Democrat Cecilia Castellano faces Republican Don McLaughlin, the former Uvalde mayor, in one of the more competitive Texas state House races this year.
FRIO COUNTY — Most political candidates might avoid talking about being the target of a law enforcement investigation. Democrat Cecilia Castellano is making it a key part of her campaign to represent a competitive border district in the Texas House . At multiple campaign stops this week, Castellano went after Attorney General Ken Paxton for raiding her campaign volunteers' homes to look for evidence of possible ballot harvesting.
Latino civil rights leaders accuse Ken Paxton of using election fraud raids to intimidate voters She called the searches a 'political show' and encouraged Latinos to vote to stand up to any attempts of intimidation. “We are not going to back down,” Castellano told supporters in Pearsall during a six-stop tour of the district on Wednesday and Thursday. “Every evening after I get out of the shower, I can't go to sleep in comfort.
Head of Latino Democratic group among those targeted by AG Ken Paxton's voter fraud raids Authorities also entered Castellano’s home and took her phone. Investigators have not publicly discussed the specifics, but according to a copy of an affidavit obtained by Hearst Newspapers, the searches involve an alleged mail ballot harvesting scheme in which someone filled out mail ballots without disclosing that they had assisted a voter and were paid by candidates for their work.
says its members were target of latest Ken Paxton voter fraud search, calls for federal probe “In a way, it works well for her, because, you know, she can use this as a way to say that the Republicans have gone too far, and Ken Paxton is too extreme for Texas,” Rottinghaus said. Still, it could be a tough sell.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin launches campaign for Texas House of Representatives In his campaign announcement, McLaughlin said he would work to pass school vouchers, lower property taxes and curb foreign land ownership. Earlier this year, he, along with several hard-line Republicans, signed the “Contract with Texas that made demands to the next speaker of the Texas House, including ending the practice of appointing Democrats to chair some committees.
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