Richardson targets Hispanic vote
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson started a Hispanic outreach program Thursday to try to raise his profile with a voting bloc critical to his campaign. "Because my name is Richardson, many Latinos don't know I'm Latino," the New Mexico governor told reporters in Spanish after a news conference announcing the effort.
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The U.S. population is on target to hit 300 million this fall and it&#039;s a good bet the milestone baby &amp;#151; or immigrant &amp;#151; will be Hispanic.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson thinks the race for his party's nomination will be all but over by the end of next January after the first four contests.
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Democratic presidential candidates were meeting Sunday night for the first debate broadcast entirely in Spanish, the clearest sign yet of the growing influence of Hispanic voters.
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Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls on Sunday are to stage the first-ever televised Spanish language debate in a bid to garner votes from the rapidly growing bloc of Hispanic voters in the United States.
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The immigration battle and the new presidential primary schedule have amplified the influence of Hispanic voters.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoys a major head start over Barack Obama in wooing Hispanic voters, who could prove crucial in Tuesday's 22-state Democratic presidential showdown.
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CORAL GABLES, Florida  - Hillary Clinton and other Democratic presidential hopefuls wooed Hispanic voters on Sunday with pledges to back a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and attacks on Republican "demagoguery" on the issue of immigration.
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Gov. Bill Richardson, Democrat of New Mexico, has weathered the crosscurrents of the immigration battle.
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Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla has helped President Bush appeal to Hispanic voters around the nation, but back home, the party helped Bonilla's re-election chances by removing thousands of Hispanics from his district.
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As the Democratic presidential candidates court Hispanic voters, Barack Obama confronts a history of often uneasy and competitive relations between blacks and Latinos.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson is proposing a rule that is common on kindergarten playgrounds but doesn't usually work in politics &#151; be nice to each other.
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Their opposition, to the point of alienating Hispanics, offers a preview of the likely fight over judicial nominations.
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Democrats could have a chance at seizing a crucial Republican US Senate seat in Colorado in a neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a Hispanic from humble origins.
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As President Bush stumped through the 2000 battleground state of Florida, Senator John Kerry sought to expand turnout among the growing Hispanic population in the Southwest.
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Most presidential candidates have at least a few policy priorities. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) has one chief goal: ending illegal immigration. His campaign slogan is simple yet harsh: "Secure the borders. Deport those who don't belong. Make sure they never come back."
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The Democratic Party blasts President Bush's economic policies and implores Hispanics to "vote for a change" in a new television ad that will run on Spanish-language networks in five states.