Category: Government
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The Latino Caucus, 1990 to 2002: How a Seven-Member Group Became Twenty-Four
In 1990, when Richard Polanco became chair of the Chicano Legislative Caucus, the body had seven members. In 2002, it had twenty-four. The growth was the most consequential institutional result of his career. The bills were the work. The Caucus is what he built.