Davis Receives New Endorsements While Continuing Pitch to Latinos

LA Times ^ | 10/19/02 | Gregg Jones

[gubamyster]

By Gregg Jones, Times Staff Writer

Gov. Gray Davis continued his intense courtship of Latino voters Friday, touting his record before the nation's largest Hispanic business group and scooping up a handful of new endorsements from a constituency crucial to his reelection hopes on Nov. 5.

In a speech before the annual convention of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, Davis again made his case that California Latinos have benefited from his policies and appointments in the last four years.

"We believe the Latino agenda is America's agenda," Davis told the business group. Salting his comments with Spanish words and phrases, the incumbent Democrat talked at length about his efforts to mend relations with Mexico after what many Latinos considered the anti-immigrant policies of his predecessor, Republican Gov. Pete Wilson.

Davis quipped that, after his latest meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox, his eighth meeting with a Mexican leader in four years, "we've grown from amigos to compadres" -- a standard Davis line that won applause from the chamber members. After his speech, Davis took part in an unveiling ceremony for a new stamp honoring Cesar Chavez, the Latino civil rights leader and late founder of the United Farm Workers union. Davis signed a law making Chavez's birthday a state holiday.

In a separate event afterward, Davis accepted endorsements from the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and groups representing Latino publishers and peace officers -- part of an all-out effort by Davis to solidify his Latino support in the final weeks of the campaign. Davis has lavished attention on California Latinos this week, responding to a rebellion in the Latino Legislative Caucus and negative publicity in Spanish-language media over his last-minute decision on Sept. 30 to veto a bill that would have given driver's licenses to some illegal immigrants.

"It's a damage-control response," said Antonio Gonzales of the nonpartisan Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project.

[gubamyster]

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[Uncle Hal]

Did anyone see the LA Times endoresment for Davis. In so many words they said he is a crook, but he is our crook so we are going to endorse him. The liberal press cannot have pro Simon article or negative Davis article.

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[Carry_Okie]

Gray Davis opposed Prop 227. The end of bilingual education has done more for California test scores than anything Davis has done in four years and after increasing educational spending 35%.