LA&#39;s Hispanic mayor backs Clinton for US president
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US Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton on Tuesday received backing in her 2008 presidential bid from the mayor of Los Angeles, a figurehead for the significant Hispanic section of the electorate.
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In a preview of the battle looming on Feb. 5, the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) head into today's Nevada caucuses engaged in a fierce fight for Hispanic support, bombarding voters with Spanish-language advertisements and literature and arguing over...
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom says he plans on pursuing the MoveOn vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton even though the group has endorsed her rival Barack Obama.
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The Giuliani-era police commissioner, who now leads the Los Angeles police, said he supports the governor's plan to grant licenses to illegal immigrants.
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Two key black political leaders in South Carolina who backed John Edwards in 2004 said Tuesday they are supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday sent a message of support to former US President Bill Clinton, who is awaiting a heart bypass surgery in a New York hospital.
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Two years ago, major Hispanic groups broke with other civil rights organizations and supported Alberto R. Gonzales's nomination for attorney general, primarily because he would become the highest-ranking Latino ever in a presidential Cabinet.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, attempting to earn the "la presidenta" title bestowed by supporters in the West in recent days, appealed to Nevada's Hispanic community Saturday to back her potentially history-making candidacy as an affirmation of the American dream they share.
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Argentines in the nation's capital voted Sunday for a new mayor, with pre-election polls suggesting most would swing right and elect the president of Argentina's most popular soccer team.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton was strongly supported by Hispanics and people seeking an experienced candidate, but held only modest leads with women and whites, two of her usual strengths, in early national exit polls Tuesday. A coalition of black, young white and higher-income voters were flocking to Sen. Barack Obama.
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President Bush courted Hispanic Americans on Wednesday, telling them his policies were boosting home ownership and promoting entrepreneurship for minorities.
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A majority of U.S. Hispanics plan to vote for Sen. John Kerry in Tuesday's election, possibly offering the Democratic challenger a crucial boost against President Bush, an opinion poll showed.
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The man who served as national manager of former President Clinton's 1992 campaign endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday.
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The widow of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Democratic senator who helped Hillary Clinton in her first bid for the Senate, endorsed Barack Obama for president on Thursday.
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President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will both court the important Hispanic vote Wednesday, as opinion polls show the presidential race has again tightened.
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The US Hispanic community, galvanized by a drive to reform US immigration law and wooed by presidential candidates, has become a political player ahead of the 2008 vote.
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Former New York mayor to back John McCain for Republican presidential nomination