Former Bush aide heads effort to elect Latino Republicans in California

The California-based PAC GROW Elect, which launched in 2011 with the goal of increasing the ranks of Latino Republican elected officials in California, is expanding.

   
GROW Elect has brought on its first president and CEO in former George W. Bush aide Ruben Barrales, and in the wake of an abysmal showing among Hispanic voters nationally for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012, the PAC is pledging an “aggressive expansion” of its political plan.
 
The hiring of Barrales is the first step in expanding the PAC, which recruits and trains potential candidates at the state and local level.

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