Georgetown's La Esperanza is partnering with the Latin American Community Center and Voices Without Borders to sponsor a gubernatorial debate focusing on issues in the state's Latino population.

The debate will take place July 30 at 7 p.m., in the Dover Downs Conference Center, in Dover, with the goal of "learning the stance of all registered gubernatorial candidates on issues relevant to the Latino community," according to a June 6 joint press release from all three host organizations.

Questions will center around education, workforce participation and, certainly, immigration.

"In addition, we seek to educate Latinos on the importance of being politically acive and making informed decisions as voters," the release continued. "We would also like to raise participants' awareness of issues affecting the state's Latino population."

According to Christopher Caldwell's Weekly Standard (Aug. 14, 2006) article, "Hola Delaware!" which focused on Georgetown in exploring immigration issues, Delaware's Hispanic population has doubled from just over 30,000 in 2000 to more than 67,000 in 2006.