2026年11月4日 美国东部时间凌晨12:35 / CBS新闻
据CBS新闻预测，民主党人鲍比·普利多击败了现任众议员莫妮卡·德拉·克鲁兹，拿下了得州南部这个民主党曾重点瞄准的关键选区——该地区在2024年转而支持共和党后，民主党便将其列为争取目标。
德拉·克鲁兹是特朗普总统的盟友，2022年首次当选，拿下了格兰德河谷（该地区多为西班牙裔）的民主党票仓之一。2024年，特朗普在她的选区及该地区另外两个民主党占有的选区获胜，共和党利用这一胜果重新划定了该州的国会选区。
但重新划区后，德拉·克鲁兹所在选区的75%选民身份不明。加上经济疲软和强硬的移民政策，特朗普在拉丁裔选民中的支持率持续下滑。
民主党人招募了曾获拉丁格莱美奖的特哈诺歌手普利多，让他在重新划区后的选区参选，该选区部分区域位于科珀斯克里斯蒂，向南延伸至边境。
普利多在竞选期间仍坚持在十五岁成人礼上表演，这一经历为他赢得了全国关注——此前德拉·克鲁兹在5月发布一段视频，视频中提及“这不是你想让谁来为你侄女的成人礼表演的问题”。普利多将这番话转化为竞选机遇，9月底时表示，他在竞选期间已为75场成人礼进行了表演。
Democrat Bobby Pulido flips crucial South Texas district, defeating Rep. Monica De La Cruz
November 4, 2026 / 12:35 AM EST / CBS News
Democrat Bobby Pulido defeated incumbent Rep. Monica De La Cruz, CBS News projects, flipping the crucial South Texas district that Democrats had heavily targeted after the region had swung toward Republicans in 2024.
De La Cruz, an ally of President Trump’s, was first elected in 2022, flipping one of the Democratic strongholds in the largely Hispanic Rio Grande Valley. Mr. Trump won her district and two other Democratic-held districts in the region in 2024, and Republicans used that success to redraw the Congressional districts in the state.
But that left De La Cruz with 75% of her district being unknown voters. And with a weak economy and hardline immigration policies, Mr. Trump has faced declining popularity with Latino voters.
Democrats recruited Pulido, a Latin Grammy-winning Tejano singer, to run in the newly redrawn district, which includes parts of Corpus Christi and run south to the border.
Pulido garnered national headlines as he continued to perform at quinceaneras while on the campaign trail after De La Cruz posted a video in May “this isn’t about who you would want to perform at your niece’s quinceanera.” Pulido used the remark as a campaign opportunity, saying in late September that he had performed at 75 quinceaneras while on the trail.
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