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Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He previously served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1999 to 2007, serving under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Cruz M. Bustamante is a Democrat who became the first Latino to hold a statewide office in California in over 100 years when he was elected lieutenant governor in 1998. Prior to that position, Bustamante served as a California assemblyman and he was the first Latino speaker of the state assembly.
Aug 17, 2003 · Bustamante, the son of Mexican immigrants, is reserved in projecting his Latino heritage. Diversity, a repeated theme in his public comments, often comes anchored in a line borrowed...
- doug.smith@latimes.com
- Senior Writer
Aug 30, 2003 · SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. — The towns where Cruz Bustamante grew up were little more than rest stops on two-lane roads that crisscrossed vast tracts of farmland and disappeared into the heat. Here, in...
- alan.zarembo@latimes.com
- Foreign And National Editor
May 25, 2021 · The former Lt. Governor, who ran in 2003, says no Democrat should join the recall ballot against Gavin Newsom, who is likely to win. He defends his decision to run and criticizes the Democratic establishment's strategy.
Aug 25, 2021 · In 2003, then-Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante ran as a backup candidate when the party urged Democrats to “Vote no on recall and yes on Bustamante.” Gov. Gray Davis ended up being ousted and...
Gavin Newsom's allies have been using the story of Cruz Bustamante to discourage Democrats from running for governor.
