Billy Dalto
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Billy Dalto | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 21st district | |
| In office January 13, 2003 – January 8, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Randy Leonard (redistricting) |
| Succeeded by | Brian Clem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1976 |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Willamette University (BA), Willamette University College of Law (JD) |
Luis Guillermo "Billy" Dalto (born October 21, 1976) is an American politician. A Republican, he represented parts of Salem in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2003 until 2007.
Dalto was born in 1976 in New York City, to Jorge Dalto, a pianist originally from Roque Pérez, Argentina, and Adela Dalto, a singer born to Mexican parents in Texas.[1] His father died of cancer when Dalto was eleven years old.
Dalto graduated from Willamette University in 1998 and Willamette University College of Law in 2012.[2]
Political career
Dalto served as a legislative aide for State Representative Jackie Winters. When Winters ran for the state Senate in 2002, Dalto ran for the state House. He defeated former Salem mayor Mike Swaim, 53% to 47%.[3] He won reelection in 2004, defeating Claudia L. Howells, but lost to Brian Clem by a wide margin in 2006, in a year which saw control of the House of Representatives flip from Republican to Democratic.[4]
Dalto endorsed John Kasich in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.[5]