January 2009, Parra accepted an appointment from GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger to be Director of the Governor's Regional Development Initiatives under the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. On July 16, 2009, Parra announced that she would resign from the agency.[6]
On December 30, 2021, Parra ended her congressional campaign and filed to run for district 16 in the state senate.[1] She was eliminated during the primary, finishing in 3rd place with 12% of the vote.
