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Washington county plans bilingual campaign event next month.
Franklin County officials hope that a bilingual campaign forum scheduled Oct. 12 will help boost the number of Hispanic voters in the Washington county's election.
Tri-City Herald;

Colorado Hispanic leaders endorse McCain for president.
Citing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's stance on abortion and free trade, a dozen Hispanic leaders in Colorado, including Fort Collins Mayor Ray Martinez, endorsed Republican John McCain for president on Thursday.
Vail Daily News;

Census: Latino population increases in many Utah counties.
Across Utah, the number of Latino residents has increased by 52 percent since 2000, and according to Census data released today, the Latino population in Wasatch County has increased by 121 percent during the same time period the overall population of that county grew by 30 percent.
Salt Lake Tribune;

Effort to get Latinos to vote in Washington county 'unprecedented'.
Latino Vote Project officials said its door-to-door approach to get Latino voters registered for November's general election is unprecedented in the state of Washington.
Yakima Herald-Republic;

Utah county reaches out to Latinos, Paiutes.
Washington county and St. George officials met with advocates for Latinos and the Paiute Tribe to discuss ways to build trust within the different groups in the Utah county.
Salt Lake Tribune;

Presidential candidates target Hispanics with multipronged message.
Hispanic voters often criticize political candidates for viewing them as a one-issue bloc -- immigration. Presidential candidates Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, have been careful to avoid that pitfall, addressing Hispanic voters on issues such as education, housing and health care in addition to border security and immigration.
New York Times;

McCain touts importance of Latinos to U.S. in La Raza speech.
The day after Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama addressed attendees of the National Council of La Raza's annual convention in California, Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain extolled the importance of the Latino community to the nation to hundreds who attended the San Diego conference.
Los Angeles Times;

Presidential candidates target Hispanic voters.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday during a speech before the National Council of La Raza that Latino voters in New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado put those Western states in contention in this presidential election. Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain was scheduled to address the Latino civil rights group today.
Washington Post;

Report: U.S. economic downturn hits Latino immigrants hard.
A report issued Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center said that the slump in the nation's construction industry hit Latino immigrants particularly hard, with unemployment hitting 7.5 percent for the first quarter of 2008.
New York Times;

Green group courts Nevada Hispanics to pump up anti-coal effort.
The Natural Resources Defense Council is hosting a free concert featuring Latin Grammy winners Jesse and Joy tonight in Las Vegas in an effort to attract Hispanics to the group's campaign against three proposed coal-fired power plants in Nevada.
Las Vegas Sun;

 
Opinion

Presidential candidates' ads on immigration distort the truth.
Both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama are lying to Hispanic voters about the other's immigration record in Spanish-language ads.
New York Times;


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