Colorado is poised to make history with Latinas in charge of the state Legislature
Source: LA Times
In January, Lucia Guzman hopes to do what she’s done each of the last three times she’s been elected to the Colorado Senate.
She’ll fly to Houston. She’ll drive a bit west to the Katy Magnolia Cemetery. She’ll walk to the two graves beneath the scrub oak tree where her parents are buried and will fill them in on the upcoming legislative session. She’ll be clutching a small trowel.
But this trip, the daughter of Mexican immigrants hopes to tell them one more thing: She hopes to tell them she made history.
If the Democrats win big in Colorado on Tuesday, they could take control of both state legislative chambers. If that happens, the state would become the first in history to have its legislature led by two Latinas — Guzman as the Senate president and Crisanta Duran as the House speaker.
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