Joaquin Castro’s San Antonio Strategy
Joaquin Castro’s San Antonio Strategy
San Antonio, Texas — Congressional Candidate Joaquín Castro has had a busy week. Just a few days ago he was campaigning in the newly created 35th congressional district, hoping a […]
Perry Endorsed By Arpaio, Romney By Former DREAM Act Supporters
Today Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry was endorsed by hardline Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Mitt Romney by three prominent Latino Republicans in Florida. All of this, of course, in light […]
Romney’s Harsh Immigration Stance Draws Criticism
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s performance at a debate last week has drawn criticism particularly for his hard stance on immigration. Democratic Texas Congressmen Silvestre Reyes and Charlie Gonzalez said […]
NewsTaco Weekly Roundup: Nov. 19 – 27, 2011
Some great stuff this week, my favorite being the great political chisme of the week: a complete reshuffling of Texas’ congressional candidates. Check that out, for sure. Then there was […]
Texas Latinos Reshuffle In Congressional Race
The announcement today from San Antonio Congressman Charlie Gonzalez that he will retire when his term expires has reconfigured the cast of candidates looking to get to Congress in 2012. Now, […]
New Latino Congressional Seats Created In Texas
Three federal judges released interim 2012 Congressional maps after a lawsuit alleging the original map disenfranchised Latino voters. The new maps give three of the four congressional seats to Democratic-leaning […]
Obama Campaign Brings On National Latino Vote Director
The Obama campaign hired Texas native Adrian Saenz to be the National Latino Vote Director last week, part of the campaign’s efforts to drive the Latino vote in 2012. While […]
Texas Redistricting Maps Boost Latino Seats
By Michael Li The three-judge panel in Washington released its interim map proposals for the state house and senate today. The maps can be found here The senate map is Plan […]
Nation Politely Asks TX To Stop Exclusively Exporting Idiots
The rest of the country doesn’t want to be too forward or anything. It keeps kicking at some invisible pebble on the ground, and it has tried to avoid the […]
Hermain Cain: “How Do You Say Delicious In Cuban?”
Your Latino presidential update today is kind of sad. Yesterday we reported that GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thinks Spanish is “the language of the ghetto,” and today we report […]