GOP Better At Recruiting Latino Candidates Than Democrats

GOP Better At Recruiting Latino Candidates Than Democrats

Mary Mata July 25, 2011

This is how it breaks down: the number of Latino Democratic politicos is down, the number of Republican Latino politicos is up. It’s not a hard calculus to understand. The […]

Spanish TV Ads Are Not Latino Politics

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In 2008 the political pundits said the presidential election was the most Latinized, ever. It was also the first time, that I know, that the term was used in the […]

Romney’s LA Visit & The Lameness Of Latino Voter Pitches

Mary Mata July 21, 2011

Mitt Romney continued his pitch to Latinos in Los Angeles yesterday and the mayor of that city, Antonio Villaraigosa held a tele-press conference to seize the moment and call foul. […]

GOP Set To Spend $3 Million On State Level Latino Candidates

NewsTaco July 19, 2011

The problem with putting a price on politics is that you put a price on politics – it’s a doomed idea by definition. Case in point: the GOP says it will spend […]

Castro’s Campaign Will Inspire A New Generation Of Latino Leaders

Mary Mata July 13, 2011

Austin, Texas — Last week I helped organize a meet-and-greet for Joaquín Castro in East Austin that brought a full spectrum of over 200 reporters, politicos, activists, academics, entrepreneurs, community […]

Arizona State Rep Rubén Gallego: Racism, Immigration & More

Mary Mata July 12, 2011

At the recent NALEO conference News Taco had the chance to sit down with Arizona State Rep. Rubén Gallego, the following is an interview with him and a short video […]

Joaquín Castro Talks About His Run For Congress

Mary Mata July 11, 2011

Austin, Texas — We recently caught up with Joaquín Castro, who lately announced he would be running for Congress in the 35th congressional district of Texas. The district runs from […]

Is the Castro-Doggett Fight About More Than Race?

Mary Mata July 5, 2011

If the Joaquín Castro and Lloyd Doggett competition for the 35th Congressional District of Texas were a boxing match, Castro would inevitably be the young, up-and-coming fighter, all heart, hungry […]

Latinos Are Leaving Alabama; Who Will Rebuild After Tornados?

NewsTaco July 1, 2011

Alabama lawmakers should have thought this thing through. When Governor Robert Bentley signed that state’s new immigration law he boasted, according to a Bloomberg Buisinessweek  report,  that it was “the […]

To Mobilize 12 Million Latinos, Register 15 Million

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

Before we begin mobilizing Latino voters for the 2012 presidential election, we must understand the population of available voters in our community as well as the total number of Latino […]