Navajo Congressional Candidate Focused On Jobs In Arizona

Navajo Congressional Candidate Focused On Jobs In Arizona

Mary Mata December 21, 2011

Wenona Benally Baldenegro  would be the first Navajo woman to serve in Congress  if elected to congressional district 1,  in 2012. The district encompasses Flagstaff, as well as 11 Indian […]

Latino Congress Candidate Wants Prosperity Along The Border

Mary Mata December 20, 2011

Pete Gallego describes his decision to run for the 23rd Congressional District of Texas as a personal one. “Me decía mi abuela que uno no puede quejar si no quiere […]

The Republican Party Is Just Not For Latinos

Mary Mata

Today’s offering was supposed to be about what it would mean for the United States if we had a woman president and I was going to use Argentina as a […]

Poll Shows The GOP Seen As “Hostile” By Latino Voters

Mary Mata December 15, 2011

A new survey found that an overwhelming majority of Latino voters believe the Republican Party is “hostile” toward them and is alienating them. The impreMedia/Latino Decisions survey also found that not even […]

Texas Dems Enlist Young People To Get Out Vote In 2012

Mary Mata

By Anthony Gutierrez and Rebecca Acuña, the Texas Democratic Party Our community is under attack by right-wing extremists. We’re willing to bet, albeit not $10,000, that you’ve had enough of […]

For Latinos, Religion And Politics Don’t Mix

NewsTaco December 12, 2011

Do Latinos see the role of government differently than others? For all the pundits and strategists who are trying to figure and plot Latino behavior at the polls, I have […]

The Hispanic Republican Caucus: Latino Voters “Unwinnable”

Mary Mata December 7, 2011

By Anthony Gutierrez, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party The Chair of the Hispanic Republican Conference (HRC) in Texas, Republican State Representative Aaron Peña, recently announced his retirement from the […]

The Texas GOP Strategy To Disenfranchise Latino Voters

Mary Mata

I know I promised a few essays on redistricting, but other writers have done an admirable job discussing it. Also, just to refresh your memory, the Republican-controlled State of Texas, […]

The Internet Is Key To Latino Politics

NewsTaco

Here’s something interesting to think about while you tap away at your keyboard: P365 dusted-off a Forrester Research study that claims: forty percent of Latinos used the Web for content creation and […]

Latinos Don’t Have To Pick One Political Identity

Mary Mata December 6, 2011

By María Cardona Last week’s Republican debate brought some interesting surprises. As a Latina Democrat, the biggest one I saw wasNewt Gingrich’s defense of a legalization program for undocumented immigrants who […]