U.S. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American Elected to Congress, Retiring Next Year
Ros-Lehtinen, the first congressional Republican to publicly support gay marriage and a fierce critic of Cuban politics, will retire after almost three decades in the House of Representatives
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress and the first congressional Republican to publicly support marriage equality, is retiring next year at the end of her term.
Ros-Lehtinen, 64, will have spent almost three decades in Congress, having been elected for the first time in 1989. Her, and confirmed in an open letter later Sunday afternoon.
