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2016 Postmortem

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts) Thu Feb 25, 2016, 03:02 AM Feb 2016

Bernie Sanders Earns Endorsement From Arizona’s Most Influential Latino Rights Group, First Endorsem

Bernie Sanders Earns Endorsement From Arizona’s Most Influential Latino Rights Group, First Endorsement In Organization’s History

Bernie Sanders just turned in his best performance among Hispanic voters to date, and now has a key endorsement from Arizona’s most influential Latino-rights organization — the first ever in its existence.
Living United for Change in Arizona, or LUCHA, announced this week that it was backing Bernie Sanders for the presidential nomination. The organization has previously never given an endorsement to a candidate, noted Tomas Robles, the non-profit organization’s executive director.
But Robles said the group broke its precedent to endorse Sanders, noting that its members were “frustrated with the establishment” and wanted the change Sanders has promised to bring.