The morning after San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro’s keynote speech, and minutes before remarks from first lady Michelle Obama, longtime labor organizer and onetime Texas lieutenant governor candidate Linda Chavez-Thompson had the Democratic National Convention’s Hispanic Caucus on its feet.

Chavez-Thompson, a DNC vice chairwoman, former national AFL-CIO executive vice president and storied figure among Hispanics, told a roaring crowd Wednesday that Latinos are “the determining factor in this election,” and that President Obama “has fought every single day of his presidency to … make Latinos more important in this country.”

The first lady followed by referencing Tuesday ...

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