Mayoral elections in Texas. Some huge surprises. A reader commented:
Seeing the McCain/Manchin comparison reminded me of another witty remark:
Back
in 2004, George W did very well with Hispanics. Not in California, but
Arizona's Hispanic vote was about evenly split, NM's favored Bush
slightly, and the margin increased in Texas, and was pronounced in
Florida. Anyway one wag said that had the election continued further
East, George W Bush would have been named King of Spain!..........
Just
as pudding-headed liberals wrongly lump all US Indians together -
Natives, water protectors, etc. - they also wrongly lump together
Latinos. Hope they keep it up - ha!.........
You
know that I had to prowl around that McAllen election.
The defeated
opponent was a woman named Whitacre. But, that's her married name.
She's from the wealthy, well-established Vela family down there.
Now,
she did have a couple hit and run accidents through the years (;>),
but she was strongly supported by the usual cast of Dem characters.
She's youngish, attractive, well-known. It's a non-partisan election,
sure, but in a town the size of McAllen, it's no secret that she was an
insider Dem. HUGE loss.
Villalobos had been Chair of the Hidalgo County GOP - again his party affiliation was widely known.I'd
picked up that McAllen race quickly, but not until today did I see Ft
Worth and Arlington. McAllen hadn't had a Republican mayor in 24
years. El Paso has never had one - well, maybe for a day or two when
somebody was appointed to fill a vacant seat.
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