WASHINGTON (AP) Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida was sworn in as the newest member of the House on Tuesday, filling the seat last held by Alcee Hastings, who died in April of pancreatic cancer.
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Congresswoman-elect Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is scheduled to take the oath of office on Jan. 18, one week after she won 79% of the vote in her Broward-Palm Beach county district. She becomes the first Haitian American Democrat elected to Congress.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was elected Tuesday as South Florida’s and the nation’s newest member of Congress from the Broward-Palm Beach County 20th Congressional District. She fills the vacancy created by the 2021 death of U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings.