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WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in heavily Hispanic parts of South Texas cast record numbers of ballots in the state’s Republican primary last week, leaving the GOP excited about a growing shift toward their party.
Nearly 30,000 GOP primary votes came in five U.S.-Mexico border counties, more than 25% above the number of Republican votes in the same counties during the state’s 2020 primary.
The numbers are small, but potentially significant, and the reverberations are being felt far beyond Texas. Democrats in South Florida worry that similar trends could impact that state’s August primary.
Some of the highlights of the Primary are that Incumbent Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott won the GOP nomination for governor and will avoid a runoff. He will face Beto O’Rourke in November. Ken Paxton will face George P. Bush in a May runoff for the GOP nomination for attorney general in Texas.
You can read more about the results of last week’s Texas Primary in the Texas Monthly here.
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