Quote Of The Day

“One thing we do know is that it was a good year to be a Republican Hispanic candidate,” said Arturo Vargas, head of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. “Hispanic Republican candidates rode the Republican title wave. It was coast to coast. The only place they didn’t seem to win was the Pacific Ocean,” he said, referring to California, where Democrats held strong and Republican Abel Maldonado lost his bid for lieutenant governor. — Associated Press