The Focus Now Turns to Latino Voters in Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania

With Senator Obama and Senator Clinton running a close race, the number of delegates from Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania have now become the main battleground in the race for the Democratic nomination. Twenty percent, or 2.6 million, of registered voters in Texas, have Hispanic surnames, according to the latest figures available from the Secretary of State's Office. In Ohio approximate 2.3% of population is Latino (approx 250,000 people) and in Pennsylvania approximate 4.2% of population is Latino (approx 500,000 people). According to Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, "Latinos are a key element of any candidate's winning strategy for the White House, and that's going to hold true for the Democratic nominee as well as the Republican."