Republicans have ground to make up in Rio Grande Valley
State senator and Democratic gubernatorial front runner Wendy Davis visited the Rio Grande Valley earlier this month, holding campaign events in Brownsville, Mission and Pharr.
Republican front runner Attorney General Greg Abbott wasnt far behind. The man seeking to become the first Catholic governor of Texas visited Mission for an event last week and is set to visit Harlingen on Tuesday.
The attention candidates are paying to the region highlights the growing influence the area and the Latino voters who make up the majority of its electorate have on state politics.
When I was a young political junkie, I would read the papers and read stories about how things were happening in the big cities, and things were rarely happening in the Valley, said former state Rep. Aaron Peña, a Democrat-turned-Republican from Edinburg who did not seek reelection in 2012.
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