Latin Americans are one of the most relevant migrant minorities in Spain. In this article, we analyze their political representation at the local level by describing how councilors of Latin American councilors perceive three stages on their “pathway to power”: the selection method most frequently used by them to become electoral candidates, their ranking as candidates in the Spanish closed and blocked lists system, and their view of political representation once in office. The article contributes to a better understanding of the political incorporation of sizable minority groups in politics in recent immigration countries by implementing a mixed method strategy with survey data and in-depth interviews. The results show how candidates of Latin American origin are included in electoral lists following more participative ways of internal selection than their native-born counterparts, who are more frequently appointed by a party leader. Despite this, those who eventually get elected perceive that they have been ranked in “unsafe positions” of the electoral lists, and therefore with no guarantee of being appointed. Interestingly, once in office, councilors of Latin Americans perceive that they represent immigrants to a lesser degree, compared with their native-born counterparts.

拉丁美洲人是西班牙最相关的移民少数群体之一。在本文中，我们通过描述拉丁美洲议员的议员如何看待其“权力之路”的三个阶段来分析他们在地方一级的政治代表性：他们最常被用作选举候选人的selection选方法，他们在候选人中的排名西班牙的封闭式和封闭式清单系统，以及他们上任后的政治代表观点。通过实施带有调查数据和深度访谈的混合方法策略，本文有助于更好地理解近期移民国家中相当大的少数群体在政治上的融入情况。结果表明，与拉美裔候选人相比，拉美裔候选人如何以更多参与性的内部selection选方式被纳入选举名单，而不是由政党领导人更频繁地任命。尽管如此，那些谁最终当选认识到自己已在选举名单的“不安全位置”，没有担保的被任命为排名，因此。有趣的是，拉美裔议员一经上任，便认为与本地出生的移民相比，他们所代表的移民程度较低。