Election Battle ground: Dems to Mobilize Texas Latino Vote
Election Battle ground: Dems to Mobilize Texas Latino Vote
By Michael Tackett, Bloomberg The ultimate goal of Battleground Texas is to build enough Hispanic support for a Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. Without Texas, a Republican nominee would […]
4 in 10 Latinos Have No Opinion of Rubio
By Justin Sink, The Hill More than 8 out of every 10 Latino Americans support a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants, a Telemundo / Wall Street […]
Immigration Bill Could Exclude Many
By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan immigration bill soon to be introduced in the Senate could exclude hundreds of thousands of immigrants here illegally from ever becoming […]
In Oregon Latinos Flex, ¿Pero Qué Mas Da?
By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune In Hillsboro, where nearly one in four residents is Latino, only one of seven City Council members is Latino. More than half of Cornelius’ residents are […]
GOP Rep: Appealing To ‘So-Called Hispanic Voters’ Is ‘Very Discouraging’
By Scott Keyes, Think Progress Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) took issue with his party’s attempt to win over Latino voters after the drubbing it took in the 2012 election. “[It’s] […]
Georgia Latinos Prepare for Gainesville Voting Rights Battle
By Jerry Gunn, Access North Georgia The head of the Atlanta based Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) said Tuesday night there’s strong evidence that the City of Gainesville is […]
Felix Arroyo Launches Bid to be Next Boston Mayor
By Andrew Ryan and Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe The night before Councilor at Large Felix G. Arroyo launched his mayoral bid Tuesday, he honed his speech in the bedroom […]
How Walmart, ExxonMobil, and Coke Buy Latino Friends in Congress
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Here’s a biting piece published this week by Mother Jones that takes a chomp at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. It accuses the CHCI of influence […]
Villaraigosa Faulted For Not Helping Latino Politicians
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I’ve heard the grumbling from some of my Californiano friends. So you know this headline caught my attention. It was highlighted as a link I found […]
In shift on Immigration, GOP Takes Cues From California
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A good, quick read by Curtis Tate of the McClatchy Newspapers. He looks at the GOP “Latino problem” through the California lens. Going back to years […]