Democrat Felipe Sousa Lazaballet became the first Brazilian elected to the Florida Legislature and the first openly gay immigrant to win a seat there. (Foto: Instagram)
Democrat Felipe Sousa Lazaballet, 40, became the first Brazilian elected to the Florida Legislature. He is from Duque de Caxias, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Lazaballet immigrated to the United States as a teenager. He lived in the country for years without legal immigration status.
His election also makes him the first openly gay immigrant to win a seat in the Florida Legislature.
