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A conversation with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, candidate for U.S. Senate

Watch our interview with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, a Democratic candidate for U.S Senate, which Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith will moderate.

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Watch a conversation with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, which Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith will moderate.

Tzintzún Ramirez is a labor organizer and author. She co-founded the Workers Defense Project and served as its executive director from 2006 until 2016. In 2017, she founded Jolt, a civil rights organization that works to mobilize young Latinos in Texas politics. Tzintzún Ramirez announced her intention in August to run in the 2020 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate.

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