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Statement on Florida Senate Race - Conservative Hispanic Group Comments on NRSC Decision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 4, 2008
info@hispanicleadershipfund.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Hispanic Leadership Fund today released the following statement by its President Mario H. Lopez in regards to the decision by the National Republican Senatorial Committee to weigh in on the side of Florida Governor Charlie Crist over former Florida Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary in that state’s U.S. Senate campaign.

“We are highly disappointed that the Republican establishment would slam the door on Marco Rubio, who is the kind of candidate that the GOP should be eagerly supporting. We have heard a lot of talk about how the party wants to find qualified Hispanic candidates to run for office but in the end we see once again that this is nothing but lip-service. Additionally, as conservatives, we are doubly troubled that Rubio has been so swiftly brushed aside by the powers that be. Republicans cannot be a governing majority again until they earn more Hispanic votes, and this move certainly does not help them in this regard.”

The Hispanic Leadership Fund is a non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to promoting common-sense public policy solutions rooted in free enterprise, limited government, and individual freedom. HLF supports conservative Hispanic candidates running for office through its Political Action Committee, the Hispanic Leadership PAC.