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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 ]
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.
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 ...
Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Florida Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1822 to 1845. These are tables of congressional delegations from Florida to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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]
Not three weeks had passed since Florida Republican Gov ... Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard when U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar — a Cuban-American freshman congresswoman from Miami ...
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 ...