Suzette Martinez Valladares (born December 21, 1980)[1] is an American politician who is a member of the California State Senate since 2024, representing the 23rd district.

In 2022, she ran in the newly redrawn 40th Assembly district, and narrowly lost the election to Pilar Schiavo by a 50.2% to 49.8% margin.

A third-generation Californian, her grandfather was a farmworker who worked alongside Cesar Chavez in vineyards near Bakersfield.

Valladares placed first in the nonpartisan blanket primary and defeated fellow Republican Lucie Lapointe Volotzky, a furniture store owner, in the November general election.

[7] The Problem Solvers Caucus says that their goal is to "create a group of legislators committed more to progress than to ideology.