In Elizabeth Warren’s Houston campaign office, one early morning in February, volunteers bustled around arranging chairs in a circle and tacking Spanish-language posters to the walls.
They were soon joined by a dozen Latino voters, come to discuss the Democratic White House race - with days to go until “Super Tuesday” on March 3, when Texas and 13 other states vote to pick a challenger to President Donald Trump.
For an hour and a half, people of all ages -- seniors, young adults, families with children -- talked about immigration, healthcare and their experiences as Latinos living in a state where they make up a third of the electorate. “A lot of the time, we are kind of ignored as a community,” said novelist Ariane Navarro, joined for the event by her husband and their two children. “I’m surrounded by educated Latinos, and we all believe that we do have a voice and we can make a change in Texas,” the former teacher told AFP.
Most of all, Navarro is keen to help her younger family members register to vote, in line with a broader effort to boost turnout among the state’s Hispanic community.