Aaron Barraza Interview
Aaron Barraza is a candidate for House District 77 and is running against the incumbent State Representative Marisa Marquez.
It is tradition for guest speakers at the El Paso Young Democrats Meeting to take questions from the membership following their remarks to the organization. For some reason he wouldn't take questions.
Another curious development at the YD meeting was the presence of former State Representative Norma Chavez. Her presence has hung over his campaign from the beginning and has been controversial because Barraza has been seeking the support of former State Representative Paul Moreno and public knowledge of any association with Chavez is problematic for Barraza who is in the process of trying introduce himself to voters and establish his campaign identity.
Chavez has only been to two other meetings of the El Paso Young Democrats. Next months speaker is State Representative Marisa Marquez, so it will be interesting to see if Chavez attends the meeting.
Nonetheless, Barraza is working on making his own political identity
I had several interviews scheduled with him through his campaign manager but something always seemed to happen that prevented an opportunity to discuss campaign issues and policy questions with the candidate.
Luckily we both happened to be at the State of the Union Watch Party the other day and I had a chance to catch up with Barraza after he grabbed a snack and had a chance to talk about some of the stuff I wanted to ask while he was at our Young Democrats Meeting.
It is tradition for guest speakers at the El Paso Young Democrats Meeting to take questions from the membership following their remarks to the organization. For some reason he wouldn't take questions.
Another curious development at the YD meeting was the presence of former State Representative Norma Chavez. Her presence has hung over his campaign from the beginning and has been controversial because Barraza has been seeking the support of former State Representative Paul Moreno and public knowledge of any association with Chavez is problematic for Barraza who is in the process of trying introduce himself to voters and establish his campaign identity.
Chavez has only been to two other meetings of the El Paso Young Democrats. Next months speaker is State Representative Marisa Marquez, so it will be interesting to see if Chavez attends the meeting.
Nonetheless, Barraza is working on making his own political identity
I had several interviews scheduled with him through his campaign manager but something always seemed to happen that prevented an opportunity to discuss campaign issues and policy questions with the candidate.
Luckily we both happened to be at the State of the Union Watch Party the other day and I had a chance to catch up with Barraza after he grabbed a snack and had a chance to talk about some of the stuff I wanted to ask while he was at our Young Democrats Meeting.
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