Share 'Despite Voter Drives, Hispanics Are Still Underrepresented'

Nationally, there are a handful of elected Latino leaders serving in Congress but none from the Houston area. Houston also has never had a Hispanic mayor and has just two Hispanics on the 14-member City Council. "The demographic growth doesn't automatically translate into political power," said Nestor Rodriguez, chairman of the University of Houston's Sociology Department and co-director for t...