Hispanic and Latino Americans
Politics
Table:
Current Hispanics and Latinos in United States government

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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