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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Hispanic and Latino American politicians continued to make gains in important positions in Congress, and for the first time in this period had an equal number of full voting members in Congress and non-voting delegates. [1] The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was founded in 1976. Pictured are members of the Caucus gathered together in 1984.
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 ...
She is the representative for District 43 in the Florida House of Representatives. [2] Lopez has a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of Education in Hispanic Studies; Higher Education, from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. She was the first Latina to serve on Orange County's school ...
A representative for his opponent, then-incumbent Circuit Judge Henry H. Harnage, blasted Camacho, saying he was trying to mislead voters into thinking he was Hispanic.