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Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart in Danger of Losing His Seat, New Poll Shows

September 1, 2008 – 4:16 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmPBSkqrPBc Lincoln Diaz-Balart has reached out to Latino voters on behalf of John McCain. Polls show he has his own problems to worry about. A new poll commissioned by Roll Call shows Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla. 21) losing 46 to 48 percent against Democratic challenger Raul Martinez, in what’s shaping up to be an era-changing [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Columbia, Florida, Immigration, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Miami, Raul Martinez, Republicans | Comments

For Obama and Miami, Elián González Resurfaces

June 25, 2008 – 11:57 am

News21 reporter Elizabeth Mendez Berry and I have been talking to Cubans in Miami over the past week, as we report our story on challenges to their political power from other Latinos, and from within their own community. And we have noticed many events and people recurring as points of reference for this community. For [...]

By donduncan | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Castro, Columbia, Cubans, Diaz, Elian, embargo, Hillary Clinton, immigrants, immigration enforcement, Miami, obama | Comments

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