By Bob Christie and Paul Davenport – SFChronicle.com – Photo: Evan Vucci / Associated Press 2013.

Photo: Former Congressman Ed Pastor of Arizona died after a heart attack in a Phoenix restaurant.

Phoenix, Arizona — Former U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, who championed liberal causes as Arizona’s first Hispanic member of Congress but was known for his bipartisanship, died after suffering a heart attack, his family said Wednesday. He was 75. Pastor, a Democrat, served 23 years in Congress until deciding in 2014 against running for re-election.

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