Rep. Jasmine Crockett's colleagues elected her to be the freshman leadership representative making her the first Black woman in the role since the Democrats added it back in 2016.
seat replacing longtime Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, who announced her retirement last year. Continuing a string of historic firsts, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was elected minority leader following Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to not seek reelection on Wednesday. He becomes the first Black politician to head a major political party in Congress.
Also, voters sent the highest number of Latino lawmakers to Congress with over 10% of the House of Representatives, either Hispanic or Latino. To date, 38 Latinos hold office in Congress with 28 being Democrats and the remaining 10 Republicans per the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund.
“Invest in Latino voters. Talk to Latino voters early and recruit Latinos and Latinas to run and not just in majority Latino districts,” he told NBC News. “We have a lot of Latino members here who won and not in majority Latino districts.”
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