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The Campaign to Win Over the ‘Latino Belt’
The Campaign to Win Over the ‘Latino Belt’
“I’m here with Anthony Ramos and Liza Colón-Zayas,” said Tim Walz at a rally to drum up Latino support. “No old white guy could ask for more.” (Caroline Gutman)
In a tight race that will come down to a handful of states, Olivia Reingold meets the Latinos in eastern Pennsylvania who could give Harris the edge.
By Olivia Reingold
09.26.24 — U.S. Politics
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The Campaign to Win Over the ‘Latino Belt’

If you build it, Latinos will come. 

That’s what the Harris campaign seemed to think when they held a rally last Saturday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a town in which nearly a third of the population is Latino. The event, aimed at Latino voters, featured vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz as well as two of Hollywood’s biggest Puerto Rican stars: Anthony R…

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press.She has cocreated and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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