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Sonja Diaz in NPR News: “Newsom Won, But He Won Big With Latinos”

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Sonja Diaz, director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA, about the significance of the Latino vote in the California gubernatorial recall election.

Nick Gonzalez in San Francisco Chronicle: “My grandfather’s labor helped America become a superpower. It’s time this country recognizes him for it”

My abuelo (grandfather in Spanish) was born in a tiny pueblo called Mezcala in Jalisco, Mexico. At the age of 12, he learned his father died in prison. Though he was an avid student, he left school to work and support his mother and six siblings.

Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas in Telemundo 52: “El Futuro de California Después de la Elección de Destitución” (Spanish)

“What we saw is that Newsom’s pro-immigrant agenda is popular in California, and Latino voters showed up to protect that agenda. It will be important for Latino communities to continue to be organized and for the governor to promote policies that benefit Latino communities. We still need a lot of work in housing, better access…

Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas in Telemundo 52: “Resultados de la Elección de Destitución” (Spanish)

What we do is analyze precinct-level data and analyze the results in places with high concentrations of Latino voters. So far, we see that Latinos voted against the recall in very large numbers”, said LPPI research director Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas.

Michael Rios in The Washington Post: “Opinion: Latinos showed up for Newsom, but some Latino men tilted right. Democrats need to pay attention.”

According to preliminary exit polls and early vote analysis, the enthusiasm gap didn’t materialize. A clear majority of early-voting Latinos identified as Democrats. “Latinos voting in the #CArecall since in-person voting opened are still mostly Dems,” tweeted Michael Rios, a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative research analyst.

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