La Raza Unida Party Reunion · 2012-07-07 · Page 2 La Raza Unida Party Reunion Program Book - 2012 ... Hector Tijerina Marisa Cano La Voz de Austin is a monthly publication

La Raza Unida Party

Austin, Texas

July 6th & 7th 2012Reunion

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Juan, Martha y Marí Eugenia Cotera

SALUDAN

a todos sus compañeros de la Raza

Julio 6-7, 2012

Familia Zamora-ValenzuelaEmilio, Angela,

Clara, Luz,

Felix, FelicianoSalute all those who are coming to the reunion

Table of Contents

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La Raza Unida Party Reunion

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

La Raza Unida Reunion Program . .

Un Breve Historia delPartido de La Raza Unida . . . . .

Cometarios de los estaba allí . . .

Memorial Page . . . . . . . . . . .

Special Recognition paraLittle Joe y La Familia . . . . . .

Texas Population Overview . . . .

Lista de los candidatosdel partido . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Planning Committee . . . . . . . .

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14 & 15

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¿Quién Son? Who are they?

PUBLISHER’SSTATEMENT

Editor & PublisherAlfredo Santos c/s

Managing EditorsYleana SantosKaitlyn Theiss

GraphicsJuan Gallo

DistributionEl Team

Contributing Writers

WayneHector TijerinaMarisa Cano

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PUBLISHER’SSTATEMENT

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Modesta TreviñoMartha Cotera

Maria Elena MartinezLinda Del Toro

Ernesto CalderonRuby T. CalderonRicardo Chavira

Alma ValdezDr. Emilio Zamora

La Raza Unida Party Re-

union program book is

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we are still looking for all

the names of those who

ran for elective office bajo

el nombre del partido.

Readers are encouraged

to contact the staff with

names and leads on

people who should be in-

cluded in an official list of

all those who were Raza

Unida Party candidates.

The contact information is

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EditorialWhat Happened to Us?

Alfredo R. Santos c/s

Planning Committee


Austin, Texas

www.larazaunidapartyreunion.org

Pus ya llego el dia. Aquí estamos en otra reunion de

activistas. Some of you may have attended the 20th

year anniversary in 1989 en San Antonio, Texas.

Tal vez otras fueron al reunion en Dallas, Texas en

2009. De todas maneras, it is great to see everyone

here in Austin, Texas.

While some have been calling this reunion “el

utlimo adios,” otros estan diciendo que “la

revolución no ha terminado.” Yes, it is true we have

not seen the kind of activity that once had us in front

of TV cameras and on the front page of newspapers

in the 1960s and 1970s. And yes, many of us have

reduced our profile to raise families, earn a living or

focus on a career.

But there are still some of us, who like that Japanese soldier at the end of World War II,

who have refused to give up or stop being activists. Some of us, like the Japanese

soldier, have not heard the news that the war is over. Seguimos peleando la causa. ¿

Por qué?¿Qué fue la causa?

When we look around us, we still see the same poverty, injustice, discrimination and

bad education that we once stood up and denounced. Granted it, it is not the same

people who are poor today. But what is the same is the injustice, discrimination and the

bad education. 40 years ago the high school dropout rate for Chicanos was terrible!

Today the dropout rate hovers around 40%. Is that terrible?

While it is true that more and more Latinos are going to college and becoming profes-

sionals, it is also true that more and more Latinos are leaving school, filling the prisons

and jails and stuck in poor paying jobs. Where is the outrage? Where is the coraje that

once led us to fill the streets with protest signs and gritos?

What has changed? Did we, who were once the proud Chicano activists change? Or

did society change? Does history truly move in cycles and thus the activism that we were

once were a part of in the 1970s something that shall return at a future date?

I am sure there are many here today who ponder these questions often. I am sure there

are those who still struggle with how far to push the envelope in their respective cities

and town today. While this event here in Austin, Texas is a reunion, I am sure there are

those who will be exploring and listening to see how others feel about the times in which

we are living. And the age old question of what is one willing to do will be raised again

because there are still some Japanese soldiers still out there.

Noon Registration opens at noon at Mexitas Restaurant

(12th and IH-35 in Austin, Texas)

Early arrivals can pick up their name tags and program booklet

Exhibits open / informal platicas Interview booths are open for oral history

1:00pm Screening of Movie “Chicano” in East part of room

6:00pm Social and Visiting in the Restaurant (dinner is on your own)

La Raza Unida Party Reunion Program

8:00am Café y pan dulce in the restaurant Exhibits open in the Bingo Hall

8:30am Invocation Rev. Dr. Jayme Mathias

9:00am Welcome/Program Review Luz Bazan Gutierrez

9:20am Introductory Speaker Maria Elena Martinez

¿Por Qué Estamos Aquí? One time Texas State Chair of LRUP

9:45 am Words from Luis Diaz de Leon – Candidate for United States Senate under La Raza Unida Party

in 1978 (Linda del Toro will escort him to the stage) ¿Por qué me vine a este reunion.?

9:55 am Recognition of who is in the house by city/county/region of state

10:55am Update on who is not here Reading of the Names of those activists

who have passed on Linda del Toro

11:10 am Presentation and update on the case of Ramiro “Ramsey” Muñiz Irma Muñiz

11:30:am First guest speaker – Dr. Armando Navarro Professor at the University of California

Riverside, author of several books on La Raza Unida Party and activist desde hace muchos años

12:00pm BREAK for lunch

Introduction of Special Guest Pablo Avila

Special Announcements Luz Bazan Gutierrez

La Raza Unida Party Reunion Program Book - 2012

SATURDAY July 7th, 2012

FRIDAY July 6th, 2012

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1:00 pm Reflejo Panel – theme: “Lo que hicimos y como nos fue, a personal perspective”

PANELISTS

Roberto Villarreal Raza Unida Party Activist from Rivera, Texas

Martha Cotera Candidate for Board of Education LRUP

Mario Compean Candidate for Governor of Texas LRUP

Maria Jiménez Candidate for Texas State Rep. LRUP

Pablo Avila Former Zavala County Judge

2:00 pm Open Microphone Questions and Comments from the audience Luz Bazan Gutierrez

moderator

2:30 pm ¿Y ahora qué? Move to Breakout Sessions - This is an opportunity for smaller and more

focused conversations about future directions

La Poltica de Hoy Mario Compean

The State of Education in Texas – What has changed? Jaime Puente

Mujeres de la Raza – The untold stories Martha Cotera

The “Dream Students: the new activists?” Montserrat Garibay

50 million Mestizos y qué? Lorenzo Cano

School Walkouts – How many were there? Alfredo R. Santos c/s

Community Newspapers, Social Media and staying in touch Ernesto Fraga

The Case of Ramsey Muñiz Irma Muñiz

The Future of Chicano Studies/Mexican American Studies Dr. Beto Calderon

Prospects for the Rise of a New Raza Unida Party Dr. Armando Navarro

Art in the Community and the Cause Raul Valdez

3:30 pm Reconvene and Brief Reports from each session Dr. Emilio Zamora

4:15pm Closing remarks Avina Gutierrez

4:30 pm End of formal part of reunion. Closing of interview booths and exhibits


SATURDAY July 7th, 2012

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La Raza Unida Party Reunion Program


Libros del Movimiento

by Dr. Armando Navarro by Dr. Carlos Muñoz by Dr. Ignacio M. Garcia

by Dr. Armando Navarro by Dr. Ignacio M. Garcia by Yolanda Alaniz

and Megan Cornish

Maria Elena Martinez


There will be a specialpresentation and up-date on RamseyMuñiz case at the re-union. In the afternoonthere will be a breakoutsession for those wish-ing more informationabout how to help IrmaMuñiz secure his free-dom.

In October 1971, RUP held its

state convention in San

Antonio and voted to organize

at the state level over the

objections of Gutiérrez, who

believed that the party should

strengthen its rural standing

rather than expend its energy

on a state party. Compean

rallied enough support for a

state organization on the

grounds that it would give a

boost to the Chicano

movement in Texas and repeat

the success it had attained in

Crystal City throughout Texas.

With the state party apparatus

in place, RUP sought a

candidate for the 1972

gubernatorial election, first

calling upon such well-known

Democrats as state senator

Carlos Truán, Hector García

(founder of the American G.I.

Forumqv), and state senator Joe

Bernal. All refused to run for the

position. The party finally found

a candidate in Ramsey Muñiz,

a lawyer and administrator with

the Waco Model Cities

Program. Alma Canales of

Edinburg, who had been a

farmworker and journalism

student at Pan American

University, became the RUP

candidate for l ieutenant

governor, although at twenty-

four she was too young to take

the office constitutionally.

Her presence on the RUP

slate was considered a sign

that women had a crucial role

in the party. Although they

seemed an unusual match,

the two resembled many of the

RUP rank and file, who were

young and university educated.

Like others in the party, they had

also been members of MAYO.

Besides Muñiz and Canales,

RUP ran candidates for nine

other state offices, including

member of the Railroad

Commission, state treasurer,

and member of the State

Board of Education. RUP

candidates also ran for local

posts in Hidalgo, Starr,

Victoria, McLennan, and other

counties.

The party, which had spread

to many other states, held its

first national conference in El

Paso on September 1–4, 1972.

About half of the estimated

1,500 participants were

women, and a large number of

elderly people also attended.

The delegates formed the

Congreso de Aztlán to run the

national party and elected

Gutiérrez as RUP national

chairman. Despite his standing

as the party’s chief political

candidate, Muñiz was not much

heeded. As a result, he left the

gathering early to campaign in

the governor’s race.

The RUP platform that Muñiz

put before voters, while

emphasizing Mexican-

American community control,

bil ingual education, and

ABOVE: Jose Angel Guiterrez speaking in Lubbock,

El Partido de La Raza Unida

RUP sought acandidate for the 1972gubernatorial election,first calling upon suchwell-known Democrats


The Raza Unida Party was

established on January 17,

1970, at a meeting of 300

Mexican Americans at

Campestre Hall in Crystal City,

Texas. José Ángel Gutiérrez

and Mario Compean, who had

helped found MAYO (the

Mexican American Youth

Organization) in 1967, were two

of its principal organizers.

In December 1969, at the first

and only national MAYO

meeting, Chicano activists had

endorsed the formation of a

third party, an idea that

Gutiérrez had proposed in

establishing MAYO. After RUP

filed for party status in Zavala,

La Salle, and Dimmit counties

in January 1970, it began its

eight-year quest to bring greater

economic, social, and political

self-determination to Mexican

Americans in the state,

especially in South Texas,

where they held little or no

power in many local or county

jurisdictions although they were

often in the majority.

Membership in the party was

open to anyone who was

committed to RUP’s goals. The

party fielded candidates for

nonpartisan city council and

school board races the

following April in Crystal City,

Cotulla, and Carrizo Springs

and won a total of fifteen seats,

including two city council

majorities, two school board

majorities, and two

mayoralties.

by Teresa Palomo Acosta

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women’s and workers’ rights,

bore similarity to the values

espoused by the liberal faction

of the state Democratic party,

which supported Frances

(Sissy) Farenthold for the

party’s gubernatorial

nomination.

In spite of this, Muñiz did not

receive strong support from

liberals. Ultimately, even

Farenthold endorsed Dolph

Briscoe, to whom she had lost

the nomination, although she

had once referred to him as “a

bowl of pablum.” Muñiz won 6

percent (214,149) of the votes

in the November election, thus

reducing Briscoe’s margin of

victory so that the race was the

first in the twentieth century in

which a Texas governor was

elected with less than a majority.

Muñiz won heavily in some

South Texas counties and had

a decent turnout in large cities.

Over the next two years RUP

solidified its South Texas rural

base and racked up more

nonpartisan victories in the

Winter Garden Region. It also

achieved political successes in

Kyle and Lockhart. Its urban

support, though quite strong

among university activists and

barrio youth and politicians,

remained small. This ultimately

hurt the party’s future, since

many Hispanics lived in the

state’s major urban areas and

their support of RUP was

necessary for the party to have

a larger political impact.

In 1974, RUP was ready for

another try at the governor’s

race, with Muñiz once again its

candidate. The party also ran a

slate of fourteen men and two

women for state representative

from Lubbock, Houston, San

Antonio, Austin, Falfurrias,

Crystal City, and other cities. As

in the 1972 election, the RUP

campa ign

l i t e r a t u r e

emphasized

the party’s

C h i c a n o

foundation;

but it also

asserted a

desire to

“ e n s u r e

democracy

for [the]

many, not

the few” and the need to

preserve “human and natural

resources.” In addition, it called

for the prosecution of industrial

polluters.

In his announcement for the

governor’s race on January 16,

1974, Muñiz sought to

maximize the party’s appeal to

a broader spectrum of the

state’s voters, stressing RUP’s

ideas for new modes of

transportation, improved

funding of public education,

better medical care, and

solutions to urban problems.

But RUP did not fare well in

the 1974 general election.

Muñiz got only 190,000 votes

and posed no real threat to

Briscoe’s reelection. In

El Partido de La Raza UnidaLa Raza Unida Party Reunion Program Book - 2012 Page 11

Muñiz won 6 percent(214,149) of the votes

in the Novemberelection, thus reducing

Briscoe’s margin

Continued on page 12

ABOVE: Irma Mireles speaking in Hondo, Texas


addition, none of the sixteen

candidates for the state House

garnered enough support to

win. The party’s sole real

victories were in Crystal City,

where cofounder Gutiérrez

was elected as Zavala county

judge and the party

successfully defended its

dominance of other county

offices. Nonetheless, by its

numerous victories in South

Texas, RUP had achieved

Mexican-American polit ical

dominance in some cities and

altered the state’s political life.

Several Mexican-American

women were significant

participants at the state and

national level. Evey Chapa, for

instance, ensured that RUP’s

state executive committee

provide for a female member;

Virginia Múzquiz headed the

RUP nationally from 1972 to

1974; and María Elena

Martínez served as the last

head of the party in Texas from

1976 to 1978. Likewise, Evey

Chapa, Ino Alvárez, and Martha

Cotera have been credited with

organizing Mujeres Por La

Raza, the women’s caucus

within RUP.

In the four years after the 1974

election, RUP’s fortunes

diminished, with activism

slowing except in some

enclaves in South Texas. Even

in Crystal City, its bedrock, RUP

lost control in 1977. The party

also suffered losses in its

membership, and some of its

original leaders, including

Willie Velásquez, all ied

themselves with new political

initiatives, such as the Mexican

American Democrats.

ABOVE: Mario Compean speaking at a house meeting in Uvalde, Texas in 1978

Perhaps two of the biggest

blows to party morale were the

arrests in July and November

1976 of former RUP

gubernatorial candidate

Ramsey Muñiz on drug

charges. He pled guilty to one

count and was sentenced to

fifteen years. The party was

considerably weakened as it

entered the final and fatal 1978

election, when RUP

gubernatorial candidate Mario

Compean won only 15,000

votes.

At the election-day fiasco in

1978, RUP lost state funds for

its primary and was effectively

eliminated as a party. Some

historians have stated that RUP,

with its various successes and

failures, came at the right

moment in Mexican-American

history in the state. Writing in

1978 in The Tejano Yearbook:

1519–1978, Philip Ortega y

Gasca and Arnoldo De León

noted that the establishment of

RUP in the 1930s would have

been “premature” because

violence was still a common

response to Texas Mexicans’

political ambitions.

Nevertheless, the authors also

argue that RUP was neither a

new phenomenon nor a “radical”

one but a continuation of Tejano

political initiatives. Nineteenth-

century Tejanos had formed

various movements, such as

Botas and Guaraches and

special benevolent

associations, to defend their

interests. RUP was intended to

do the same for Mexican

Americans in the 1970s.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Ignacio M. Garcia, United We

Win: The Rise and Fall of La

Raza Unida Party (Tucson:

University of Arizona Mexican

American Studies Research

Center, 1989). José Ángel

Gutiérrez Papers, Benson

Latin American Collection,

University of Texas at Austin.

Raza Unida Party Collection,

Benson Latin American

Collection, University of Texas

at Austin.

Teresa Palomo Acosta

Collage of Clippings


Rogelio Smiley Rojas Moctezuma fromSan Antonio, Texas:“Estimado Alfredo, Count me in!”

[email protected] “One attending and I will

send a check.”

Roberto Pachecano writes:“I participated in the movement as an

activist, poll worker, and straight ticket

voter. The establishment gave me no

choice but to denounce it; I still do!”

Raza Unida Party Precinct 215, BexarCounty, Texas, Ms. Carolina Piña-Precinct Judge. In memory of MaryElizabeth Ladd (La Ladd).

Huey Rey Fischer writes:[email protected] “Is there a way to pay online? Is this

event open to the public or only those

who were active in the LRUP in the 70s?”

ENRIQUE ‘KIKO’ SALAZAR from:12766 VENICE BLVD. #2VENICE BEACH, CA. 90066CELL: 310-433-0297EMAIL: [email protected]

“ON JAN.1972, RAMSEY MUNIZ CAME TOSPEAK AT TEXAS SOUTHMOSTCOLLEGE IN BROWNSVILLE, TX.,WHERE I WAS A STUDENT. I AGREEDWITH EVERYTHING HE SAID. BEINGJUST OUT OF THE AIR FORCE, I KNEWTHERE WAS RACISM ALL OVER,EXPECIALLY IN TEXAS.

I TRANSFERED TO SUL ROSS STATEUNIVERSITY IN ALPINE,TX IN SEPT. 1972AND BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE RUPTHERE. MOSTLY WERE STUDENTSFROM DEL RIO,TX. RAMSEY WENT TOSPEAK THERE IN OCT.1972. I TOOK HIMTO EL PASO,TX AND THERE I MET RUPMEMBERS. I LEFT TO HARLINGEN, MYHOME TOWN, AND ATTENDED PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN JAN. 1973.

I LEFT THERE IN THE SUMMER OF 1973AND ATTENDED COLIGIO JACINTOTREVINO TILL SUMMER OF 1974. I GOTINVOLVED IN THE RUP THERE WITHANSELMO GARZA & RICARDO MOLINA,ARTURO GARZA, JUAN GARCIA &

TERESA GARCIA, FRED VUITTONET, ROYMARTINEZ, ALBERTO ALMANZA, SRA.MARIA SILVIA, FRANK SILVA, JAIMEDIAZ,NOE DIAZ,& ARMANDO DIAZ &CONRADO GARZA,THE RUP COUNTYCHAIRMAN AT THAT TIME.

I WAS ELECTED RUP COUNTYSECRETARY IN 1972. IN 1973 IWAS ELECTED RUP CAMERON COUNTYCHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISED THE RUPCOUNTY ELECTION IN CAMERONCOUNTY.

IN 1973, MYSELF & JUAN GARCIA &ANSELMO GARZA WERE CANDIDATESFOR THE CITY COMMISSIONERS INHARLINGEN,TX. WE RAN AS A RUPSLATE. WE DIDN’T WIN, BUT WERAISED ALOT OF HELL ON THECONDITIONS OF ROADS IN THE AREAWHERE MOSTLY LA RAZA LIVED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CITY BUILT ATENNIS COURT AND A COUPLE OFBASEBALL FIELDS BECAUSE IN ONECITY MEETING, I TOLD THEM THAT WEALSO PLAYED TENNIS & BASEBALL.THE PARK IS KNOWN AS VICTOR PARKIN THE WEST SIDE OF HARLINGEN ONHIGHWAY 77. U CAN’T MISS IT WHEN UPASS THRU HARLINGEN. AS RUPCHAIRMAN, WE MET WITH CITYCOMMISSIONERS AND SCHOOLBOARDS IN CAMERON COUNTY TOBETTER LA RAZA. VIVA RAMIRO RAMSEYMUNIZ.

Irma Mireles from San Antonio, TexasMonday, 5/28/12, 3:44 PM ”Glad to see que las mujeres are main

speakers. Even though few of us ran for

office we were/are the backbone. More

needs to be written about the role de la

mujer dentro el Partido but of course we

have to be the ones to do it. Hope we can

do some of it at this reunion.”

Ernesto & Ruby T. Calderon from Austin,Texas

“Our activity centered around the Central

Texas Area. We organized McLennenCounty and surrounding communities.

Ramsey Muñiz was working in Waco at

the outset of Raza Unida organizing

activity and it was from here that he filed

for Governor under the Raza Unidabanner.

I was the first State Treasurer for the

party. Our organizing activity untilmately

covered most of the state. Certainly, the

Raza Unida campaign took us North

(Corsicana, Ft. Worth, and Dallas,east(Marlin, College Station, and

Houston and west (San Angelo and

Lubbock) of Waco.

During the 1972 campaign, it was our

responsibility to maintain a state

headquarters for the Ramsey Munizcampaign, which we did. It was located

at 13th & Clay Avenue. All of our

literature, bumper stickers, etc., came out

of this office. We were similarly involved

in the 1974 campaign but to a lesser

extict because the Muñiz campaign was

run out of San Antonio by then.”

Thank you,

Ernesto & Ruby T. Calderon

Lorenzo Cano(713)480-8358 cellAssociate DirectorCenter for Mexican American StudiesUniversity of HoustonHouston, Texas 77204-3001

“I was a past-member of the NuecesCounty and the Harris County RazaUnida Party”

May 31st, 2012Alberto Luera (832) 459-9819

“Tony Bil worked was an activist in Jim

Wells County, He Inherited his father in

laws meat market (Dan’s Meat

Processing Plant - Alice, Texas) Had a

reunion four years ago sponsored by

Texas A&I University Married Diana

Franco Ph.DAnother activist is Rafael

Trevino is with Community Action

Council in Alice, Texas both were MAYO

board members. Efrain Hernandez from

Kingsville organizer. He has been

teaching in Pharr San Juan School

District”

Commentary from those who were there


6-4-2012Irma Muniz (409) 363-18785403 Everhart Rd.Corpus Christi, TX 78411409-363-1878imuniz1310@earthlink.netwww.freeramsey.comwww.freeramsey.blogspot.comwww.studentsfreeramsey.blogspot.com

June 12, 2012

Juan B. Garcia101 S. 17 St.Donna,Tx.78537

“My name is Juan Botello Garcia.I was a

Raza Unida organizer, and one of the

three candidates that ran under La RazaUnida banner in Harlingen CityCommission in December 11, 1973.

We lost but we made the gringos waste

chingos de feria en la campana.Frist time

ever a three Chicano slate ran against

los gringos.The other two were Enrique“Kiko” Salazar Raza Unida CountyParty chairman and Anselmo TretoGarza Raza Unida Party organizer.”

Ernesto Fraga from Waco, Texas writes:

Hola companeros,

“My initial work with Raza Unida began

with MAYO in Waco. Along with Ramsey

Muniz and eventual former Mayor of

Waco Rolando Arriola, I helped to

establish the MAYO newspaper “ElGolpe Avisa” and later established “ElCoraje Chicano.” Other Chicano

Newspapers with which I collaborated

with were “Regeneracion II” in San Juan,Texas and “La Conciencia” in Austin.

While in Austin, I was campaign

chairman for Juan Hipolito, who ran for

Travis County Treasurer. Other efforts

included Brown Beret organizing and

more recently, Committee for theDefense of Latino Immigrants relating to

Immigration reform and the abolishment

of Detention Centers.

“I will be attend the reunion.”

Clotilde’ Rea Sofikitis writes:

“I grew up with Ramiro Ramsey Muñiz.He promised me he would help ourpeople as he saw us hungry, poor andsick and denied equality. He kept hisword! I campaigned for him here inTravis County. My family mostly inNueces County. My mother JuanitaPerez Rea made thousands of tamalesfor Ramsey. She would campaign andgive people a tamale. Viva mi Madre! yVIVA MI RAZA UNIDA PARTIDO! I did notrun for office. I was a young mother but Iam Chicana proud til the end!

Eliseo Solis, Josefina Solis1501 E 2nd StLubbock Texas, 79403806-224-6533-Eliseo210-867-1048-Josefina

“We are coming to the reunion in Austin.”

Luis Guerra from San Luis Potosi,Mexico writes:

My Raza Unida Days

I became involved with Raza Unida when

Ramsey Muñiz ran for governor. CarlosGuerra, his campaign manager, had

seen a Chicano magazine I had

designed, and asked me to do their

graphics. I also did work for ArmandoGutiérrez’s campaign for state rep. We’d

have silk-screening parties where gente

would pitch in to print posters. It was a

time of working together and helping

each other out.

I remember borrowing Linda delToro’s Volkswagen bug: my truck had

broken down, I had no money, and I had

to get to the radio stations. We also

painted a huge Ramsey Muñiz banner,

wrapped it around a hot-air balloon, and

flew it over the Austin barrios on election

day. It was a beautiful sight!

Comentarios de los que estaban allí


Today, I publish TIEMPO Newspaper (30

years since 1982) in Waco and serve as

national Pubic Relations Chair for theNational Free Ramsey MunizCommittee.”

”La Revolucion no ha terminado!”

Ernesto Fraga

6/15/2012

Richard Cortez ad Freddy Blanco fromHouston, Texas write: “ We are coming ot

the reunion. Alla nos vemos!”

Montserrat Garibay from Austin, Texaswrites: “I am excited about the La Raza Party

Reunion, specially since President

Obama has granted administrative relief

to all DREAMERS. This is a small step

but I am hopeful that we are going in the

right direction. I will try to make it on

Wednesday. I have a conference in San

Marcos from Tuesday to Friday. “

Elaine Schele, PhDAdjunct Assistant ProfessorArt DepartmentAustin Community College

Dear Mr. Santos,

“I just heard about the Reunion and I am

wondering if I might attend. I am not a

member of the party, but I have a great

interest in Mexican-American history and

would love to attend this historic event.”

Thank you,Elaine Schele, PhD

ANTONIO RIOS JR. from Crystal City,Texas states: Two of us will be attendingthe Reunion in Austin, Texas

Max Krochmal, Ph.D.Department of HistoryTexas Christian UniversityTCU Box 2972602850 S. University DrFort Worth, TX 76129

Continued on page 16

Bidal Aguero Lubbock

Mr. & Mrs. Albino Santos Crystal City

Francisco Alcala Crystal City

Oralia Alvarado Crystal City

Maria Alvarado Crystal City

Erasamo Andrade All over

Olivia Avila Crystal City

Luis Avila Crystal City

Francisco Benavidez Crystal City

Stephen Casanova San Antonio

Elva Castillo Crystal City

Pepa Coronado Crystal City

Guadalupe Cortinas Crystal City

Manuel Cortinas, Jr. Crystal City

Carmen Cuevas Crystal City

Irene Cuellar Batesville

Ramoncito De La Fuente Crystal City

Ramon De La Fuente Crystal City

Elena Diaz Crystal City

Marcos Esquivel Carrizo Springs

Rodolfo Espinoza, Sr. Crystal City

Maria Facio Crystal City

Mague Coronado Flores Crystal City

Zulema Flores Crystal City


María Elena Martínez told me later that teachers in East Austinhad taken their students out for recess just as the balloon passed

over the schoolyard. Some time later, thanks to Marta Cotera, all

the campaign artwork became part of the Latin American Collection

at UT Austin.

After the elections, the energy was undiminished. The Austincontingent went on to open a food cooperative, and we even tried

communal gardens. It was a time of restored pride in our heritage. I

went on to do poster art for the Texas Farmworkers’ March toWashington.

The Farmworkers had their own reunion recently, in San Juan. It

was wonderful to visit with them, and I’m looking forward to the RazaUnida Reunion. The Chicano Movement helped to create a

newfound respect for the indios de América. I had always felt that

this land I was born in had much to teach and that its natives

possessed a treasure trove of ancient knowledge and wisdom.

In the 80s, I moved to a small town, Real de Catorce, in the

mountains of San Luis Potosí, a sacred site of the HuicholIndians. After observing their lifestyle and participating in their

ceremonies, I realized that theirs is a true civilization, in deep

harmony with the Earth. And this is so, for all indigenous nations

that honor the Earth and themselves.

I continue to paint. For some years now, I’ve also been telling

my stories about life in Mexico on NPR’s Latino USA. I’ve also

been writing screenplays with my brother Victor; we’re currently

working on our third one.”www.GaleriaGuerra.com

Javier H. Salinas7125 Bending Oak RoadAustin, Texas [email protected] writes:

I was born and raised in Pearsall, Texas. My parents, Alfredoand Alma Salinas were involved with La Raza Unida Party along

with the Rodriquez, Yanez, and other families.

As a kid, I remember participating in parades put on to raise

awareness about voting and the Raza Unida Party. We would

dress up in traditional Mexican outfits, sit on top of a zarape that

was carefully placed on top of a car and ride around the streets

of Pearsall.

All of this was done on the Mexican side of the tracks. Getting

out the vote was the desired outcome. I remember there was

tension not only between the anglos and those promoting the

Raza Unida movement but also among the Mexican Americans

in Pearsall. It was a town divided, The Raza Unida did affect

change in Pearsall giving a voice to many that could no longer

remain silent.

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Comentarios (continued)


Doña Elvirita de la Fuente Crystal City

Jesse Gamez Crystal City & San Antonio

Roberto Gamez Crystal City

Angel Gonzales Crystal City

Carlos Guerra Robstown & San Antonio

Amador Guerrero Crystal City

Anita Hernandez Crystal City

Nacho Hernandez Crystal City

Octaviano Hernandez Crystal City

Alfredo Limon San Antonio

Sara Lopez Crystal City

Richard Lopez Crystal City and Stockton, California

Marilu Masignani Crystal City

Guadalupe Mata Crystal City

Higinio Mata Crystal City

Ramon “Monche” Mata Crystal City

Eulogia Mena Crystal City

Olga Mena Crystal City

David Mendoza Crystal City

Reynaldo Mendoza Crystal City

Jose Montalvo San Antonio

Virginia Muzquiz Crystal City

Estevan Najera, Sr. La Pryor

Enriqueta Palacios Crystal City

Manuel Palacios Crystal City

Olivia Perez Crystal City

Lidia Perez Crystal City

Francisco Prado Batesville

Rosario Puente Crystal City

Pablo Puente Crystal City

Carlos A. Quirino, Sr. Lubbock

Manuel Reyes San Antono

Francisco “Panchillo” Rodriguez Crystal City

Fr. Manuel Roman, OFM. Uvalde andSan Antonio

Eliseo Sanchez Crystal City

Ruben Sandoval San Antonio

Julian Salas Crystal City

Manuel Salas, Sr. Crystal City

Juanita Santos Crystal City

Olivia Serna Crystal City

Mague Serna Crystal City

Josefa Torres Crystal City

Jose Angel Torres Crystal City

Rudy Torres Crystal City

Romula Villalobos Crystal City

Jesus Villalobos Crystal City

Rita Yanas Crystal City

Memorial PageAll of the individuals below gave their time, efforts, y a veces su dinero, to make thedream of La Raza Unida Party a reality. They were not afraid to stand up and not afraid ofwhat othes said or thought. They believed in their heart that people needed to stand up andbe counted. Qué en paz descansen.

Page 17

“During the years that La Raza

Unida Party was politically

active, Little Joe was one of its

strongest public supporters.

During Raza Unida’s

gubernatorial campaign, I and

other RUP supporters would

show up at events throughout

Texas where Little Joe y La

Familia was performing. Little

Joe would let us set up a RUP

table at his shows, where we were

allowed to politic and to register voters. Later during the show he would always call us up to the stage and

introduce us to the crowds. He would wear Raza Unida buttons and would encourage others to do so. And in the

end of the shows, he would always play and dedicate “Las Nubes” to Ramsey Muniz. Little Joe has always been

politically astute. He clearly understands all of the political and Chicano issues. One could tell that his support for

La Raza Unida Party came from his heart. He was not afraid to speak out against police brutality and other

similar issues. And to date he has not remained quiet about issues affecting “Nuestra Gente.”


MARIA ELENA MARTINEZ-RUP Planning Committee Member reflects:

Maria Elena Martienz, Little Joe and José Angel Gutierrez Little Joe in Berkeley, California, 1973


JOSE MARIA DE LEON

HERNANDEZ AKA

LITTLE JOE: “La Raza

Unida Party made nuestra

gente politically wise, and

more willing to act on issues

we were previously afraid

to confront. It certainly was

a rude awakening. It made

it possible for other

Chicanos to eventually get

elected. It’s a fact that Raza

Unida was a

SRINGBOARD. It’s also a

fact that Raza Unida

changed the political

landscape, not just in

Texas, but nationwide.

Unknowingly, many of the

past and present

officeholders owe some

gratitude to La Raza Unida

Party.”

SPECIAL

RECOGNITION

TO LITTLE JOE

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How has the Hispanic/Latino Population

Changed over the Years in Texas?

In 1970, the Hispanic population inTexas was almost 2 million. In 1980, itclimbed to almost 4 million. This wasalso the year that the tem “Hispanic”became official label for people with lastnames like Hernandez, Garcia andSoto.

As you examine the table below youwill see that the Hispanic popuation morethan doubled by the 1990 Census. In2000, the growth curtailed a bit with acount of 6.6 million people más o menos.

With the 2010 count completed, theHispanic population is now approaching10 million people in the State of Texas.

What does that mean? Why is itimportant? Some people say that itrepresents a coming political power.Others say that it represents atremendous workforce pool from whichto draw laborers. And still others say thatthe continued growth of the Hispanicpopulation means nothing if as a groupthey do not turn out to vote.

There is a lot of speculation about whata continued growth of the Hispanicpopulation might mean for the UnitedStates. But as of recent, there has beena reported decrease in the number ofpeople trying to come across the border.And in some states where strict anti-immigrant laws have been passed, therehas been an exodus of Hispanics whohave gone in search of work somewhereelelse. What the growth of the Hispanicpopulation means will continue to bedebated over the years.

Demographic Shifts

DID YOU KNOW?

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

White 9,717,128 11,198,441 12,774,762 14,799,505 17,701,552

African American 1,399,005 1,710,175 2,021,632 2,404,566 2,979,598

American Indian

or Alaskan Native 17,957 40,075 65,877 118,362 170,972

Asian 20,641 120,313 319,459 562,319 964.596

Native Hawaii or

Pacific Islander 14,434 21,656

Some other race 41,999 1,160,187 1,804,780 2,438,001 2,628,186

Two or more races N/A N/A N/A 514,633 697,001

Hispanic/Latino 1,981,861 2,985,824 4,339,905 6,669,666 9,460,921

Texas Population Growth from 1970 to 2010YEARS

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau

Page 20


Future Projections The Texas Data Center and the Office of the State

Demographer project that the state’s population will

increase by 71.5 percent between 2000 and 2040,

from 20.9 million to 35.8 million.The 2040 projected

population of 35.8 million is a 151 percent increase

from the 1980 population of 14.2 million.

By 2040, the Texas state demographer projects

that the share of the population aged 65 or older in

Texas will nearly double, to 18.0 percent. Nationally,

the U.S. Census Bureau projects that Americans aged

65 or older will comprise 20.4 percent of the population.

By 2020, the Texas Hispanic population is expected

to outnumber the White population (Exhibit 8).

Between 2000 and 2040 the Hispanic population will

triple in Texas’ urban areas, from 5.9 million to 17.2

million. In rural areas, the Hispanic population is

expected to double, from 777,000 to 1.6 million.

In 1980, the Hispanic population of Texas was just

under 3 million. By 2040, there will be 18.8 million

Hispanics in Texas.

This projection indicates that the Hispanic population

will grow by 530 percent from 1980 to 2040. These

changes are being driven both by high immigration

rates and high birth rates. According to the state’s

demographer, from 1980 to 2040, the White population

of Texas will grow from 9.4 million to 11.5 million. The

percentage of Whites will sharply decrease, from 66

percent in 1980 to only 32 percent in 2040. The Black

population of Texas will grow from 1.7 million in 1980

to 3.4 million in 2040. The percentage of Blacks will

decrease slightly from 12 percent in 1980 to 10 percent

in 2040.

¿Cómo ha cambiado la población

Hispana en Tejas a travez de los años?

Texas Population Growth, 1980–2040

Population projections, in millions

Page 21


De parte de mi familia y mis

amigos en Cristal donde yo nací,

quiero felicitar a todos los que

asistieán a la reunión de la Raza

Unida en Austin, Texas.

The Law Offices of Roberto R. Alonzo400 S Zang Blvd # 810 Dallas, TX 75208-6643

(214) 941-8200

Page 22

Texas Counties Where

La Raza Unida Party Ran

or Supported Candidates Locally


Bexar

Brewster

Caldwell

Cameron

Dimmit

El Paso

Hays

Harris

Hidalgo

La Salle

Lubbock

Mclennan

Nueces

Reeves

Travis

ZavalaIf anyone has information on candidates who ran as Raza Unida or were sup-

ported by Raza Unida, let us know. Some claim that there was Raza Unida

activity in over 40 Texas counties.

On the following pages are the candidates who

ran under the banner of La Raza Unida Party

or with the support of the party. The list is a

work in progress in that more information needs

to be added to it to make it complete.

1970

Zavala County

April 4, 1970 Elections

Jose Angel Gutierrez Crystal City School Board 1,344 E.W. Ritchie 1,119

Arturo Gonzales Crystal City School Board 1,344 Rafael Tovar 1,090

Mike Perez Crystal City School Board 1,397 Luz Arcos 1,081

April 7th, 1970 Election

Ventura Gonzalez Crystal City Council 1,341 Emmett Sevilla 835

Pablo Puente Crystal City Council 1,306 Charlie Crawford 820

November Elections

Julian Salas Zavala County Judge 925 1,502

Carmen Flores Zavala County Treasurer 811 1,496

Isaac Juarez Zavala County Clerk 776 1,502

Ramon de la Fuente Zavala Co. Comm. Prec. # 2 528 774

Esteban Najera Zavala Co. Comm. Prec. # 4 97 234

Jose Serna Zavala Co. Comm. Precinct # 3 288 346

Manuel Palacios Justice of the Peace Precinct # 2 524 804

Pedro Contreras Justice of the Peace Precinct # 3

La Salle County

Alfredo Zamora, Jr. Mayor of Cotulla 587 Paul Cotulla 584

Enrique Jimenez City Council 636 Claude Franklin, Jr. 493

George Carpenter, Sr. City Council 667 Ray Kreck 439

Alfredo Ramirez City Council 530 Arthur Hill 575

Reynaldo Garcia School Board 667 Chester Bell, Jr. 536

Rogelio Maldonado School Board 693 F. D. Henrichman 524

November Elections

Roel Rodriguez Co Comm. Prct. # 3 (Ran a write-in campaign and won)

All La Raza Unida

Party candidates ran

as write-in candi-

dates and all lost


LRUPCandidate Office Sought Votes Opponent Votes

La Salle County

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Dimmit County

Rufino Cabello Mayor Carrizo Springs 711 Joe Schmitt 470

Jesus Rodriguez City Council 639 Eddie Leonard 423

(Later both switched to independents)

Hidalgo County

????? ONE CANDIDATE and he lost

1970 (continued)


1971

School board elections held on April 3, 1971

Rudy Palomo School Board 1,657 Teodoro Muñoz 1,236

Eddie Treviño School Board 1,688 Alma Ramon 1,218

City Council elections held on April 6, 1971

Better Gov Slate Independents

Jose Talamantez City Council 1,622 Paulino Mata 911 Roberto Cornejo 40

Roberto Gamez City Council 1,626 Santos Nieto 891 Ralph Garcia 4

Frank Benevides City Council 1,649 Gilberto Salazar 890 Marina Garcia 4

Zavala County


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1972

School board Elections held on April 1, 1972

Jose Mata School Board 1,707 Julian Saldivar 845

Alberto Sanchez School Board 1,727 Emmett Sevilla 840

Ester Ynoscencio 69

City Council Elections held on April 4, 1972

Ventura Gonzalez City Council 1,745 Hector Ramon 517

Pablo Puente City Council 1,741 Eusevio Salinas 552

General Election in November

Ray Perez County Judge 1,949 R. A. Taylor 912

Jose Serna Sheriff 2,005 C. L. Sweeten 1,883

Elena Diaz County Comm Pct 3 403 Santos Nieto 303

Rudy Espinoza, Jr. JP Precinct # 2 557 548

Moses Garcia JP Precinct # 3 487 No oppoent

A.G. Bermea County Tax Assessor 1,871 Martha Cruz 2,026

Juan Guzman County Com Pct 1 338 Felipe Torres 466

Hector Mata Constable Pct 1 351 M. L. Blackman 404

Antonio Rios Constable Pct 4 593 Lonzo Bostic 628

Zavala County


Statewide General Election

Flores Amaya United States Senate 41,946

Alma Canales Lt. Governor 88,811

Fred Garza, Jr. Rail Road Commissioner 106,397

Ramsey Muñiz Governor 214,118

Ruben Solis, Jr. State Treasurer 83,799

All La Raza Unida Party

candidates who ran state-

wide lost.

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1973


Crystal City Council Elections held April 3, 1973

Ramon “Monche” Mata City Council 1,542 Eliseo Sanchez 1,024

Jose D. Cuevas City Council 1,543 Roberto Cornejo 990

Richard Diaz City Council 1,526 Martha Garza 991

Crystal City School Board Elections held on April 7, 1973

Ernesto Olguin School Board 1,657 Mike Perez 1,223

Viviana Santiago School Board 1,642 Jose R. Mata 1,205

Ramon Garza School Board 1,661 Elfego Martinez 1,201

Hector Chavana San Marcos City Council Bill Dibre

Place # 6 Herb Yarbrough

Daniel De Leon City Marshall

Andres Gamez City Council

Geronimo Flores School Board Place # 1

Phil Waters School Board Place # 2

Bernardo Rangel City Commissioner Place 4

David Serrato City Commissioner Place 4

Juan Cantu Hebbronville ISD Pct. # 4 ?

Hays County

Zavala County

Caldwell County

Jim Hogg County

Andres Hinojosa was the LRUP Chair in Jim Hogg County

There is a Nueces County LRUP active in 1973.

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The Law Offices

of Hector Chavana

That young man at the top of the opposite page was me way

back in 1973. Although the years have passed,

I remain the same man in spirit and determination.

I want to wish everyone a great reunion in Austin, Texas!


2702 Little York Rd. Houston, TX 77093 (713) 236-9900

Page 28


SOURCE: This page was taken from the March 30th, 2012 of

the Chicano Times Volume IV Number 13, which was

published in San Antonio, Texas. Jose Luis Rodriguez

was the editor.

Page 29

1974

Maria Jimenez State Representative District # 87 69

Victor Vega State Representative District # 97 34

Ruben Rabago State Representative Disrict # 79 28

Tatcho Mindiola RUP County Chairman 235

General Election

Ruben Rabago State Representative District # 79 305 (3.9%)

Victor Vega State Representative District # 97 335 (3.45%)

Maria Jimenez State Representative District # 87 970 (17.2%)

Fred Garza, Jr. Rail Road Commissioner 9,787 (in Travis County)

Ramsey Muniz Governor 190,000

All

candidates

lost

All candidates lost

LRUPCandidate Office Sought Votes

Travis County

Raymond Donley Jr. Comm. Pre # 4 1,022

Oralia Cole State Representative 2,365

Armando Gutierrez State Representative 37 Pl 4 2,404

Juan Hipolito Treasurer 9,713

Paz Peña State Representative 37 Pl 1 3,703

Jose Torres County School Superintendent 11,774

Harris County

Raza Unida Primary Election

General Election


E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (512) 391-2305

Fax: (512) 391-2306

Mailing Address:

Workers Defense Project

5604 Manor RD

Austin, TX 78723

Crystal City School Board Elections

Raul T. Flores School Board 1,478 Dora Garza

Mercedes “Chachi” Casarez School Board 1,471 Roberto Hernandez

Crystal City Council Elections

Lupe Cortinas City Council 1,440 Pedro A. Contreras 789

Arturo Gonzalez City Council 1,442 Marina Balboa 779

Zavala County Primary Election

Jose Angel Gutierrez County Judge 1,746

Manual Espinoza, Jr. County Judge 213

Virginia Musquiz County Clerk

Carmen Flores County Treasurer

Rosa Mata District Clerk

Hortencia Treviño County Comm Pct. 2 427

Jose Talamantez County Comm Pct 2 139

Benito Perez JP Pct. 2

Esteban Najera County Comm Pct 4

Rosa Quijano JP Pct 4

Irene Morales JP Pct 1

Jose Luis Balderas Precint Chair # 3

Rudy Espinoza Precinct Chair # 5

Elpidio Lizcano Precinct Chair # 6

Eliseo Solis Precinct Chair # 7

Zavala County

1974 (continued)



All were unoppossed

in the primary

except Jose Angel Gutierrez

Jose Angel Gutierrez County Judge 1,968 Ira Taylor 1,702

Viginira Musquiz County Clerk 1,950 Georgia L. Price 1,742

Carmen Flores County Treasurer 1,977 Pernla Dennis 1,714

Esteban Najera County Comm Pct 4 590 E.A. Easter 588

Irene Cuellar Morales JP # 1 370 Bert Banner ?

General Election

Mr. Cisneros ran for Justice of the Peace with La Raza Unida Party in El Paso County in 1974. Mr.

Cisneros was born in El Paso, Texas on July 23, 1949. He attended local schools, Aoy and Hart

Elementary, then he went on to Bowie High School where he graduated in 1969. With the help of the

Upward Bound Program and the Mexican-American Youth Association, Mr. Cisneros attended

Colorado State University for one quarter semester, and then transfered to UTEP. At this university,

Mr. Cisneros receibed his B.A. degree in Political Science in 1973.

El Paso County

Zavala County

1974 (continued)



COLLECTING ORAL HISTORIES OF ACTIVISTS IN DFW

AND BEYOND PLEASE CALL FOR MORE INFO

Dr. Mariano Diaz-Miranda

History Professor at

Austin Community College

Manda Saludos a Todos

Dr. Nestor RodriguezFelicita a todos en sureunion en Austin, Tx

Crystal City School Board Elections held on April 5th, 1975

Abelardo Marquez School Board 1,563 Alberto Sanchez 431

Jose Luis Balderas School Board 1,565 Javier Ramon 430


Jose D. Cuevas City Council 1,522 Juan Cornejo 560

Eugenio “Gene” Ruiz City Council 1,519 Beatrice Espinoza 554

Ambrosio Melendrez City Council 1,541 Henry Flores 560

Zavala County

1975



1976

Travis County

Paul Velez Travis County Chairman N/A

Emilio Zamora Travis County Chairman N/A

Harris County

General Election

Carmen Zapata County Chair

Idefonso Ruiz Constable Precinct # 6 611 votes (2.4%)

Eduardo Canales State Representative District # 87 266 votes ( 2.6%)

Fred Garza, Jr. Rail Road Commissioner 5,936

LRUPCandidate Office Sought Votes

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1976 (continued)


Zavala County


Original Raza Unida New Guard Raza Unida

Ernesto Olguin School Board 1,149 José Luis Galvan 1,450

Jose O. Mata School Board 1,139 Henry Rivera 1,444

Jesus Salas School Board 1,125 Rudy Palomo 1,438


Olivia Serna City Council 1,056 Francisco Benevides 1,271

Pablo Puente City Council 1,042 Victor Lopez 1,231

Independents

Juan Cornejo 65

Roberto Diaz 18

Raza Unida Primary Elections May 1, 1976

Crispin Treviño Sheriff 1,254 Ramon Garza 1,071

Elena Diaz County Commissioner 369 Rudy Espinoza, Jr. 360

November General Elections

Crispin Treviño Sheriff 1,425 Elfego Martinez 2,079

Richard Diaz County Tax Assessor 2,172 Martha Cruz 1,313

Francisco Prado, Jr. County Commissioner 328 Felipe Torres 406

Precinct # 1

Ventura Goznalez Constable Precinct # 2 375 Cecil Holt 503

Elena Diaz County Commissioner 376 N/A

Precinct # 3

Jesse Gamez County Commissioner 357 (write-in)

Precinct # 3

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Zavala County

Raza Unida Primary Elections May 1, 1976

Gregoria Delgado JP Precinct # 4 N/A

Guadalupe C. Mata Constable Precinct # 1 N/A

Pablo Avila County Attorney N/A Unoppossed

1976 (continued)


1977


Victor Castillo School Board 1,107 Ramon Garza 1,238

Juan Guzman School Board 1,089 Jesse Gamez 1,126

Crystal City Council Elections (April 2, 1977)

Jose D. Cuevas City Council 1,121 Ramon “Monche” Mata 1,140

Hilario B. Lozano City Council 1,102 Blanca Gamez 1,206

Olivia Serna City Council 1,124 Rudy Espinoza, Jr. 1,198


Page 35

We are proud to have been a small part in

the political awakening of our people

Happy 40th Anniversary

Raza Unida Party of Texas

Ernesto & Ruby T. Calderón Austin, Texas



Esmeralda R. Torres School Board 1,123 Ramon Martinez 730 won

Jose D. Cuevas School Board 1,241 Jesus Menchaca 719 won


Victor Lopez City Council 1,129 Francisco Benevides 698 won

Luis R. Avila City Council 1,197 Eliseo Sanchez 665 won

Primary Elections

Jose Angel Gutierrez County Judge

Esteban Najera County Commissioner

Precinct # 4 191

Alejandro Perez County Commissioner

Precinct # 4 401

Jose L. Talamantez County Commissioner 582 Frank Guerrero Jr. 614

Precinct # 2

Margarita Gonzalez District Clerk 1,908 Rosa Elva Mata 2,055

Diana Palacios Garcia County Clerk 1.981 Rosaria T. Avila 1,965

Alfredo G. Sanchez Justice of the Peace 414 Bert Baxter 417

Precinct 1

Carmen Flores County Treasurer 2,022 Margaret Williams 1,914

Zavala County

1978


Harris County

General Election

Daniel Bustamante State Representative

District # 79 267 votes ( 2.7%)

Mario Compean Governor

Luis Diaz De Leon U.S. Senate

Page 36


1979LRUPCandidate Office Sought Votes Opponent Votes

Page 37


Margaret Flores School Board 1,577 Fidel Benavides 1,098

Pablo Puente School Board 1,532 Miguel “Mike” Delgado 1,260

Juan “Topper” Perez School Board 1,525 Francisco J. Martinez 1,126

Ninfa Moncada School Board N/A José R. “Chema” Mata


Rodolfo “Rudy” Espinoza Jr. City Council 1,514 Ramon “Monche” Mata 1,005

Olivia Serna City Council 1,572 Juan Cornejo 963

Juan E. Hernandez City Council 1,443 Roberto Cornejo 970

Zavala County



Notes


Planning Committee

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, Front Row: Anita Quintanilla, Maria Elena Martinez, Modesta Treviño, Alma Valdez,

Ruby T. Calderon, Linda Del Toro, TOP ROW: Hector Gaucin, Ricardo Chavira, Ernesto Calderon, Frank Campos,

Dr. Emilio Zamora, Avina Crystal Gutierrez, Pablo Avila, Gilbert Rivera.

LEFT: Martha Cotera

ABOVE: Lorenzo Cano,

Houston, Texas

RIGHT: Erneto and Ruby T.

Calderon with

Dr. Emilio Zamora

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