California's 2018 governor's race is going to be big for Mexican majority

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California's 2018 governor's race is going to be big. Find out who's in and what's next


Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

After serving as speaker of the Assembly, Villaraigosa was elected Los Angeles mayor in 2005 and celebrated as the first Latino to hold that position since 1872. But within four years, the luster had faded, due to circumstances both in his control — an extramarital affair — and out of his control — the fallout of the recession. Villaraigosa spent much of the rest of his tenure trying to resurrect his reputation — and the admiration of those who put him into office.

Villaraigosa left elected office in 2013, and his home base of Southern California fails to cast ballots as frequently as their counterparts in the Bay Area. But as one the most high-profile Latino politicians in the nation, Villaraigosa is counting on the growing Latino population being motivated to turn out because of Trump’s immigration policy. He also has been courting working-class voters in the Central Valley and the Inland Empire.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-governors-race-explained-20170604-htmlstory.html

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It's official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California



http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-census-latinos-20150708-story.html

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Latinos officially the biggest ethnic group in California

Latinos have edged past white people to become the biggest racial or ethnic group in California.
US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain – only Mexico has more

The United States Census Bureau has confirmed that the long-expected milestone happened in the first half of 2014, underscoring a wider Latino demographic surge across the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/08/latinos-officially-biggest-ethnic-group-california

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List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations


Percent of Hispanic and Latino population by state in 2012.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_large_Hispanic_populations

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California takes center stage in battle for House majority

Democrats and Republicans are pouring manpower and money into the state ahead of the 2018 midterms.

California has emerged as the epicenter of the already-intense battle for the House in 2018, as both parties rush resources and manpower to a state that could determine the chamber’s balance of power.

“It’s the natural evolution of where the Democrats go to pick up seats,” said Ben Tulchin, a San Francisco-based Democratic pollster who worked for Bernie Sanders in 2016. “If you look at the middle of the country at the rural, exurban working-class districts where we didn’t do very well, there’s only so many Democrats you can squeeze out of those districts. But go to California and there’s a higher number of younger voters, Latino voters. And you can go in, register and engage.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/california-midterms-2018-238169