Report: Latinas vastly underrepresented in elected offices
By Nia-Malika Henderson, The Washington Post
A few numbers from a new report by the group LatinasRepresent:
- There are 435 seats in Congress; 9 are held by Latinas (2 percent)
- Out of the 7,383 state senators and representatives, 78 are Latina (1.1 percent)
- 5 out of the 320 statewide executives across the country are Latina (1.5 percent)
- Only one Latina has ever been elected governor
- No Latina has ever been elected to the U.S. Senate
Click HERE to read the full story.
[Photo by bradleygee]