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Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Hispanic Group Brings New Voice in Washington to Coveted Demographic

New York Times
By Maggie Haberman
May 3, 2015

As both political parties make Hispanic voters a focus in 2016, a group working to ensure that “voices of Latinos are reflected at every level of government” will host its first major conference in Washington on Monday.

The goal of the group, the Latino Victory Project, is not just to animate voters, but also to bring new Hispanic leaders and elected officials, typically left leaning, into the foreground. Julian Castro, the secretary of housing and urban development, for example, will be among the speakers on Monday.

“This isn’t about one race or one cycle, we’re looking with a long-term lens,” said the group’s executive director, Cristóbal Alex.

Democrats have talked for several years about bolstering support among Hispanics, a fast-growing demographic. But the task has fresh urgency as the Libre Initiative, a Hispanic outreach initiative created by the Koch brothers, is making an appeal from the right.

Latino Victory Project was founded by the actress Eva Longoria and the Texas businessman Henry Muñoz III, and is modeled in part on the female-candidate-focused Emily’s List, and the L.G.B.T.-focused Victory Fund.

Mr. Muñoz, in an interview, said that “whoever wants the support of this community in the next election cycle has to earn it by being right on our issues.”

The work does not end in 2016, Mr. Muñoz said, but it is a seminal year.

“I think that everybody looks at this presidential election as the defining moment of engagement,” Mr. Muñoz said.

Amanda Renteria, who was a congressional candidate in California and is now Hillary Rodham Clinton’s national political director, described the group’s work as crucial. Unlike Emily’s List and Victory Fund, it is about “engaging the community” as much as creating new tiers of candidates, she said.

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