Obama In Texas To Promote Immigration Reform

Obama In Texas To Promote Immigration Reform

Mary Mata May 9, 2011

President Barack Obama plans to push forward with his call for immigration reform in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday. For the last several weeks, the President has taken visible steps […]

Latino Voting Power In Nebraska Diminished

Mary Mata

Last week in our national Latino redistricting roundup, we reported that in Nebraska Latino voter power was set to be diminished under a recently adopted redistricting plan. This week the […]

How Democrats, Republicans Can Lose Latino Votes In 2012

Mary Mata May 6, 2011

The Latino vote is the vote to lose for both Democrats and Republicans. There are two main ways this can be done, political scientist Luis Fraga, who is Associate Vice Provost for […]

Tequila Party Launches To Promote Latino Votes In 2012

Mary Mata May 5, 2011

Somos Republicans founder DeeDee García Blase has taken up the reins of the so-called Tequila Party movement that originated in Nevada to combat the Tea Party and launched today in an […]

How Do Pollsters Accurately Measure Latino Opinion?

Mary Mata April 29, 2011

How do pollsters accurately gauge Latino voter interest? We wrote last week that there was a question as to whether polling based on Spanish surname was the best methodology, or […]

Which Is It — High Or Low Latino Voter Turnout In 2010?

Mary Mata April 26, 2011

The Pew Hispanic Center released a report today, “The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters,” which has been variously reported in the media as meaning that Latinos either […]

Latino To Run For Senate In New Mexico

Mary Mata April 25, 2011

New Mexico’s State Auditor Hector Balderas is set to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeff Bingaman, reported the Santa Fe New Mexican last week. Balderas […]

Conservative Latinos Re-Launch “Tequila Party” As Latino Voter Outreach

Mary Mata April 22, 2011

Do you remember the so-called Tequila Party? It was a conservative movement that rumbled in Nevada, claiming to be a conservative Latino alternative to the often anti-Latino Republican party? The […]

NJ Sen. Bob Menendez On Redistricting, 2012 And Leadership

Mary Mata April 21, 2011

New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez sat down with News Taco this week to talk about a few key issues pertaining to Latinos. He spoke to us about the importance […]

Latino Vet, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, Mulls Texas Senate Run

Mary Mata April 20, 2011

Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez is looking at running for the soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat in Texas, according to New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, D-NJ. Yesterday during a conversation held […]