Posted on 09/09/2009 12:56:38 PM PDT by Steelfish
Marcos Breton: Latino Republican Amador wants seat in Congress
Sep. 9, 2009
The former U.S. marshal wants to be a U.S. congressman. He's a leader in Sacramento's Latino community, and he's Republican.
He could be retiring after 40 years of presidential appointments and posts under California governors. But at 65, he's diving into the caldron of national politics.
Tony Amador may or may not get his wish to strengthen the weakened hand of the GOP in Washington, D.C., but his candidacy is illuminating.
Amador aspires to the corridors of power after being a child of the powerless.
He was one of 14 kids growing up dirt poor in Murray, Utah, in the 1940s and 1950s. "We bathed in one tub," Amador said, "so you wanted to be one of the first. You didn't want to be the third or fourth in that water."
Amador's parents were undocumented. He worked in the fields, put himself through school, moved to California and became a cop in the Los Angeles Police Department.
That put Amador in the minority in his job, but he never saw himself as a minority. He became a Republican, which puts him in the minority of his party.
But he doesn't see himself as a minority candidate.
He's a candidate for U.S. Congress who happens to be Latino. Amador surely would be better known if he were a Democrat. His Republican roots make him an outsider within California's Latino political circles.
That's why it would be ironic if next year Amador is elected to represent the 11th Congressional District, which winds through San Joaquin County and the counties of Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara.
If he wins, the only Northern California Latino in Congress will be a Republican.
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How is he on RKBA?
The incumbent in this district is Mcnerney the Dem who won it in ‘06 over Pombo. In a good year this should be winnable. I wonder why they didn’t mention the incumbent in the article?
Hispanic opponent for McNerney in CA-11 ?
Hasn’t this district seen an influx of “Obama Core Voters” to Tracy and Antioch? Are those towns in the district?
Tracy is in it, Antioch is in the 10th.
Interesting development, but he’s long in the tooth to be a freshman Congressman at 65 y/o.
Of course, if he serves just 6 years, not a problem.
Not from there so I don’t know. I think there are going to b fewer Obama voters in most places next year.
Amador would be the second Hispanic Republican running against McNerney; businessman Jon Del Arroz announced his candidacy a while back. http://www.delarroz.com/
The CA-11 is our best takeover opportunity in CA. I hope that the GOP primary produces our best shot at winning the general.
“Amador would be the second Hispanic Republican running against McNerney”
No, the third. There is also Attorney and former corporate executive David Bernal.
There is also an Anglo. A vineyard farmer.
http://goehringforcongress.com/
Three Hispanics and an Anglo running for the GOP nomination? If recent history is any indication, Goehring will win the primary in a cakewalk even if he doesn’t spend a dime. And if his name was Smith he’d win even easier.
“Goehring” ? Oh, perfect. A nominee with that last name will give the nutroots plenty of ammo.
His campaign slogan can be “no relation”.
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