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There are five Latino Senators in the United States Senate, three Latino Democrats and two Latino Republicans. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), first Latina elected to serve as a U.S. Senator from Nevada. Ted Cruz (R-TX), first Latino American to serve as a U.S. senator from Texas, former 2016 Presidential candidate.
Patricia Torres Ray – first Hispanic woman to serve in the MN Senate as MN Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party SD63; Xochitl Torres Small – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and former Congresswoman from New Mexico; Raúl Torrez – New Mexico Attorney General
A total of 14 Hispanic and Latino Americans have served in the United States Senate, with 6 serving from the Republican party and 8 from the Democratic Party. A total of 5 Hispanic or Latino Americans served in the United States Senate before the 21st century, three serving as senators for the state of New Mexico and 2 from the state of ...
Once seen as a bedrock constituency of the Democratic Party coalition, Latino voters shifted to the right in the 2024 presidential election — helping former President Donald Trump defeat Vice ...
It is easy to dismiss this scenario given the long history Latinos have had with the Democratic Party — and its belief that the Latino community is a Democratic stronghold.
Several Republican and Democratic Latinos made history in the 2022 midterm elections as votes are still being tallied Wednesday.
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.
Notably, two of Arizona’s most prominent Democrats are Latinos who have a military record. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, who defeated an election-denying candidate in 2022, is a ...