From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all

From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all

Mary Mata May 21, 2013

By Michael Martinez, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Voters in the nation’s second-largest city will elect a new mayor Tuesday in a race that will make history and offer a possible indicator […]

New Haven Latinos Running For Office, Hoping To Ride Latino Voter Wave

Mary Mata

  By Fox News Latino Latinos in New Haven are hoping to duplicate the impact that Latinos had nationally in the presidential election last year. Henry Fernandez, a graduate of […]

IRS Targeted Consevative Latino Outreach Group

Mary Mata May 20, 2013

By Brandon Darby, Brietbart The IRS’s targeting of Tea Party groups went even further than has been revealed. A conservative Hispanic outreach group that educates Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Hispanic communities on the US […]

Arthur Brooks: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening

Mary Mata

By Arthur C. Brooks, Wall Street Journal Half the Hispanics eligible to vote don’t. They are the ones most likely to call themselves ‘political conservatives.’ Before Washington was rocked in […]

FBI seeks source of prostitution, corruption allegations against Sen. Robert Menendez

Mary Mata

By Carol D. Leonnig and Peter Wallsten, Washington Post A pair of FBI agents met on a recent weekday morning with brothers Alfonso “Alfy” and Jose “Pepe” Fanjul in the Palm Beach headquarters […]

Thomas Perez Finally Backed for Labor Department by Senate Committee

Mary Mata May 17, 2013

By Rocio Gonzalez, Voxxi Third time’s the charm. President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Labor Department, Thomas Perez, was finally approved by the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, […]

House Immigration Group Reaches Deal

Mary Mata

By Ashley Parker, New York Times A bipartisan group in the House working on an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws reached a deal in principle Thursday evening, aides said. […]

Texas Can be Blue – But it’s Up to Latinos, Says Democratic Group

Mary Mata

By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of Texas Democrats say the state could turn blue sooner than many think, since the voters are already there, and they are mostly Latinos – […]

Latinos are Leaving Their Republican Identity Behind

Mary Mata

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino It’s no secret that the Republican Party has a serious problem with immigration.  But in this instance I’m talking about their problem with Latinos […]

Why Can’t Latinos Get Elected to the US Senate?

Mary Mata May 15, 2013

By Nathan L. Gonzales, NBCLatino Latinos are growing in population and electoral clout but can’t seem to grow their numbers in the U.S. Senate. And if Republican Gabriel Gomez doesn’t win next month’s […]