FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2009
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RNHA Chairman Featured in Politico

Republican National Hispanic Assembly (RNHA)'s Former National Chairman, Raul Danny Vargas, was featured in today’s Politico with an op-ed entitled “GOP can reclaim the Hispanic vote”. Below are the first few sentences of this nearly 700-word article. To read the complete article, click on the link below.

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POLITICO recently published a couple of articles that painted a pretty bleak picture of the prospects of the GOP winning back Hispanic voters (“Republicans Sound Alarm on Hispanic Voter Gap,” May 18; “RNC Hiring Chafes Top Hispanics,” May 20). I was quoted in both articles and felt it necessary to expand on my remarks and add some observations.

While it is true that many Hispanic Republican leaders are anxious to see progress on efforts to regain lost ground among Hispanic voters, this should not be confused with a lack of support for the core values of the party or the inspirational leadership of RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

Let me be very clear: The Republican Party must recapture a material portion of the Hispanic vote or we will not win national elections in the future (read more - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23535.html )

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The mission of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly is to build a membership organization to foster the principles of the Republican Party in the Hispanic community, provide Hispanic Americans with a forum to play an influential role in local, state, and national Party activities, increase the number of Hispanic Republican elected officials, and create and maintain a network of Hispanic Republican leaders.