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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)
The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) is a Republican sponsored caucus in the United States Congress. Currently with 20 members, the CHC was formed in 2003, with the stated goal of promoting policy outcomes of importance to Americans of Hispanic or Lusitanic descent.
Anna Paulina Luna (née Mayerhofer, later Gamberzky; born May 6, 1989) is an American politician and Air Force veteran who serves in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district as a member of the Republican Party.
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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.
Eight Latino Republicans now serve in the state Legislature, doubling the former record set just two years ago. Their districts span California from the border to the Sierra, the Central Valley to ...
Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., elected as chair of the House Democratic Caucus, is taking on the highest level House leadership job ever held by a Latino.