wrote a successful women's column for the Washington Evening Star from 1965-1981 called "Your Date with Ymelda." A granddaughter, Gloria Tristani, followed in public service, serving as chair of the New Mexico State Corporations Commission in 1996, as a member of the Federal Communications Commission from 1997 to 2001, and as the Democratic nominee for New Mexico's other U.S. Senate seat in 2002 where she lost to Senator Pete Domenici. See also List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) References External links The Dennis Chavez Foundation – Established in 1988 Documentary Film About Dennis Chavez |- |- |- |- 1888 births 1962 deaths 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico American politicians of Mexican descent Democratic Party United States senators from New Mexico Georgetown University Law Center alumni Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in New Mexico Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress Democratic Party members of the New Mexico House of Representatives New Mexico lawyers People from Valencia County, New Mexico People of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico Politicians from Albuquerque, New Mexico People from Belen, New Mexico 20th-century American lawyers