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    A new generation of young Latinos is making Coachella a must-visit stop for 2020 Democrats

    by Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2020 5 minutes

    COACHELLA, Calif. - There they were on a warm Saturday morning, the ruling political class of the eastern Coachella Valley.

    Kicking it in the park. With pan dulce and bacon-wrapped hot dogs.

    Just like the old days. Enjoying their time together, but planning for the future.

    The party this time: a get-out-the-vote effort at Miles Park in Indio for Elizabeth Romero, a Riverside County Board of Education trustee who's running to represent the open 28th state Senate district, which stretches from Murietta to Blythe.

    It's the last office that this group of friends - children of Mexican immigrants who grew up in Coachella, went off to college, then returned - needs to cement the transformation of their hometown.

    Latinos have been a strong influence in Coachella politics since the mid-1960s, when a majority of the City Council was of Mexican American descent, among the first cities

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