Kimberly Peeler-Allen

Jan 29, 2024 | brennancenter.org | Sindy Benavides |Kimberly Peeler-Allen |Ruby Edlin |Grady Short

Since 2000, the number of Latinos in any elected office has nearly doubled. In 2022, voters sent a record number of Latinos to Congress. The midterms also saw the largest class of Latinos serving in statewide executive office and the reelection of the nation’s first Democratic Latina governor.  Despite these historic gains, fewer than 2 percent of elected officials are Latino — a community that makes up almost 20 percent of the U.S. population. And one reason, increasingly, is fear.