Latinos Lose, Democrats Win In Nevada Redistricting

Latinos Lose, Democrats Win In Nevada Redistricting

Mary Mata October 17, 2011

An interesting story about redistricting out of Nevada. In order to cement more Democratic districts, Democrats there argued against creating Latino majority districts, instead advocating that splitting up Latinos into […]

25 States To Use Bilingual Ballots

Mary Mata October 14, 2011

Bilingual ballots have been ordered in 25 states, according to a report from the Associated Press, down from 30 in 2000. The 248 counties that will be using the ballots […]

Texas Hiding The Truth About Voter ID

Mary Mata October 13, 2011

By Kirsten Gray, Texas Democratic Party Communications Director Recently, we described the shameful Republican scheme to disenfranchise Latinos and other voters. Governor Rick Perry’s “emergency” photo voter ID legislation, passed […]

Texas GOP Used Redistricting To Destroy Latino Voting Power

Mary Mata October 6, 2011

Before I launch into a discussion of the recently completed redistricting trial in San Antonio let me give you a bit of information concerning the sections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) […]

Maria Cardona Joins CNN As 2012 Political Contributor

Mary Mata

Today CNN announced that Democratic strategist Maria Cardona has joined the the network for the 2012 election season, according to Sam Feist, CNN senior vice president and Washington bureau chief. […]

Don’t Be Fooled, There Are No Pro-Immigrant GOP Candidates

Mary Mata October 5, 2011

So ever since Rick Perry joined the circus that’s been the Republican presidential  candidate field, I’ve been so annoyed. All this talk about how Latinos love him and how great […]

Marco Rubio’s Immigration Stance Alienates Latino Voters

Mary Mata

By Albert Morales, President of Albert Morales Strategies, LLC To witness the meteoric rise of Senator Marco Rubio, one can’t help but cheer his ascension in the ranks of the Senate. […]

Austin Latinos Fight To Reschedule City Elections

Mary Mata

By Paul Saldaña, President of Brisa Communications Austin, Texas — I am disappointed with the lack of transparency and inclusion to force a potential vote on whether to hold municipal elections […]

Texas Border Residents Pawns In Border Security War Games

Mary Mata September 30, 2011

A new report commissioned by Texas’ next wannabe Lieutenant Governor and current Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples literally labels the border as a warzone. This, despite actual reality and statistics to […]

No Casa Blanca For The GOP

Mary Mata September 29, 2011

By María Cardona As a Democrat, predictably, I find all of the presidential candidates and the policies they support anathema to everything I believe this country needs right now. Their […]