January 12, 2020
American Latinos United launches super PAC in effort to defeat Donald Trump in 2020
The group is led by former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
"Our country is on a precipice. President Trump’s incompetence and corruption are threatening our democracy and the American way of life," said Villaraigosa, who was mayor of L.A. from 2005 to 2013 and unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in 2018.
"Latino voters can make all the difference -- if we know how to engage and activate the millions of people that sit out most elections," he added.
"Through ALU, we’ll connect deeply with our community and create the mechanisms to turn out the vote in historic proportions."
About 40.4% of eligible Latino voters came out to the polls during the 2018 midterm elections -- about 11.7 million voters in total, according to the Pew Research Center. A record 32 million Latinos are expected to be eligible to vote in 2020, making them the nation's largest minority for the first time.
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