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June 10 Weekly Update
In This Issue
Major Latino Electoral Votes States Carried by Clinton and Obama in 2008
African American & Latino Leaders Endorse The Almanac of Latino Politics
Intern of the Month
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June 12, 2008
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June 27-28, 2008
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Major Latino Electoral Votes States Carried by Clinton and Obama in 2008
Maps Highlighted are 16 major states with 300 electoral votes in which 91% of the Latino vote is concentrated. Bill Clinton carried 14 of these states and picked up 257 electoral votes in 1996, just 13 electoral votes short of the number needed to be elected President. In the 2008 presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton carried 11 of these states representing 218 electoral votes, and Barack Obama carried 4 states representing 48 electoral votes. (Since Hillary Clinton won the primary but Barack Obama won the caucus in Texas, neither candidate is herein credited as having "technically" carried the state.)
African American and Latino Leaders Endorse The Almanac of Latino Politics
Press ConferenceAfrican American and Latino leaders participated in a press conference in Washington, DC and endorsed The Almanac of Latino Politics. Participating in the press conference were Octavio Hinojosa, Executive Director of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute; Melanie Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation; Brent Wilkes, Executive Director of LULAC; and Dr. Ron Walters, Director of the Center for African American Politics. Click here to see the video (8 minutes).

Evelyn Oropeza Named 21st Century Leaders Intern of the Month

Evelyn Oropeza Our 21st Century Leaders Intern of the Month is Evelyn Oropeza, who registered 351 voters during the month of May. Evelyn Oropeza is an outstanding student at Columbia College Chicago, where she is majoring in Broadcast Journalism. Evelyn, one of our star interns, has registered 816 voters since January 29, 2008.
 
Students in our 21st Century Leaders Internship program have registered 40,662 new voters to date.
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