TRICKY BALANCE: ARNOLD COURTS LATINOS AND CONSERVATIVES ON IMMIGRATION
Sat Aug 19 2006 11:42:08 ET
Illegal immigration has long been a political minefield in California, making and breaking political careers.
Now, with Congress considering the most sweeping changes to immigration laws in two decades, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is learning just how troublesome that terrain can be in an election year, the NEW YORK TIMES will report on Sunday.
No Republican since the 1970s has won statewide office in California without getting at least one-third of the Hispanic vote, which Schwarzenegger, a Republican, achieved in a wide-open recall election in 2003.
In his bid for re-election in November, he faces the difficult task of courting both Latino voters and his core conservative supporters, two groups that are often far apart on immigration.
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