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    California's rural Latino voters feed the nation, but hunger for recognition by Senate candidates

    by Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times Nov 22, 2023 6 minutes
    Barbara Lee participate in a debate on stage with other Democrats running to succeed Sen. Feinstein at Westing Bonaventure Hotel on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles.

    SALINAS, Calif. — Francisco Rios stood contently watching the whirl of a Taylor Farms lettuce packaging assembly line, which was about to be dismantled and shipped off to Arizona for the winter. He would not be far behind.

    A father of two who migrated from Mexico nearly 40 years ago and started as a cauliflower picker in the Salinas Valley, Rios said politics has been far from his focus as he works on packing up the factory for the move to Yuma.

    "I don't know any of these candidates," he said when asked about California's 2024 Senate race, "but I want one who believes in respect, liberty and equality."

    Many Latino voters in this corner of rural California believe politicians overlook them — perhaps more so than those living a little farther north in the Bay Area or down south in Los Angeles. Rios, who is now a safety supervisor, has always voted since becoming a citizen in 1998. He had heard Sen. Dianne

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