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María Elvira Salazar [a] (born November 1, 1961) [1] is an American journalist, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 27th congressional district. She is a Republican assistant whip. [ 2 ]
Representative (lifespan) Hispanic or Latino ancestry Party State Term start Term end Notes Alcée la Branche (1806–1881) Spanish Democratic: Louisiana: March 4, 1843: March 4, 1845: Retired John Edward Bouligny (1824–1864) Spanish American (Know-Nothing) (1859–1860) Louisiana: March 4, 1859: March 4, 1861: Retired [20] Constitutional ...
Voters on Tuesday returned U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar to office for a second term representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District, handing her an overwhelming victory over state Sen ...
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. She is the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress from Florida.
Luna is the first Mexican-American woman to be elected to Congress in Florida. [107] George Anthony Devolder Santos: George Santos: Republican New York 3rd 2023 The first Brazilian-American elected to Congress, Santos was a part of the first congressional race in which between two LGBTQ+ candidates competed against each other. [108]
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The secessionist constitution of 1861 would have reduced this to two years and removed the term limit, [43] but the state fell to the Union before the first election under that constitution. The rejected constitution of 1865 and the ratified constitution of 1868 maintained the four-year term, [ 44 ] [ 45 ] though without the earlier term limit ...
The election night party was for the freshman Miami Congresswoman of Florida’s Congressional District 27 — a district with the largest share of Hispanic residents anywhere in the state — who ...