He will become the seventh Hispanic representative to lead a full House committee.
The largest number of Hispanic political representatives is in Texas.
The delegates at large were heavily weighted toward women, black and Hispanic representatives, to meet the affirmative action goals of the party.
Nine of the 12 districts thought likely in the most recent redistricting, in 1982, to produce black or Hispanic representatives have done so.
Of the nine districts with black or Hispanic representatives, none has a minority-group population of less than 81 percent.
Of 60 seats in the State Assembly, nearly a third are held by black or Hispanic representatives.
So we're not just reaching the Hispanic representatives.
He felt this would hamper the possible election of Hispanic representatives.
He would become New Jersey's first Hispanic representative in Congress.
The 33d was designed to produce a Hispanic representative, being 84 percent Hispanic.