Castro Brothers Link with Latino Victory

Congressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) and his brother, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, are teaming up with the Latino Victory Fund to launch “Latino Victory Slate,” a new fundraising platform that will help raise grassroots donations for Latino candidates in 2018 congressional swing districts. The new initiative is an extension of Swing Left District Funds -- a grassroots fundraising effort to pool money in advance of the primaries for the eventual Democratic nominee in each swing district. Money raised will be divided among the Democratic Latino candidates who win competitive primaries in Swing Left’s 70 target swing districts. The initiative’s website enables individuals to both donate and fundraise on their own, including eventually via individual fundraising pages and codes that allow them to track on a leaderboard the contributions they collect. “Despite significant gains, Latinos continue to be underrepresented in Congress. The Latino Victory Slate will give progressive Latino candidates an edge coming out of the primaries and help deliver even more victories in November,” said the Congressman. The former Secretary weighed in, saying, “Latino Victory Fund and Swing Left are democratizing political fundraising in a way that will provide a larger platform for great candidates in our community. This will help build a donor bench for candidates in 2018 and beyond." More here.