Virginia Latinos seen as swing vote

Posted on: July 14th, 2008
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““Virginia is being looked upon for the first time as a priority state,” said Andrew Rivera, an Alexandria-based board member of the Democratic Latino Organization of Virginia. “There are about 137,000 Hispanic-surname registered voters in Virginia right now … about 2 percent to 3 percent of the total Virginia electorate. It’s a vote that’s going to be courted assiduously.”"*

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