Federico Peña Obama’s Latino front - The former Denver mayor will lead efforts for nationwide outreach

Federico Peña (wikipedia), former transportation secretary and Denver mayor, is now leading Barack Obama’s nationwide Latino outreach strategy.

Already Obama’s national campaign co-chairman, Peña is taking on the additional role to help familiarize Latino voters with the Illinois senator. Hillary Clinton, who dropped out of the presidential race earlier this month, received the bulk of Latino support during the primary season. “*

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