Cuban Americans in Congress

Credit for banner image above: From left, U.S. representatives María Elvira Salazar, Mario Díaz Balart, and Carlos Giménez, all Republicans from South Florida. Photo by The Floridian, 2024.

Since 1989, nineteen persons of Cuban origin have been elected to the U.S. Congress, where they have exercised considerable influence on U.S.-Cuban relations. Below are links to the websites of the six current Cuban American members of Congress (as of January 2025):

• Ted Cruz
  Senator, R-Texas
• Mario Díaz-Balart
  Congressman, R-Florida
• Maxwell Alejandro Frost
  Congressman, D-Florida
• Carlos Giménez
  Congressman, R-Florida
• Nicole Malliotakis
  Congresswoman, R-New York
• María Elvira Salazar
  Congresswoman, R-Florida