Hispanic and Latino Americans
Politics

Hispanic and Latino Americans

Section Title: Politics
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Political party	State	Term	Ancestry

Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor	N/A	N/A	2009–Present	Puerto Rican

State Governors

Brian Sandoval	Republican	Nevada	2011–Present	Mexican

Susana Martínez	Republican	New Mexico	2011–Present	Mexican

US Senate

Bob Menéndez	Democrat	New Jersey	2006–Present	Cuban

Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida	2011–Present	Cuban

Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas	2013–Present	Cuban

Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	Nevada	2017–present	Mexican

US House of Representatives

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	Florida	1989–Present	Cuban

José E. Serrano	Democrat	New York	1990–Present	Puerto Rican

Luis Gutiérrez	Democrat	Illinois	1993–Present	Puerto Rican

Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	California	1993–Present	Mexican

Nydia Velázquez	Democrat	New York	1993–Present	Puerto Rican

Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	Texas	1997–Present	Mexican

Grace Napolitano	Democrat	California	1999–Present	Mexican

Mario Díaz-Balart	Republican	Florida	2003–Present	Cuban

Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	Arizona	2003–Present	Mexican

Linda Sánchez	Democrat	California	2003–Present	Mexican

Henry Roberto Cuellar	Democrat	Texas	2005–Present	Mexican

Albio Sires	Democrat	New Jersey	2006–Present	Cuban

Ben Ray Luján	Democrat	New Mexico	2009–Present	Mexican

Bill Flores	Republican	Texas	2011–Present	Mexican

Jaime Herrera	Republican	Washington	2011–Present	Mexican

Raúl Labrador	Republican	Idaho	2011–Present	Puerto Rican

Tony Cárdenas	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican

Joaquin Castro	Democrat	Texas	2013–Present	Mexican

Pete Gallego	Democrat	Texas	2013–Present	Mexican

José Antonio García	Democrat	Florida	2013–Present	Cuban

Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democrat	New Mexico	2013–Present	Mexican

Raúl Ruiz	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican

Juan Vargas	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican

Filemon Vela Jr.	Democrat	Texas	2013–Present	Mexican

Pete Aguilar	Democrat	California	2015–Present	Mexican

Norma Torres	Democrat	California	2015–Present	Guatemalan

Ruben Gallego	Democrat	Arizona	2015–Present	Colombian

Nanette Barragán	Democrat	California	2017–Present	Mexican

Salud Carbajal	Democrat	California	2017–Present	Mexican

Lou Correa	Democrat	California	2017–Present	Mexican

Jimmy Gomez	Democrat	California	2017–Present	Mexican

Xochitl Torres Small	Democrat	New Mexico	2019	Mexican

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