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More Hispanic voters are Democrats, but the better Hispanic candidates are Republicans.

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But when your top Hispanic contender in the country's most populous state is a candidate for superintendent of public instruction—not exactly an office with the prominence of governor—then you may tend to focus on the number of candidates instead of the offices they're running for. As Democrats look to repeat 2008's historic turnout, they may find that Hispanics will make a big difference in November—but maybe not in quite the way they'd prefer.

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Molly Ball is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C., and former lead political reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.