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Howard Dean: Race, Immigration Key Issues in 2008
Race and immigration could determine the 2008 presidential race, Democratic Party chief Howard Dean told a group of Hispanic leaders Saturday.
Dean said he's trying to encourage the turnout of minority voters who support Democrats, particularly in the Albuquerque, N.M., area, by encouraging their use of mail-in ballots, a tactic he said Republicans have used effectively.
"If that works, we're going to do that in 2008 all over the place, but in the meantime this is a great opportunity for us in 2006," Dean told 225 people attending a luncheon at the party's annual Hispanic leadership summit.
In New Mexico's largely Democratic 1st Congressional District, home to what Dean called a Democratic National Committee pilot project, five-term Republican Rep. Heather Wilson is fighting to get re-elected. Her opponent, Democratic Attorney General Patricia Madrid, grew up in a Hispanic household near the Mexican border.
Democrats hope to turn back the Republican Party's advances among Hispanic voters in recent years. President Bush's efforts to court Hispanic voters have helped double the GOP's share since 2000.
Story Continues Below "We can't afford to have 45 percent of Latino population voting for Republican presidents. That diagram has to change," said Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif.
Dean and Solis said issues such as public education, health care, affordable housing, the minimum wage and immigration protection should continue to be party priorities.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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