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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.
John Garza (Texas House of Representatives, District 117-San Antonio) Tony Garza (former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) Carlos Giminez (U.S. representative from Florida, former mayor of Miami-Dade County) Mario Goico (former Kansas state representative) Gabriel Gomez (Republican nominee for Senate in Massachusetts in the 2013 special election)
Sen. Octaviano Larrazolo, a Republican from New Mexico, the first Hispanic or Latino American to serve in the United States Senate, was elected in 1928. One of the major questions that arose in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War in 1898 was the question of territorial status on the mainland and abroad.
In December 2017, Garcia endorsed Gavin Newsom for governor, making him the first elected Latino to do so. [61] In May 2019, Garcia joined Newsom, Representative Barbara Lee and others in becoming a California state co-chair for Kamala Harris's 2020 presidential campaign. He was the only mayor to join state leaders as a co-chair. [62]
(That's what Latino Republicans did in Congress, forming the Congressional Hispanic Conference in 2003 to distinguish themselves from the heavily Democratic Congressional Hispanic Caucus.)
Sen. Alex Padilla, shown at an election night rally in L.A., became the first Latino whom Californians elected to the U.S. Senate. He had been appointed to the post to fill Kamala Harris' seat.
On February 27, 2014, Gallego announced his candidacy for Congress in Arizona's 7th congressional district. [20] Although not required to give up his seat under Arizona's resign-to-run laws (since he was in the final year of his state House term), Gallego resigned from the Arizona House in March 2014. [ 21 ]
This week, Castro will join other prominent Latino government leaders at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual Leadership Conference, themed “Latino Excellence in Action ...