The GOP’s Hispanic headache

It was only one state senate race in Texas. Low-turnout, off-cycle elections are seldom good predictors of larger trends. And the Democrats had a better candidate: a working-class aircraft mechanic running against a hardline MAGA idealogue heartily endorsed by President Trump.Still. Democrat Taylor Rehmet won by 14 points in a district Trump had carried by 17 – a 31-point swing. The st...

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