{"id":555350,"date":"2021-06-07T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555350"},"modified":"2021-06-07T12:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T16:50:33","slug":"republicans-win-big-in-texas-mayoral-races-with-increased-latino-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-win-big-in-texas-mayoral-races-with-increased-latino-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Win Big In Texas Mayoral Races With Increased Latino Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-win-big-in-texas-mayoral-races-with-increased-latino-support%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans swept Texas\u2019 mayoral elections over the weekend, relying on increased Hispanic support to win in large and mid-sized cities alike.<\/p>\n<p>In Forth Worth, a city of just over 1 million, 37-year-old Republican Mattie Parker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article251883218.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cruised to victory<\/a> against Democrat Deborah Peoples, making her the youngest mayor in the city\u2019s history, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. In McAllen, Texas, a border town of approximately 150,000 where 85% of residents are Hispanic, Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleycentral.com\/news\/local-news\/javier-villalobos-wins-mcallen-mayor-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Javier Villalobos<\/a> became the first GOP mayor elected since 1997, Valley Central News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article251876688.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">victorious<\/a> in Arlington, Texas, a suburb of 400,000 just outside Forth Worth. GOP candidate Jim Ross, a former police officer in the city, beat the Democratic candidate after campaigning on an anti-crime platform and earning endorsements from several police groups, according to the Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Republicans also triumphed in the special election in Texas\u2019 6th congressional district, with two GOP candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/05\/05\/texas-6th-congressional-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advancing<\/a> to a runoff to succeed the late Rep. Ron Wright and boxing Democrats out of the race completely, the Texas Tribune reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/24\/california-democrat-partys-message-change-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: California Democrat: Party\u2019s Message Needs To Change \u2018Overnight\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7207784\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7207784\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7207784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-1536x1025-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7207784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smugglers ferry asylum seekers across the Rio Grande in dinghies in March near McAllen, Texas. (John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Villalobos\u2019 win in the overwhelmingly-Democratic Rio Grande Valley follows President Joe Biden\u2019s 15-point victory in the region in November\u2019s presidential election, down from Hillary Clinton\u2019s 39-point victory in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats have a big problem in Texas,\u201d Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela, who represents the region, told the\u00a0Texas Tribune\u00a0in January. \u201cFor the first time in generations, or maybe ever, we lost . . . South Texas counties with significant Hispanic populations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vela was appointed as the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee just days earlier as part of the party\u2019s effort to reverse its <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/02\/data-trump-gained-latino-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slide among Hispanic voters<\/a>. Former President Donald Trump won nearly a third of Latino voters nationwide, up more than four points from 2016, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/elections\/exit-polls-changes-2016-2020\/\">exit polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u2019 victories in Texas came as major Democratic groups released an extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/int.nyt.com\/data\/documenttools\/2020-postelection-analysis\/871b6e27d1b7c544\/full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> warning that the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/20\/socialism-medicare-for-all-florida-latinos-vote-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">party is at risk<\/a> of losing the support of voters of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party is at risk of losing ground with Black, Hispanic and Asian American voters unless it does a better job presenting an economic agenda and countering Republican efforts to spread misinformation and tie all Democratic candidates to the far left,\u201d the report said, acknowledging that Republican criticism of the Left\u2019s stance on crime and police was effective. \u201cThe opposition latched on to G.O.P. talking points, suggesting our candidates would \u2018burn down your house and take away the police.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans swept Texas\u2019 mayoral elections over the weekend, relying on increased Hispanic support to win in large and mid-sized cities alike.In Forth Worth, a city of just over 1 million, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279452,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans Win Big In Texas Mayoral Races With Increased Latino Support","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1308736120-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans Win Big In Texas Mayoral Races With Increased Latino Support","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}