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Ben Giles

Latino voter turnout is growing in Arizona. Senate hopefuls are trying to win support

Junior Lopez, owner of JL Boxing Academy in Phoenix, stands outside his business with his wife, Mayrelis Gomez, and their young son. (Ben Giles/KJZZ)

PHOENIX — Latino voters made up roughly a quarter of Arizona voters who cast a ballot in 2020, according to NALEO Educational Fund, a nonprofit that works to increase Latino political participation. That's a nearly 20% increase in their share from 2016 and a roughly 58% increase in the number of Latino Arizonans voting from 2016.

But Junior Lopez, a boxing instructor in Phoenix, wasn't one of them.

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