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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Born in Cuba, Ros-Lehtinen arrived in Miami when she was 8 years old and went on to become the first Latina in the Florida House of Representatives and the first to serve in Congress too. Speaking of firsts, she was also the first in the Republican party to support marriage equality!

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