Oct. 13 2021
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CONTACT: Evan Lips, communications director
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WOBURN -- With Hispanic Heritage Month nearing an end, Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons said Tuesday he's excited about the strides the party has made in connecting with Hispanic communities.
MassGOP First Generation Coalition member Alex Veras, of Haverhill, said the party is working on not only connecting with more Hispanic voters, but also to recruit more of them to run for public office.
"We're the party that elected the first Hispanic to the U.S. Senate in New Mexico U.S. Sen. Octaviano Larrazolo in 1928, the first Hispanic woman to Congress in Florida U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in 1989, and the first Hispanic woman to be governor when New Mexico's Susan Martinez won in 2010," Veras said. "Ours is the party of the American Dream, freedom, and opportunity, so it goes without saying that this is a very special month for the MassGOP."
Lyons meanwhile pointed to a series of videos recently released by the Republican National Committee titled "Free of Fear," in which several Hispanic GOP voices discuss escaping totalitarian regimes in Cuba and elsewhere and thriving in America: