Richardson Courts New Hampshire Hispanic Vote

“One criticism against New Hampshire holding a tight grip on the first-in-the-nation primary status is its lack of diversity. Although that criticism isn’t too far off in a state with a 94 percent white, non-Hispanic, population, there is a small-but-growing Latino community that is looking for politicians to address the issues important to them.

On Thursday, Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester hosted the fourth annual New Hampshire Latino Summit, organized by Vision Hispana-NH, which helps Latinos assimilate into the local community by offering education and small business resources, and Vote Now New Hampshire Hispanics, which aims to get the Hispanic community more politically active. The event was to promote political involvement in the state’s Hispanic population with forums on grass-roots organizing, and the U.S. and New Hampshire political systems. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the only Latino in the presidential race, was the event’s keynote speaker at the closing dinner. During his speech, he floated between English and Spanish and encouraged those present to become involved in his Hispanic outreach effort in New Hampshire, Mi Familia con Richardson.”*

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