The most competitive races in Texas this year are in its southern region near the U.S.-Mexico border. For decades, the region’s predominately working class and Latino population were a stronghold for Democrats, but Republicans have made gains in recent years and hope to pick up the 34th Congressional District on the east of the Rio Grande Valley.
FILE - Rep. Henry Cuellar, D- Texas , speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. FILE - Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D- Texas , delivers remarks during a visit to the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas , as President Joe Biden, looks on. FILE - Rep. Mayra Flores, R- Texas , listens during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 20, 2022.
Cuellar and his wife are accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico. The charges have given Furman room to make his case in the 28th Congressional District, where Cuellar first took office in 2005. Vallejo’s campaign has leaned into protecting Social Security and Medicare, which are popular programs among her primarily Latino and working-class base. De La Cruz has touted her support of tougher border security policies, including those backed by former President Donald Trump.Republicans are zeroing in on Democratic Rep Vicente Gonzalez in a rematch with former Rep. Mayra Flores, who Republicans see as a rising star on the southern border.
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