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A border district in Texas is flashing warning signs for Republicans in the midterms
Texas GOP’s redistricting reduced Hispanic voting-age residents by 63,000, with immigration enforcement and economic concerns making the district competitive for 2026.
- The newly redrawn 34th District now includes Corpus Christi and has become a tossup, instead of a safe Republican seat, after map changes moved Hidalgo County out.
- Latino residents and small-business owners report increased ICE activity is frightening and deters customers, fueling political backlash in Brownsville, Texas.
- At neighborhood bars and churches, Milton Reyna and patrons express mixed views—some praise the president's record while several voiced reservations and two said they'd consider a Democrat in November.
- Under the new maps, four of five Democratic-held seats are majority Latino, making the 34th a key battleground in House control, with implications for national politics.
- Border metrics such as illegal crossings being way down add a mixed policy backdrop to the 34th, which Trump carried in 2024 while voters elected a Democrat, complicating wider trends.
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A border district in Texas is flashing warning signs for Republicans in the midterms
We visited Alcazar and South Texas as part of our “All Over the Map” project, an effort to track elections and major issue debates through the eyes of experiences of everyday Americans. That there is good reason to visit speaks volumes about President Donald Trump’s midterm political troubles.
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