Episode 109: Hispanic Politics
If Hispanic voters are becoming the key to the future of state politics, which way are they liable to go? The discussion starts with a documentary look at a "Day in the Life of the Julian Castro Campaign for Mayor of San Antonio."
Panelists:
- Jaime Castillo, San Antonio Express-News
- Kelly Fero, Democratic strategist
- Frank Guerra, Republican media consultant
Jaime Castillo is the political editor with the San Antonio Express-News. He started with the newspaper in 1996 as a police reporter before becoming a political writer and later a member of the Austin bureau covering the state Legislature.
After serving as an assistant city editor for the El Paso Times from1999-2000, he returned to the Express-News, where he has had a hand in political coverage ever since.
The native of El Paso holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at El Paso and a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin. His previous newspaper experience includes working as a copy editor at the now defunct El Paso Herald-Post and as a staff writer at the Naples (Fla.) Daily News.
Kelly
Fero
A former award-winning journalist and author, Kelly Fero is the leading
Democratic strategist in Texas. He has worked with governors and other
top elected officials around the country, helped run a presidential
and gubernatorial campaigns in Mexico, and wrote a series of influential
studies on welfare reform, public and higher ed, criminal justice, and
Texas-Mexico border issues.
Frank
Guerra
Frank Guerra is founder and CEO of Guerra DeBerry Coody, a full-service
advertising, marketing and public relations firm based in San Antonio,
Texas, with an office in Phoenix, Arizona. GDC offers general market
as well as Hispanic capabilities for regional and national clients.
Most recently, Frank served on the national Bush/Cheney re-election team, working on general market as well as Hispanic advertising. In the 2002 election cycle, GDC served as the Hispanic agency of record for the Jeb Bush for Governor Campaign in Florida and the Rick Perry for Governor Campaign in Texas, garnering record-setting votes for both candidates.
Previously, Frank spent 10 years in television news at the CBS affiliate in San Antonio as a reporter and executive producer. Frank left journalism to serve as the campaign manager of Henry Bonilla in his first race for Congress. Bonilla won that election by the largest margin of victory against an incumbent in the country. Frank then transitioned to the field of advertising, marketing and public relations.
More about this topic:
Texas Politics
- “Hutchison,
Perry address conservative Hispanics”
by Kelley Shannon, Associated Press, April 1, 2005 - “NEP
Revises Texas Hispanic Estimate”
by Mark Blumenthal of the Mystery Pollster, Dec. 1, 2004 - “The
Real Bush Record with Texas Hispanics”
Originally published in The Baltimore Chronicle in August 2000
by Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos & Sen. Mario Gallegos
San Antonio Politics
- Julian Castro for Mayor
- Phil Hardberger for Mayor
- Carroll Schubert for Mayor
- “Latest
Poll Numbers”
by TJ Connally, San Antonio Lightning Newspaper, April 4, 2005 - The
Jeffersonian – San Antonio Political Blog
National
- Hispanics of Tomorrow PAC
- Hispanic Online / Politics & Opinion
- Hispanic Business
- Legislative Conference hosted by United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- The National Council for La Raza
- Voto Latino – encourages Latino youth to vote
- LULAC
- National Association Latino Elected Officials
- Republican National Hispanic Assembly
- New Democratic Network -- Hispanic Project
