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Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007.
However, the first Latina to lead a permanent cabinet office was Hilda Solis when President Barack Obama appointed her Secretary of Labor in 2009. Mel Martínez , who was born in Cuba , became the first foreign-born Hispanic and Latino American to serve in the presidential cabinet when President George W. Bush named him Secretary of Housing and ...
Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Colorado: Ken Salazar (D) 9th (100th overall) Yes Open seat; replaced Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) Attorney General of Colorado: 1955 Florida: Mel Martinez (R) 7th (98th overall) Yes Open seat; replaced Bob Graham (D) U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mayor of Orange ...
Like their Democratic counterpart, the Conference allows members from the Senate. Mel Martinez, the first Cuban-American U.S. Senator, joined the group shortly after his election in 2004. Additionally, the Conference is open to non-Hispanic "associate" members who represent districts with significant Hispanic populations or generally support ...
Republican Mel Martínez, the former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, was elected to the Senate in 2004, defeating Democrat Betty Castor, the former president of the University of South Florida and former Florida Education Commissioner, by 82,663 votes, 49.4% to 48.3%.
Below are candidates for statewide office, Congress in central and Eastern Washington, and other races that will appear on the Spokane County ballot. ... U.S. Senate. Mel Ram, Republican ...
Former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez, who served as a state senator from 1987-93, said old-fashioned hard work — often, the kind that happens without much notice, fanfare or headlines — is ...
Died in office Dennis Chávez (1888–1962) Mexican Democratic: New Mexico: March 4, 1931: Jan 3, 1935: Retired to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate from New Mexico [22] Joachim O. Fernández (1896–1978) Spanish Democratic: Louisiana: March 4, 1931: Jan 3, 1941: Lost re-election Antonio M. Fernández (1902–1956) Mexican Democratic: New ...