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Hispanic Texas
Arizona Daily Star ^ | March 16, 2002 | Unnamed

Posted on 03/17/2002 6:00:26 AM PST by Love America or move to ......

Hispanics nationwide have a stake in the Texas governor's race. Laredo businessman and millionaire Tony Sanchez won the Democratic primary by about a 2 to 1 margin. If Sanchez unseats Republican Gov. Rick Perry in November, he will become the first Hispanic governor of Texas. Texas, following California, also would become the second state in which Hispanic voters put an end to Republican dominance.

In California, Hispanic voters were something of a sleeping giant. That all changed with the administration of Pete Wilson, the Republican governor who stupidly decided to exploit the state's xenophobes and bash immigrants. Wilson blamed immigrants - legal and illegal - for just about everything from lousy schools and health care to the failure to achieve world peace.

Faced with such abuse, the sleeping giant woke up. Voter registration drives became a favorite pastime in Hispanic neighborhoods. In 1998, Gray Davis became the first Democratic governor of California in 16 years.

He trounced his Republican opponent Dan Lungren, drawing 58 percent of the vote; Lungren got 38 percent. Davis captured just about every voter block except for white men, Republicans and Protestants. He carried Hispanics by a great margin.The Texas primary race, similarly, drew a heavy Hispanic vote in the southern part of the state. Observers said more Hispanics were moved to vote. While the major Democratic candidates both were Hispanic, Sanchez said his opponent, Dan Morales, was embarrassed to be Hispanic.

Sanchez reportedly spent about $18 million to defeat Morales. This is a record for a Texas primary, and it reflects an odd element to the general election. Sanchez is new to politics and wealthy. The family fortune is said to be $600 million. He reportedly threw as much as $13 million of his own money into his campaign kitty.

Hispanics are the fastest growing minority in the country. And as they increase, so too does their political influence. This is the most important political trend since Richard Nixon launched his successful southern strategy in which he urged conservative southern Democrats to switch to the Republican Party. It's a trend that could affect Illinois, New Jersey and some southern states where there is growing Hispanic influence.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: immigration; republicanparty; texas
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To: Bob J
It's funny to me when people scream about the comparatively small amount of crime committed by illegals when we have rampant theft, rape and murder committed by our own citizens.

Last I heard, illegals make up something between 10% and 15% of California's population, but 25% of our prisoners.

Comparatively, it sounds like they're overachieving in this regard.




161 posted on 03/17/2002 11:04:16 AM PST by Sabertooth
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Great news!!!!! My mother-in-law is visiting us, to visit her newest grandson. This means I'll be treated to the best enchiladas (green chile) in the world! YUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!
162 posted on 03/17/2002 11:04:59 AM PST by Night Hides Not
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To: ArneFufkin
Here's one stat that you can start a debate with: The population of the U.S. will double within the next 50 years. This increase is due to immigrants and their progeny. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau
163 posted on 03/17/2002 11:05:16 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: Night Hides Not
I'm envious. Love the green sauce.

Tamales for Christmas is a yummy tradition too.

164 posted on 03/17/2002 11:06:54 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Love America or move to ......
Umm, throughout most of American history our growth has been due to immigration and their progeny.
165 posted on 03/17/2002 11:08:06 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: RnMomof7
...the suicidal party too.
166 posted on 03/17/2002 11:08:24 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Yes. But envision an America with say almost 600 million people. What do you see?
167 posted on 03/17/2002 11:10:05 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: Night Hides Not
I live very near El Paso ---but I would not live in El Paso. How'd you like your recent city tax hike? I actually prefer living out here where the colonias are to that polluted traffic jammed city. Economically I'm doing well enough but maybe I know more of the recently laid off and unemployed kids who can't get jobs. Low wages should attract business but doesn't seem to have that effect at all ---they even shut down Old El Paso (Mountain Pass) cannery.
168 posted on 03/17/2002 11:10:59 AM PST by FITZ
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Its not the immigrants its the numbers.
169 posted on 03/17/2002 11:12:40 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: Night Hides Not
El Paso closely resembles Ciudad Juarez to the South: very few people control the wealth and power in El Paso. There have been numerous stories about the 'brain drain' from El Paso,

I missed the part that you had left this area. Lots of people are and it's not just Anglos. Yes it is looking more and more like Ciudad Juarez ---and Ciudad Juarez is looking more and more like hell ----too bad too because not long ago this all was a very nice area ---at one time Ciudad Juarez was a pleasant Mexican town with a fairly low crime rate. My father recently came with an RV to visit ---he was advised by other RV travelers to by-pass El Paso and get to Deming because apparently crimes on retirees has exploded recently. This would be the perfect area for retirees --but El Paso politicians are stupid and prefer to chase out money.

170 posted on 03/17/2002 11:20:21 AM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ
Thanks for the info...sorry to hear about the problems at the Old El Paso cannery. I still have friends in the Canutillo/Anthony area that have family members working there.

Your comments about the traffic illustrate the point I was trying to make: based on population, El Paso has received less than half of the state highway funding it deserves. Because so few people register and vote, the rest of the state doesn't care about El Paso.

As far as my local taxes go, I'm paying much less than I would on a comparable home in El Paso.

171 posted on 03/17/2002 11:24:53 AM PST by Night Hides Not
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To: Night Hides Not
that have family members working there.

They aren't working there anymore ---it's completely shut down ---too bad too because that place was worth driving past at chili harvest time. They've shut down Furrs, most of Levis, the Casino. More and more the border area is like Mexico itself --people leaving by the thousands, more people from Mexico moving in who don't have skills or education. It's not good.

172 posted on 03/17/2002 11:29:04 AM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ
Gee I thought NAFTA was supposed to be so good for the "border region". What happened ?
173 posted on 03/17/2002 11:34:54 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: antidemocommie
Asians are the only one who vote for the GOP,,,,,,Hispanics, blacks will never vote for the GOP in masses.....
174 posted on 03/17/2002 11:37:15 AM PST by KQQL
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To: Dog Gone
Governor Wilson, who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Christy Whitman, was an absolute idiot and a disgrace to the Marine Corps when it came to this Mexican thing in California.

He made lots of noise, but did nothing to cure the problem of illegal voter registrations, much less illegal immigration. The State and Local Police were told they had no rights in dealing with illegals. Citizens wanted the National Guard on the border. Wilson wanted more illegal pickers for his pals in Fresno. Why it never occurs to anyone that the areas of California with 40% unemployment, like Watts, cannot provide pickers is beyond me.

Under Wilson, illegal aliens became state and municipal employees. He never got the money from the Federal Government to offset the costs imposed by these border bounders on the California budget. $7.5 BILLION in his day, more now.

It was giant exercise in hypocrisy. I greatly fear that Bush, another State Governor with a record of shame in this regard, has upped Wilson's spinelessness to the Federal level.

BTW, California's first governor was a Mexican and a Republican. But I will bet you many Aztlan pesos this will not ever happen again. I will also bet you that within 150 years, the Governor of California will be appointed in Mexico City.

175 posted on 03/17/2002 11:39:39 AM PST by Francohio
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To: Sabertooth
Here’s to you Mr. Sabertooth !

Oh my name is McNamara I’m the leader of the band Although we’re few in numbers we’re the finest in the land

When Irish Eyes are smiling’ its like a morn in Spring In the lilt of Irish laughter you can hear the Angels sing

Oh Danny boy the pipes , the pipes are callin’ From glen to glen and down the mountainside

Happy St Paddy's to everyone

176 posted on 03/17/2002 11:40:59 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: Francohio
Why it never occurs to anyone that the areas of California with 40% unemployment, like Watts, cannot provide pickers is beyond me

The African American community bears a great deal of the economic injury wrought by illegal / mass immigration. Illegals will do jobs at the bottom of the pay scale in competition with Af. Ams. And they'll do the jobs for less, everytime. They drive down the wages of industries in which Af Ams. formerly received much employment. Then immigration proponents call these jobs "work that Americans won't do".

177 posted on 03/17/2002 11:49:21 AM PST by Love America or move to ......
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To: all
REF : Ron Kirk in TX :

From NRO.co,

The vote is also an issue in the Texas Senate race, where Republican candidate John Cornyn is using it to highlight his support of the nomination of Texan Priscilla Owen. One possible Democratic opponent, Ron Kirk, has pledged to block "conservative jurists who oppose Democratic rights and principles, including a woman's right to choose."

No sothern consertive RAT or not will vote for Kirk after what happened to Pickering.....

178 posted on 03/17/2002 11:50:07 AM PST by KQQL
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To: Night Hides Not
Turn out for the primaries was pathetic:
Governor:
Dems..... 8.4%
Reps..... 5.0%
179 posted on 03/17/2002 11:50:14 AM PST by deport
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To: deport
It was the 2nd lowest for the RATS, and the second highest for the GOP...............

Tx primaries are always a very low turn thing....

The Rat turn out wasn't that great.....compared to other years......

180 posted on 03/17/2002 11:52:38 AM PST by KQQL
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