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Bobby Pulido's congressional bid brings South Texas into midterm focus

An election-day report connects Hispanic participation in Texas with household costs and the struggle for control of Congress.

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Voto hispano y economía marcan elecciones intermedias en Estados Unidos

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0:21Padilla reports from Edinburg on Hispanic voters' importance to the Texas election.
1:02Strong early participation frames the congressional contest between singer Bobby Pulido and incumbent Monica De La Cruz.
2:09The Abbott-Hinojosa governor's race shares attention with voters' dissatisfaction over household costs.
4:30Rico explains the House and Senate contests from outside a Washington polling location.
5:43Rico identifies inflation, gasoline prices and cuts to healthcare and assistance programs as sources of voter discontent.
7:16A possible change in House control could also mean a change of speaker.

Tejano singer Bobby Pulido's move into electoral politics gives this Texas midterm report a familiar face: a recording artist seeking a congressional seat held by Republican Monica De La Cruz.

Reporting from a university campus in Edinburg, South Texas, Liliana Padilla describes strong early voting and the importance of Hispanic participation. MILENIO, Mexico's news broadcaster, places the contest for Texas's 15th District alongside the statewide race between Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat Gina Hinojosa.

Padilla puts the Hispanic electorate at roughly six and a half million eligible Texas voters. But her account is not simply about the size of a voting bloc. She describes economic disenchantment, citing inflation and gasoline prices as pressures influencing voters' choices. Abbott is seeking a fourth term in the election-day coverage; Hinojosa is challenging him after serving in the Texas House.

The report then moves to Rodrigo Rico outside Washington's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Polling-place signs, an official ballot drop box and "I voted / Yo voté" stickers accompany his explanation of the congressional stakes.

Rico describes voters struggling to make their money last until payday and points to dissatisfaction over healthcare and food-assistance cuts. He connects those concerns to the contest for the House of Representatives, where a Democratic majority could replace Republican Speaker Mike Johnson with a Democratic leader.

The video, "Voto hispano y economía marcan elecciones intermedias en Estados Unidos" ("Hispanic vote and economy shape US midterm elections"), captures the voting-day picture rather than the final results. Its distinctive thread is the link between a South Texas congressional contest, Hispanic participation and the everyday costs the correspondents say voters are weighing.