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Nydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano (/ ˈ n ɪ d i ə / NID-ee-ə, Spanish: [ˈniðja βeˈlaskes]; born March 28, 1953) is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives since 1993. A Democrat from New York, Velázquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011.
Democrat Nydia Velázquez represents the district in Congress. Like many Congressional districts around the country, the New York Seventh's boundaries were drawn as to link disparate and widely separated neighborhoods with a large percentage of minority voters (see majority-minority districts ).
The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York.For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from New York.
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Incumbent Democrat Nydia Velázquez, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 12th district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 95% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+34.
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Carmen Nydia Velázquez (born 2 October 1947 [citation needed]) is a Puerto Rican comedian, [1] actress [2] and singer. She is best known for her fictional role in the comedic duo Susa y Epifanio which has been featured in popular radio and television programs in Puerto Rico for 30 years.