KATV Channel 7 - The Spirit of Arkansas: Hispanics have yet to make inroads in Arkansas politics

"There is no legislator, no mayor," said Angela Schnuerle, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Hispanic Caucus.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the Hispanic population in Arkansas doubled between 2000 and 2010, going from 3.2 percent to 6.4 percent. That 6.4 percent figure represents 186,050 people, of whom about 44,000 turned out to vote in the November 2010 general election, or 5.6 percent of the total number who voted.

The Hispanic voter turnout is likely to explode in the near future, according to Schnuerle.