Dante Perez
Dante Perez | |
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| 40th Governor of Manteria | |
| Assumed office January 5, 2023 | |
| Lieutenant | Austin Saunderd |
| Preceded by | Heather Perez |
| Member of the Manteria House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – January 5, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rodney Whitaker |
| Succeeded by | Amelia P. Gibson |
| Constituency | 43th district |
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| Born | Dante Luca Perez March 18, 2002 Blue Mesa, Manteria, Caregon |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Relatives | Perez family |
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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.