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Missed Opportunities: Assessing Latino Turnout in 2014

NewsTaco March 31, 2015

*What I like about these studies is that they’re so anti-internet. They’re deliberate, slow in their process (the 2014 voting numbers are just now being assessed) detached from immediate headlines […]

The Next Bush in Line: Split opinions on George P. Bush as “Latino Leader”

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Marco Rubio confirms April 13 launch

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Who Really Owns Ted Cruz?

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*This article was first published in June of 2013, in SomosRepublicanos.com. It’s republished here, with the author’s permission, in light of Ted Cruz’s recent entrance into the 2016 Presidential race. […]

George P. Bush to Receive UT’s Inaugural Latino Leadership Award

NewsTaco March 30, 2015

*For your consumption. Discuss. VL PRESS ADVISORY EVENT: Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush will receive the first University of Texas at Austin Latino Leadership Award for his public service […]

Harry Reid’s Big, Complicated Latino Legacy Won’t End When His Career Does

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*Carrasquillo does a good job of pulling the curtain in this piece, telling us how Sen. Harry Reid had his hands on the legislative gears that failed to pass immigration […]

The gutsy decision that saved Harry Reid’s career and made him a hero to Latinos

NewsTaco March 27, 2015

*I’m torn by this article. On the one hand, it gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how the Latino vote is transforming the political machinations at high levels. On the […]