Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, announced Thursday she will not run for reelection.
The 72-year-old was first elected to Congress in 1992.
Velázquez told The New York Times that her party’s desire for generational change was one of the reasons she was stepping down.
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