The courtroom today continued to reflect the issue's political resonance, not only with Latino politicians but also with those who are wooing the increasing numbers of Hispanic voters.

But how about a bunch of Latino politicians doing the job?

We're going to end up with a Latino mayor sooner or later, and some other Latino politicians wear their ethnicity on their sleeves and can't work so well together.

Soto was married to Phil Soto, a pioneering Latino politician in California's history.

The other main challenge for the Democratic ticket came from Herman Badillo, easily the most experienced of New York's Latino politicians.

He trained a number future Latino politicians while a director at NALEO and was a political and community leader in his own right.

He used his experience to train future Latino politicians while the Director of Constituency Services at NALEO.

With Hispanic voters accounting for 80 percent of the state's population growth in the past decade, the politicians had to work hard to keep Latino politicians out of Congress.

Overnight Mrs Molina, a firebrand, has become one of the most powerful Latino politicians in America.

Latino politicians claimed that the district boundaries discriminated against them.