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Gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf launched his "Latinos for Wolf" campaign on National Voter Registration Day in an effort to push for more votes in the…

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A day after debating his opponent in Hershey for the Pennsylvania governor’s seat, Tom Wolf moved his campaign east for to launch “Latinos for Wolf” in Philadelphia and Reading, Pa.

With endorsements from City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, former Councilman Angel Ortiz and several unions, Wolf swept through the disco-ball-lit dance floor of A Lounge in Feltonville, shaking hands and posing for pictures. While "Latinos for Wolf" launched on Sept. 23, Wolf said that his appeal to Latino communities around the state began long before.

“I met with Latino leaders in Philadelphia in the early weeks of my campaign a year and a half ago,” Wolf said. “It’s a kickoff trying to get more broad-based support.”

The short tour coincided with National Voter Registration Day, a country-wide push to encourage citizens to exercise their political voice.

Angel Ortiz embraces candidate Tom Wolf at a rally in Philadelphia.
 

“We keep hearing that we’re not enthusiastic enough, that it is a midterm election and we — that means Brown and Black people, working people and women — we do not vote in midterm elections,” Ortiz said. “In Pennsylvania, we’re going to be different.”

A recent Muhlenberg College poll found that Wolf is leading by 21 percentage points with 52 percent support versus Corbett’s 31 percent. However, voter turnout in midterm elections is typically lower than presidential elections. In 2010, 40 percent of eligible voters in Pennsylvania came out to the polls. Two years later, 58 percent turned out — nearly 2 million more voters than the midterm election.

“I know the polls have me way ahead, but that’s going to lead to some complacency,” Wolf said at the Philadelphia rally. “I’m not going to win if we’re complacent.”

The last day to register to vote is Oct. 6. Election Day is Nov. 4.

Monday’s debate was the first of three. The second is set for Oct. 1 at in Philadelphia while the third will take place on Oct. 8 in Wilkinsburg. During the Sept. 22 debate, Governor Tom Corbett argued that Wolf had a vague plan for raising funding that would inevitably increase taxes across the board, while Wolf focused on the governor’s cuts to education and taxing untaxed industries, like shale gas extraction.

 

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