Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada spoke on Hispanic turnout in this week's elections, according to the Washington Post. "This election marked a political awakening among immigrants who are just starting to vote. Democratic Latino activists, for example, mounted major voter registration drives that they said paid off. "We are pleased with what we saw," said Democrat Walter Tejada, Arlington's first Latino County Board member, who led get-out-the-vote efforts in his county, Alexandria and Fairfax.
Fairfax, Washington's largest suburb went solidly blue, choosing Democrat John F. Kerry over Bush by 32,668 votes, the first time it did so in 40 years.
