Opinion

Alex Padilla Wins California’s Kentucky Derby of Identity Politics

FINALLY

Latinos now make up 40% of California’s population, yet he’ll be the first Latino in the state’s 170-year history to represent it in the U.S. Senate.

Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
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Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Ruben Navarrette Jr.

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