An election when candidates' ethnicity became a liability

Hurst Republican Lenny Lopez figured he'd get an earful from voters when he ran against a popular Tarrant County justice of the peace.
But there was one word he never expected to hear:
"Mexican!"
Born in Brooklyn to parents from the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Lopez is as American as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor or -- no relation -- Jennifer Lopez.
Yet when he campaigned outside Young Junior High School in Arlington, he says, a tall voter walked up to him with a loud message:


"I would not vote for a Mexican from south of the border!"

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[Posted by Aaron Mendez]