The newly elected Republican mayor of McAllen, Texas, provided insight over the weekend into the political movement taking place in Hispanic-majority southern Texas, helping make sense of the political realignment happening there.
As TheBlaze reported, the mayorship of McAllen, one of the most important cities on the U.S.-Mexico border, was flipped from blue to red earlier in June.
Javier Villalobos, a Republican, won election to become mayor of the city, which is 85% Hispanic.
Even more important, Hidalgo County, in which McAllen is located, is a deeply blue locale, further signaling a political realignment is taking shape, which appeared to begin in the 2020 presidential election. Hillary Clinton had won Hidalgo County by more than 40 points over Donald Trump in 2016, but Joe Biden won the county by fewer than 20 points over Trump in 2020.
Mayor-elect Villalobos told Fox News that Hispanic voters, who overwhelmingly compose the electorate in southern Texas, are “opening their eyes” to the realities of the Democratic Party.
Whites are also OPENING THEIR EYES !!!!