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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, Cuba, Florida, Immigration, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Miami, Republicans | Comments

Changing the Political Game in Miami

August 21, 2008 – 10:53 am

When News21 producers Don Duncan and Elizabeth Mendez-Berry traveled to to Miami in order to investigate shifts in the Latino community, what they found was that Cuban voices are no longer the only Hispanic ones in Miami politics. As part of the upcoming elections there, local politicians are focused on campaigning in Colombian and Nicaraguan [...]

By donduncan | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Colombian, Columbia, Cubans, immigrants, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Miami, Nicaraguan, non-Cuban Hispanics | Comments

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