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Monica De La Cruz (born November 11, 1974) is an American politician and insurance agent from the state of Texas. She has represented Texas's 15th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023.
Early life and career
De La Cruz graduated from James Pace Early College High School in Brownsville, Texas, and the University of Texas at San Antonio, studying marketing. She later attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, studying Spanish. She interned for Turner Entertainment before working for Cartoon Network Latin America. Before being elected to the U.S. Congress, she was an insurance agent and business owner.
U.S. House of Representatives
= Elections
=2020
In 2020, De La Cruz ran in Texas's 15th congressional district, and lost to incumbent Democrat Vicente Gonzalez by three percentage points.
2022
Endorsed by Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, De La Cruz ran again in the 15th district in 2022, while Gonzalez was redistricted to Texas's 34th congressional district. De La Cruz defeated Democratic nominee Michelle Vallejo in the general election, earning 80,869 votes to Vallejo's 67,913. When she took office in 2023, she became only the eighth person to represent this district since its creation in 1903, and the first Republican. By a matter of a few months, she was the second Republican elected from a Rio Grande Valley county in over a century; the first, Mayra Flores, was elected to a partial term in a neighboring district in 2022. De la Cruz is the first Republican elected to a full term after it was redrawn.
2024
De La Cruz ran for re-election in 2024 and faced Michelle Vallejo in the general election. De La Cruz was re-elected by 14 points.
= Tenure
=In March 2024, De La Cruz delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address in Spanish.
In June 2024, Politico reported De La Cruz earmarked $2.4 million in taxpayer funds to Angels of Love Advocacy Project, an organization founded by an associate who was recently arrested for allegedly stealing $500,000 from Ponzi scheme victims.
Caucus memberships
Republican Main Street Partnership
Committee assignment
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy
Political positions
De La Cruz voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
Personal life
De La Cruz is an Episcopalian.
De La Cruz has been married and divorced twice and has two children. De La Cruz's split from her second husband in 2021, Juan Gabriel Hernandez, resulted in an acrimonious divorce.
See also
List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress
References
External links
Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz official U.S. House website
Monica De La Cruz for Congress campaign website
Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
Profile at Vote Smart
Appearances on C-SPAN
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