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This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Persons included are identified as having a lineage from Spain or Latin America, a definition that includes Brazil, but not Portugal. Entries shaded in gray refer to current members of the U.S. Congress.
This is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of California. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state, see United States congressional delegations from California.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) was organized in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen: Herman Badillo (NY), Baltasar Corrada del Río (PR), Kika de la Garza (TX), Henry B. Gonzalez (TX) and Edward Roybal (CA), to serve as a legislative organization through which legislative action, as well as executive and judicial actions, could be monitored to ensure the needs of Hispanics were being met.
Pocan is openly gay and the first LGBTQ member of Congress to replace another LGBTQ member of Congress (Tammy Baldwin) and the first non-incumbent in a same-sex marriage elected to Congress. [1] [4] [6] [37] Kyrsten Sinema: Democratic: Arizona: January 3, 2013: January 3, 2019: 6 years, 0 days Sinema was the first openly bisexual member of ...
Now Hispanic Republicans have launched a Hispanic Caucus of their own, with one notable holdout: State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa-Bogh, R-Yucaipa, who cited a rejection of identity politics and ...
They make up 18% of all California Latino legislators, in a state where a survey released this year by the National Assn. of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials — headed by a Downey Latina ...
150 Hispanic and Latino Americans have served as U.S. representatives in the United States House of Representatives, meaning that 150 of the total 164 Hispanic and Latino Americans to serve in Congress, or 95%, have served in the House of Representatives at one point; 5 members of the House of Representatives have gone on to serve in the Senate ...