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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.
Julian Castro, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Lauro Cavazos, the first Hispanic Cabinet member [2] Dennis Chavez, the first American-born Hispanic Senator [3] Anna Caballero – California state senator; Charles Calderon – former Majority Leader of the California State Assembly
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.
Several Republican and Democratic Latinos made history in the 2022 midterm elections as votes are still being tallied Wednesday.
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla made history again Tuesday night when he became the first Latino to be elected to represent California in the U.S. Senate.
From becoming the first Afro-Latina or LGBTQ congresswoman to the first Native American veteran in Congress, these eight Latino Democratic candidates running for House seats could make ...
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 ...
Mexican-Americans, Puerto Rican-Americans, Salvadoran-Americans, Guatemalan-Americans, and Dominican-Americans tend to support the Democratic Party. As the latter groups are far more numerous (Mexican-Americans make up 64% of the Latin population in the United States), [ 13 ] the Democratic Party typically receives the majority of the Latin vote.