Almost 80 Percent Of Latinos Elected To State Legislatures Are Democrats

*News and numbers of the midterm election continue to trickle in. And the more they do the more it looks like some of the expectations came true. Latino participation was down, and those who voted favored Democrats. VL

By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices

Some 79 percent of politicians elected to state legislatures will belong to the Democratic Party following midterm elections, according to data compiled by the National Association of Elected Officials Education Fund.

As Republicans pat themselves on the back for their performance among Latino voters in midterm elections, the figures serve as a reminder that the GOP still has a long way to go when it comes to recruiting Latinos into the party.

The imbalance is most pronounced in the upper houses of state legislatures across the country, with Democrats accounting for 88 percent of Hispanic state senators. Only nine Latino state senators belong to the Republican Party, compared to the Democrats’ 65.

By contrast, Democrats hold 76 percent of the lower house seats in state legislatures occupied by Latinos, with 173, compared to 54 for Republicans.

There is, however, some good news for Republicans.

Ten new conservative Latinos were elected to the lower …

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This article was originally published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.