Democrats are hoping to win a statewide election for the first time since 1994, but courting Latino votes will be more important than ever
Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.19 BSTAnd, for these upcoming midterm elections, that has left political candidates to tread a fine line between the values of their national parties and those held by voters whose interests lie more and more outside rigid Democratic and Republican lines.
“It’s hard to hear of a woman who is looking out for our wellbeing, especially here in the valley,” Garza said about Vallejo. Referring to the culture of– strong masculinity – that still persists in some Latino communities, Garza added: “It’s more of a man-type of group.” Politics are not top of mind for many people whose doors are knocked on. In Hidalgo county, where Vallejo canvassed, more than 43% of registered voters did not cast a ballot in the 2020 election that brought Joe Biden into power.
“Democrats, and even some of the Democrats and other parts of Texas like Houston, Dallas, Austin, they think because the majority of south Texas and valley residents are Hispanic, that that means they’re liberals or progressives, and they’re not,” Democratic strategist Colin Strother said. And they were the only US House representatives from Texas to break with their respective party on the vote.
Strother said much of the misconception about south Texas voters and their reality as an increasingly purple – rather than blue or red – electorate comes from the repeated wins for Democrats in the area. Flores brought novelty to the race as a Latina Republican and an immigrant born south of the border in Burgos, Mexico.
“You know, that was the canary in the coalmine, that race,” Mackowiak said. “And I think it showed that an authentic, credible Hispanic Republican, if they do the work, can win in that part of our state.”
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