# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruben-hinojosa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:24:08.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruben-hinojosa"
name: "Rubén Hinojosa"
slug: "ruben-hinojosa"
description: "Rubén Eloy Hinojosa is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district, from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretched from Seguin, to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region was rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa served on the Financial Services and Education committees."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             0.09395973154362416
  historical:           10.49373866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 26
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/USRepRHinojosa"
    handle:    "USRepRHinojosa"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanRubenHinojosa"
    handle:    "CongressmanRubenHinojosa"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://hinojosa.house.gov"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUsbGRi-OlpTxoucZiQ2xCg"
    handle:    "@reprubenhinojosa"
    followers: 26
sources:
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    title: "魯本·伊諾埃薩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "روبين هينوچوسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "روبن هینیوسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa"
    title: "Rubén Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa"
    title: "Rubén Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "روبن هینیوسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa"
    title: "Rubén Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%94"
    title: "רובן הינוהוסה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa"
    title: "Rubén Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Hinojosa"
    title: "Reuben Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa"
    title: "Rubén Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Hinojosa"
    title: "Rubén Hinojosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump