Georgia’s Hispanic population booms -- having doubled in the past decade -- but clout lags

Jim Galloway writes in the AJC's Political Insider:

Despite explosive growth in the past decade, Georgia Hispanics have barely made a dent in the state political scene.

Georgia Hispanics now make up 8.8 percent of the state population, according to new U.S. Census figures. The population nearly doubled in the state in the past decade.