Republicans saw higher voter turnout statewide and gains in heavily Hispanic areas that could would pay off for the party in the midterm elections. Gov. Greg Abbott won nomination for third term, as the GOP vote in 35 counties — most of them majority-Hispanic — broke records.
Gov. Greg Abbott easily won his nomination for a third term, as the GOP vote in 35 counties — most of them majority-Hispanic — broke records. National Republicans got their preferred Hispanic candidate in a new South Texas swing seat, while a Hispanic state legislator who had left the Democratic Party last year won his primary, after an endorsement from Donald Trump.
“We will carry the Hispanic vote in November,” said Dave Carney, a strategist for Abbott, in a Wednesday morning call with reporters. “Republicans, to have a long-term future, have to include the large portion of Hispanic Texans who ideologically and philosophically agree with our positions.
After securing the Democratic nomination with about 91 percent of the vote, O’Rourke said he would run on three fundamental economic issues, and leave the culture wars to Republicans. “A lot of people misunderstand South Texas,” McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos, a Republican who won his nonpartisan election last year, said in an interview before the primary. “They think that the Hispanic community is all about open borders and bringing people in. I can assure you, the local Hispanic community does not want that.
Cisneros and national left-wing groups saw the FBI raid as a powerful new issue to use against Cuellar, hitting it hard with TV ads. Cuellar, who made no announced campaign stops after the raid, used his own advertising to accuse Cisneros of supporting “open borders” and undermining the district’s law enforcement economy.
The dilemma for Democrats in Texas echoes their problem nationally: The turn to the left in recent years has paid big dividends in boosting support in urban and suburban areas, even if detrimental in more rural areas like South Texas. That means the very strategies and positions that can be helpful in state races can portend failure in regional contests like House campaigns.
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