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Posts tagged "primary"

Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks out against Alabama's immigration law

Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks out against Alabama's immigration law
As voters go to the polls today in Alabama, a new civil rights movement is brewing the southern state that passed one of the strictest immigration laws in the nation last year. The Rev. Jesse Jackson has openly criticized the immigration law as “disgraceful and unnecessary,” according to CBS8 News in Montgomery. Rev. Jackson was... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 13, 2012 at 2:03 pm
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Romney wins Florida; Jeb Bush warns Republicans losing Latino voters

Romney wins Florida; Jeb Bush warns Republicans losing Latino voters
Mitt Romney won Florida, but Latino voters aren’t a shoo-in. Presidential candidate Romney crushed his opponent Newt Gingrich in the Sunshine State. And Latino voters in Florida helped him do that with 53 percent voting for Romney compared with 30 percent for Gingrich, according to CNN exit polls. But Florida Latino voters are not typical... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
January 31, 2012 at 8:57 pm
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Mujica, Garcia among independent Latino candidates running in Illinois primary

By my count there are more than 30 Latino candidates on the primary ballot this Tuesday. It’s great to see so many Latino politicians participating in the political process and many of them have an independent voice. Who knows maybe one day we’ll see a Latino mayor of Chicago or a Latino president. But for... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
February 1, 2010 at 9:48 am
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