The Latina side of my identity was forged and closely nurtured by my family through our shared experiences and traditions. –“A Latina Judge’s Voice,”

Sonia Sotomayor

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.