Is a Tejano Star's Next Stop Congress?

Donald Trump’s in-roads with Latino voters was one of the surprises of his 2024 victory, carrying places like southern Texas’s 15th district by 18 points. But singer-turned-congressional candidate Bobby Pulido thinks those gains are temporary, and that Democrats have a chance, with sensible policies, to take the district and Congress.

Guest: Bobby Pulido, congressional candidate for Texas’s 15th district, Tejano singer-songwriter.

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Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.

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