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Gabriel Gomez greets prospective voters in Massachusetts where he is running as a Republican for the U.S. Senate.

Gabriel Gomez: Banking on moderate GOP stance in Mass. Senate race

by 4:08 pm on 05/17/2013

All the polls have put Massachusetts Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez behind Democratic challenger and long-term Congressman Ed Markey. Yet Gomez - who … Read More

Problem surface over Arizona’s 2007 immigration law

by Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) -- The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with … Read More

Texas can be blue – but it’s up to Latinos, says Democratic group

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Opinion: Latinos are leaving their Republican identity behind

by Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Rubio: Prosecutions should come from IRS scandal

by Jessica Taylor, MSNBC

Immigrant families call for the Heritage Foundation president to resign

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Popular television and radio host Cristina Saralegui will speak at the Democratic National Convention.

Cristina Saralegui to speak at Democratic convention

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Cristina Saralegui, the popular Latina television host who has been referred to as the "Hispanic Oprah,"  will speak at the Democratic National Convention, … Read More

In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Missouri Republican Senate cadidate, Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., talks with reporters in Sedalia, Mo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Opinion: GOP “Akin” for punishment

By Stephen A. Nuňo

Apparently, rape is a form of contraception. At least according to the logic of one Missouri candidate for Congress, Todd Akin. But the ensuing furor over such … Read More

Latino voters in Florida. (Getty Images/Gaston De Cardenas)

Republican target: 38 percent of Latinos, but new GOP immigration platform an issue, say experts

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Romney advisers have hit on a target goal of 38 percent of the Latino vote in order to win the White House this November, according to a report today in The … Read More

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Truckee Meadows Community College, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Reno, Nev.

Obama leads big with Latinos, but enthusiasm still lags

By Domenico Montanaro, NBC News Deputy Political Editor

President Barack Obama continues to lead presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by wide margins with Latinos, according to the latest NBC News-Wall Street … Read More

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks as his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., applauds, during a campaign rally. Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in Manchester N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Op-Ed: The Romney/Ryan ticket will strengthen Medicare for Latinos, not take it away

By Josefina Carbonell, Former Assistant Secretary for Aging at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Our seniors are concerned about the future of Medicare - and rightly so.  Washington has made deep cuts to the program that will reduce their access to care … Read More

Eva Longoria at Canon's Imaginat10n Lab on August 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images For Canon)

Eva Longoria will have a speaking role at the National Democratic Convention

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Longtime President Obama supporter Eva Longoria will be speaking at the National Democratic Convention next month. Longoria  who is co-chair of President … Read More

New Mexico governor Susana Martinez will speak before vice-presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan at the RNC on August 29th.

Opinion: The truth behind the speakers at the RNC and DNC conventions

By Hernan Molina

In less than a week, the Republican Party will kick off the most important event of the 2012 political season. The GOP Convention is set to go live in Tampa, … Read More

This Aug. 10, 2012 file photo shows Todd Akin, Republican, candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, speaks at the Missouri Farm Bureau candidate interview and endorsement meeting in Jefferson City, Mo. Akin, Missouri’s GOP Senate candidate, has questioned whether women can become pregnant when they’re raped, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/St. Louis Pos-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Opinion: Angry rhetoric, like “legitimate rape,” is hostile to women’s health

By Jessica González-Rojas, Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

Over the weekend, Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin created a firestorm of criticism when he told an interviewer that he was against all abortions, … Read More

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney laughs at a campaign event at Saint Anselm College on August 20, 2012 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Opinion: The Romney gaffe that wasn’t

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- A word about Mitt Romney's fruit preferences: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Confused? I was too when people started posting virtual smirks on … Read More

Republican presidential hopefuls, listen to questions from special Q&A session moderator Jose Diaz-Balart, anchor of "Noticiero Telemundo" during the Republican Presidential Candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library September 7, 2011 in Simi Valley, California. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: We need qualified presidential debate moderators not affirmative action

By Raul A. Reyes

The moderators for the presidential debates have been chosen, and not everyone is happy.  The Commission on Presidential Debates selected CNN’s Candy … Read More