Dante Perez

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Dante Perez
Dante Perez Portrait.png
40th Governor of Manteria
Assumed office
January 5, 2023
LieutenantAustin Saunderd
Preceded byHeather Perez
Member of the Manteria House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2020 – January 5, 2023
Preceded byRodney Whitaker
Succeeded byAmelia P. Gibson
Constituency43th district
Personal details
Born
Dante Luca Perez

(2002-03-18) March 18, 2002 (age 22)
Blue Mesa, Manteria, Caregon
Political partyFederalist
RelativesPerez family
Occupation
  • Politician

Dante Luca Perez (born March 18, 2002) is an American politician serving since 2023 as the 40th governor of Manteria. A member of the Federalist Party, he served in the Manteria House of Representatives from 2020 to 2023.

Early life and education

Early career

Governorship of Manteria

On August 23, 2022, Perez announced he would run in the 2022 Manteria special gubernatorial race after his grandmother, Heather Perez, gained the Federalist nomination for presidential candidate. In the September 2022 primary, Perez became the Federalist nominee, winning 59% of the vote and defeating Jillian Hurley, who took 34%, and Kamar Hall, who took 7%.

While campaigning in 2022, Perez said that, if elected, he would continue his grandmother legacy and focus on improving Manteria's "fundamentals"; he named schools, roads, and water systems as priorities. Perez's main opponent was Constitutionalist Jacob Barnett. The two candidates debated twice.

Perez defeated Barnett in the December 18 election by nearly a 10-point margin.