Rep. Linda Sanchez Elected To Lead Congressional Hispanic Caucus

*This was a bit of a shuffle. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan was in line for this position, but he was pegged by Nancy Pelosi to head the DCCC. The Caucus members voted Rep. Sánchez to lead their group. VL

By Suzzane Gamboa, NBC News

Six-term Congresswoman Linda Sánchez was elected to be the new chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Tuesday.

The caucus is open to members of all parties, but is all Democrats. Republicans split from the caucus years ago and formed the Congressional Hispanic Conference.

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[Photo courtesy of Rep. Linda Sanchez Facebook]

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