A is for America

Episode 39: Adriana Ruggiero and Matt Barreto

We spoke with Adriana Ruggiero, the California state director at America's Voice, who hosted an event in Los Angeles this week on the Latino vote in California in this year's midterm elections. We also play a segment from that event from pollster Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions (segment starts at 15:30).

Episode 38: Sylvia Manzano, Latino Decisions

On this episode of our podcast "A is for America", we spoke to Sylvia Manzano, a principal at Latino Decisions, about the new American vote from this year's midterm elections, how ballots are still being counted in some locations, and how the progressive movement can continue to build our power in 2019, 2020, and elections to come. (Interview begins 7:45.)

Episode 37: America's Voice Politics Team

This week, of course, was the 2018 midterm elections, when Democrats made huge gains in the House and at the local and state level. Our state directors at America's Voice — Viri Vidal in Nevada, Mario Carrillo in Texas, Adriana Ruggiero in California, and Zachary Mueller in Kansas — joined us on the podcast to talk about the many exciting developments in their respective states, from victories to turnout records to history being made, and more.

Episode 36: Ed Espinoza, Progress Texas

Today, we're publishing a very special election-eve episode of our podcast with Ed Espinoza, the Executive Director of Progress Texas, who spoke about new American voters in Texas, record early voting turnout, and the Senate campaign of Beto O'Rourke. (Interview begins at 4:45.)