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Nicole Malliotakis (/ ˌ m æ l i ə ˈ t ɑː k ɪ s / MAL-ee-ə-TAH-kiss; born November 11, 1980) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district since 2021. Her constituency covers Staten Island and southern Brooklyn.
A Democrat from New York, Velázquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011. Her district, in New York City, was numbered the 12th district from 1993 to 2013 and has been numbered the 7th district since 2013. Velázquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the United States Congress. [1]
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.
Ritchie Torres – Congressman from New York; Selena Torres – Nevada state assemblywoman; 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 ...
According to New York Public Officers Law, once the seat is officially vacated, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul will have a 10-day window during which to officially call for a special election.
Marco Rubio is the highest-ranking Hispanic and Latino American to lead the Federal Executive Department; he currently holds the post of Secretary of State. The Cabinet of the United States , which is the principal advisory body to the President of the United States , has had 22 Hispanic and Latino American members altogether, with two of them ...
WASHINGTON — The White House met with leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Saturday, a conversation the Democratic lawmakers had been seeking for weeks as they became increasingly ...
The Miami congresswoman has cast herself as a staunch conservative, while staking out positions that don’t always align with those of her Republican colleagues. ‘Very much a pragmatist.’