Bobby Pulido Stages Final Concert for Texas 15 House Bid as Polls Show Dead Heat
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 18
Bobby Pulido Stages Final Concert for Texas 15 House Bid as Polls Show Dead Heat
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 18
Summary
Hundreds packed Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg for Bobby Pulido’s self-described final concert, which doubled as a closing campaign push before Monday’s start of early voting in Texas’ 15th District.
With just over two weeks left, the Tejano star is running neck-and-neck with Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in a district Donald Trump carried by 18 points in 2024 and Republicans redrew last year.
Pulido is pitching himself as a hometown, moderate Democrat focused on immigration and the cost of living, arguing he can reconnect the party with culturally conservative Latino voters in South Texas.
The race has also been shadowed by attacks over Pulido’s past social media posts and his former bandmate Frankie Caballero, a convicted child sex offender, though voters at the concert told POLITICO the allegations were not changing their support.
A Pulido win would give Democrats more than a pickup opportunity: party strategists see him as a potential 2028 messenger for Latino men, one of their weakest voter blocs.