ISSUE 8, VOL. 1
THE JOURNAL ON LATINO AMERICANS"
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Tea Party Latino is GOP’s last hope to gain Latino voter support in 2012 By Amanda Garcia
porarily to Las Vegas, Nevada. He received his law degree from the University of Miami School of law and served as City Commissioner for West Miami. In 2000, he was elected to the Florida House of
Representatives, where he became Speaker in 2006. In 2010, he was elected to theU.S. Senate, filling the seat vacated by Senator Mel Martinez, also a Republican. (continued...) 5