Article: Bush, Kerry vie for disparate Hispanic vote.

Byline: Christopher Schurtz

Aug. 29--El Paso Republican Irene Marquez Wilson and her 34-year-old daughter Myra Ortega were among more than 11,000 people who attended President George W. Bush's rally in Las Cruces on Thursday.

As Hispanics, they are part of a group of Americans that both parties are targeting this year like never before.

National pundits generally reduce New Mexico's importance more or less to one thing: the Hispanic vote.

But Wilson, 57, as well as Hispanic elected officials who spoke to the Sun-News, said they may be missing the mark.

"To tell you the truth, I think too much is made of it. I don't think it ...

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