Indeed, hispanics range from blue eyed blonds descended from the all european Spanish to Pure American Indian to black Africans descended from Spanish slaves. The Indians are, mostly, descended fron Siberian Mongol types. With some European touches from proto-europeans who seem to have reached the Americas before the glacier started to retreat. The rest are "melting pot people" just like the VAST majority of us.
I am pleased that the "old guard" was beaten, and, frankly, the man's skin color has no special signifance to me except in a crowd of TEA Party fans, he's a little easier to find at a distance.