Texas Republicans’ success in winning over Latinos seemed to stall this election cycle, with the GOP losing two of three US Congressional seats in heavily-Hispa...
Gov. Greg Abbott’s support among Latino voters fell from four years earlier despite GOP push along border counties
The results in Texas contrasted with Florida, where Hispanics continued on the rightward trend seen in recent years, supporting Governor Ron DeSantis in his re-election effort. The Sunshine State has received an influx of conservative immigrants from countries like Venezuela and Cuba, many of whom see the Democrats as the party of socialism.
In South Texas, the GOP had hoped to win seats in the 28th District, where the embattled Cuellar faced a former aide to Senator Ted Cruz, and in the 34th, where Republican Mayra Flores had won a special election earlier in the year. Instead, Flores lost by 8 percentage points and Cuellar won his race by 13 percentage points.
The region has been the focus of intense national attention over the past two years as a record breaking influx of migrants at the border sometimes overwhelmed local resources. Long-time residents were turned off by high-speed chases of cars driven by smugglers, vandalism at remote ranches and the frequent discovery of migrants’ bodies in the shrubby fields that surround the area’s towns.and sought to whip up a frenzy of anger among immigration opponents who demanded increased border security.
Republicans did get some encouraging news tied to the state’s demographics. Texas has seen a surge in population over the past decade, driven by corporate relocations and a booming tech industry, and Democrats had speculated newcomers from California, New York and Illinois in particular would be left leaning.
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