Have you heard that Texas, a red state, is turning purple? And, according to CNN - where I've been a contributor for almost 10 years - a Latina Democrat is forcing the change. Are we sure about this?
In a debate at Austin's KLRU-TV, Channel 18, Democrat Leticia Van de Putte, her party’s nominee for lieutenant governor, revisited her declared desire to battle the "high stakes" state-mandated exams ...
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The story goes that many years ago, Leticia Van de Putte and her wheelchair-bound grandmother were outside a polling center when a woman began to harass them. Van de Putte, who was pregnant at the ...
When Leticia Van de Putte walked into the storied Willard Hotel one block from the White House last month, she didn’t invoke the stares of gaping tourists or eager handshakes from power-seeking ...
Three weeks after Leticia Van de Putte entered this year’s mayoral race, she received a $25,000 contribution from Austin businessman Kenneth Jastrow. The donation was intended for the account of her ...
AUSTIN - State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, will - sort of - end months of speculation Thursday with an announcement about her intentions to run as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant ...
AUSTIN, TX -- With a pulsating soundtrack of Latino rhythms blasting and a rowdy crowd of diehard Democrats cheering, Texas Sen. Leticia Van de Putte strides onto a makeshift stage in a parking lot at ...
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