Vote data shows Hispanics lack clout in Mesa, Arizona

“Councilman Kyle Jones, a member of a longtime Mesa Mormon family and the pick of the city’s political establishment, received a majority of votes last week in three of four precincts to win re-election, according to a breakdown of each district precinct. JT Ready, who tried to rally the anti-tax and anti-illegal immigration vote, came in second overall and in three of the four voting precincts.

Pat Esparza, a member of the Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens with ties to the city’s established political structure but none of its backing, took second place in the precinct that included the historic downtown district ”” where she lives ”” and predominantly-Hispanic Escobedo neighborhood, but a distant third in the others. “

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