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Ruben Gallego: “In 2014, the latino percentage elected was 9%. By 2018, we…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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My Discussion With Ruben Gallego, The Next Senator From Arizona

Published | Video Starts at 06:33

Partly true, but what people forget is that in 2014, this is horrible turnout, latino electorate. In 2014, the latino percentage elected was 9%. By 2018, we moved it to 15%. So we moved it from 9% to 15% of the electorate, and the Democrats were yielding 70% to 75% of that growth. Right. And so that's where we started really killing. (06:33–16:00)

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Asserts that the percentage of Latino voters increased from 9% to 15% between 2014 and 2018.

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