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Hispanic leaders have called a Democratic candidate for a North Carolina House seat to drop out over a 2006 blog post that comprises incendiary remarks regarding Mexican immigrants.

Cathy von Hassel-Davies tells the Times-News of Burlington she is mulling her political future following Saturday's meeting with the Hispanic American Democrat Caucus of Alamance County. She is challenging the incumbent Republican Dennis Riddell, for the 64th District seat.

Caucus president Yvette Gaboury says the candidate's remarks were full of "arrogance."

An expletive-laden post on her blog, "Cat's Craft Corner: Rantings and Ravings of Perhaps a Lunatic," suggested Mexican immigrants were "illegal" and castigated the United States for accommodating Spanish speakers. Von Hassel-Davies has apologized, saying her words were "indefensible" yet inspired by her German father's unstable employment.

By Sowmya Sangam