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Latino Magazine: Taking a Seat at the Table

05/14/16

Spring 2016
By Patricia Guadalupe

Will demographic growth translate into political clout? Latino leaders on Capitol Hill are working hard to ensure just that.

“There are more Latinos in leadership positions than ever before, but we are still severely underrepresented,” says Rep. Linda Sánchez of California, who along with her sister Loretta, are the only pair of sisters to serve at the same time in Congress. Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) since last year, she is only the fourth Latina to head the 26-member group, and has served in Congress since 2003, having first been an attorney in Southern California specializing in labor law...

Rep. Ben Ray Luján comes from a prominent New Mexico political family. His father Ben is a former speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, and his cousins include a current member of Congress – Michelle Luján Grisham, and a former member and ex- Secretary of the Interior, Manuel Luján Jr.

Rep. Luján has been in Congress since 2009, and actually first came to Capitol Hill as an intern with former Rep. Bill Richardson. Luján now represents that same congressional district.

“It’s an extreme honor to be here, especially all of the responsibility we have representing people from home, the community that has entrusted us.

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