James Himes: first Peruvian-born American elected to U.S. Congress

James A. “Jim” Himes, a 42-year-old former Wall Street banker, is the first Peruvian-born American to be elected to the U.S. Congress, and the first Democrat elected to represent Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District since Donald J. Irwin of Norwalk, who lost to Republican Lowell P. Weicker in 1968. “Peruvians and Latin Americans are stoked about [...]