Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo makes history as Colorado’s first Latina elected to Congress, NBCNews projects. - NBCLatino
With 97% of the votes counted, Caraveo won 48.4% of the votes and Republican state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer won 47.7%,Caraveo will represent the newly drawn 8th Congressional District, north of Denver, which has the largest percentage of Hispanics in the state, at 39%.
Caraveo, a pediatrician and the daughter of Mexican immigrants, was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2018. During her time at the Statehouse, she has focused on health care policy, voting and reproductive rights, among other issues, according to
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