New York Times
By Maggie Haberman
May 3, 2015
As
both political parties make Hispanic voters a focus in 2016, a group
working to ensure that “voices of Latinos are reflected at every level
of government” will host
its first major conference in Washington on Monday.
The
goal of the group, the Latino Victory Project, is not just to animate
voters, but also to bring new Hispanic leaders and elected officials,
typically left leaning,
into the foreground. Julian Castro, the secretary of housing and urban
development, for example, will be among the speakers on Monday.
“This
isn’t about one race or one cycle, we’re looking with a long-term
lens,” said the group’s executive director, Cristóbal Alex.
Democrats
have talked for several years about bolstering support among Hispanics,
a fast-growing demographic. But the task has fresh urgency as the Libre
Initiative, a
Hispanic outreach initiative created by the Koch brothers, is making an
appeal from the right.
Latino
Victory Project was founded by the actress Eva Longoria and the Texas
businessman Henry Muñoz III, and is modeled in part on the
female-candidate-focused Emily’s
List, and the L.G.B.T.-focused Victory Fund.
Mr.
Muñoz, in an interview, said that “whoever wants the support of this
community in the next election cycle has to earn it by being right on
our issues.”
The work does not end in 2016, Mr. Muñoz said, but it is a seminal year.
“I think that everybody looks at this presidential election as the defining moment of engagement,” Mr. Muñoz said.
Amanda
Renteria, who was a congressional candidate in California and is now
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s national political director, described the
group’s work as crucial.
Unlike Emily’s List and Victory Fund, it is about “engaging the
community” as much as creating new tiers of candidates, she said.
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