Our first Arizona governor, George W.P. Hunt, served seven terms, and during his last term he came to my hometown, Douglas, for a political rally featuring free hot dogs. He was a huge man with drooping mustache, round eyeglasses, a white linen suit, and a pith helmet - a picture politician of his day. There I was barefoot and hungry. Governor Hunt gazed across the crowd and bellowed, "Arizona is such a land of opportunity, why, some day one of these little Mexican boys may become governor." It seemed as if he was looking straight at me. I remember saying to myself, "I wonder when he's going to serve the hot dogs."
- Former Arizona Governor Raul Castro
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