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Related: About this forumHispanic Mayors for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Garcetti-D or Castro-D.
Garcetti-D or Castro-D carries all of the states Clinton carried in 2016 except for ME statewide, MN, and NH. and pick up AZ,FL,and NC. 271ev.
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Hispanic Mayors for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Garcetti-D or Castro-D. (Original Post)
nkpolitics1212
Jan 2018
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Eric Garcetti's great grandfather Massimo Garcetti was born in Italy- migrated to Mexico.
nkpolitics1212
Jan 2018
#6
Thank you so much for filling in the holes in Mr Garcetti's family's history...
TheDebbieDee
Jan 2018
#7
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)1. Yes! Or...duckworth/castro; harris/castro; warren/castro
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)2. Source ? Link ?
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)3. Garcetti is good. He is our mayor of Los Angeles and has done a good job,
but I don't know what his views are on national issues. His dad was the prosecutor.
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)4. Garcetti's dad was the prosecutor during the OJ Simpson trial.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)5. Garcetti is Hispanic? I thought Garcetti was Italian/American...
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)6. Eric Garcetti's great grandfather Massimo Garcetti was born in Italy- migrated to Mexico.
Eric Garcetti's grandfather Salvador Garcetti migrated from Mexico to the United States during the Mexican Revolution.
Eric Garcetti is an Italian Mexican Jewish American.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)7. Thank you so much for filling in the holes in Mr Garcetti's family's history...
I had no idea.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)9. That explains why the name is Italian. Thanks.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)8. I think he is Italian/American -- at least his name is.