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Breaking - State Rep. Pedro Colón Beats Ballot Nomination Challenge In Unanimous Win
Wed, 07/16/2008 - 11:32am | GlobalGirl
The Government Accountability Board (GAB) has unanimously affirmed the candidacy of progressive state Rep. Pedro Colón (D-Milwaukee), rejecting a bad-faith attempt to remove Colón from the ballot from his opponent, Laura Manriquez.
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Tags: Numbers don't lie: GOP has a long, long way to go with Latinos
Fri, 06/08/2007 - 4:51pm | xoff
Milwaukeean Perfecto Rivera has a tough assignment: Rounding up Hispanics to vote Republican.
Judging from a report by WisPolitics, Rivera's job is a lot tougher than he realizes.
In its Milwaukee Notes, WisPolitics quotes Rivera as saying Republicans, including Mark Green, who insist on referring to illegal immigrants as "illegal aliens" have alienated (no pun intended) Latino voters.
It says:
Rivera chalked up part of Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green’s loss in Milwaukee to language he was using on the stump to describe illegal immigrants.Something about that didn't quite ring true. Turns out that's because it's not true. Not even close.“Green lost the Hispanic vote here,” Rivera said. “Had he been able to get another 7 percent of the Latino vote in Milwaukee, we'd have a different governor.”