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Being one of the largest minorities in the United States, Hispanics have played an important role in our government. There are people like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Mel Martinez that helped shape the United States government. According to a CNN, article written by Monica C .Lozano Latinos play a growing role in America's future. "In a country with 53 million Latinos, or 17% of the population and growing, only 34 of 435 seats in Congress and four of the 100 seats in the Senate are occupied by Latinos."(Lozano,Monica C.)

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was born June 25, 1954. Both of her parents (Celina and Juan)were from Puerto Rico but Sonia was born and raised in New York. She is the first Hispanic woman to hold the position of a U.S Supreme Court Justice.(Only nine justices hold this position)At a young age, Sonia would watch TV shows about lawyers and read Nancy Drew mysteries. This helped to lead her to become a lawyer or judge someday. After completing high school, she attended Princeton University, then Yale Law School. In 1979, Sonia became an attorney for the state of New York and then in 1992 she became a judge. In 2009, President Barack Obama placed Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. She is the third woman to serve in that position.(Juarzez Christine)

Marco Rubio (Marco Antonio Rubio) born May 28, 1971 in Miami, Florida. Rubio's parents left Cuba in 1956 and moved to the United States. The family lived in Miami, FL, but later moved to Las Vegas. In 1985, his family returned to Florida. When he graduated from the University of Florida, he studied law at the United of Miami. Following earning his law degree in 1996. He served as member of the West Miami City Commission then was elected to the Florida House Representative in a special election in 1999. He served from 2000 to 2008, during that time he was a majority leader ( 2003-2006) and a speaker ( 2006-2008). In 2009, Rubio ran for the US Senate seat left by the resignation of Mel Martinez. In 2010, he won the general election by a large margin in a three way race. In to 2011, after taking office Rubio was adopted generally conservative stance. He was considered one of the leader of the Tea Party movement. (The Tea Party is a social and political movement that emerged in 2009 in the United Stated) Rubio opposed gun control, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)(McNamee,Gregory Lewis), same sex-marriage, climate change curbs and other efforts backed by the Democratic Party. He was against efforts to normalize relations with Cuba. Rubio announced in April of 2015 that he would be running for the U.S. presidential election of 2016. He was preffered by the Republicans party, but he was only able to win in one state. After loosing in his won state of Florida in the primaries in Mid-March, Rubio ended his campaign.

Ted ( Rafael Edward Cruz) was born December 22,1970. Ted Cruz was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. As a republican in 2013,he began his term as a representative for Texas. He sought the Republican party nomination for President in 2016. In 2003, Cruz was made solicitor general of Texas, becoming, at age 32. He has a five -year tenure as solicitor general. Cruz, was also popular within the Tea Party movement.After taking office in 2013.(McNamee,Gregory Lewis), he became a leader of the conservative movement in congress. He also appose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In 2015, Cruz also announced that he was entering the U.S. presidential election race of 2016. He supported the end of numerous agencies, like the Department of Education and the Internal Revenue Service

(25 Most Influential Hispanics in America)Mel Martinez (Melquides Rafael Martinez) born October 23, 1946, served as a Untied States Senator from Flordia from 2005 to 2009. During this time, he was a chairman for the Republican Party from November 2006 to October 2007. He was the first Latino to served as a chairman of a major party. He is the first Cuban-American to serve in the U.S. Senate. In December of 2008, Martinez announced that he would not run for re-election to the Senate in 2010. Martinez was critical of Cuba's human rights record; supported tightening travel to Cuba and strengthening of the economic and trade blockade against Cuba. he is also a member of the Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus.(Mel Martinez)

In conclusion, although Sonia Sotomayor, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Mel Martinez played important roles in the Untied States goverment, there are many mrore Hispanics that are working in the goverment to achieve the same goals or higher.

25 Most Influential Hispanics in America." // Time // . Time Inc., n.d. Web. 01 May 2017. 
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"Mel Martínez." // Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Apr. 2017. Web. 01 May 2017. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Mart%C3%ADnez>.
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