A new House seat has big Latino voting power. It may be little comfort to Democrats

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A new House seat has big Latino voting power. It may be little comfort to Democrats

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/13/1075600036/congress-midterm-election-colorado-eighth-district-latino-voters




February 13, 20225:00 AM ET


Sonny Subia, a volunteer with the League of United Latin American Citizens, introduces Michael Schneider, FBI special agent in charge, to a group largely composed of Latino middle and high school students in Greeley, Colo., on Jan. 28.
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The restaurant owner is a friend, who Subia noted is "as right-wing as you can get."

"I have friends all the way on the right and all the way on the left. And you just have to around northern Colorado," Subia said.
A new House seat has big Latino voting power. It may be little comfort to Democrats

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Subia is a school expulsion officer, and in his spare time, he's the volunteer Colorado state director for LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens.

He's also a committed Democrat. And he's worried.

"This congressional district is the largest Latino population of any district in the state — and it's a toss-up," he said, exasperated. "How is that? It just doesn't make sense."...................................