Bobby Pulido Wins Texas 15th District Democratic Primary

In Pharr, Texas, Tejano singer and Latin Grammy Award-winning artist Bobby Pulido secured the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House seat in Texas's 15th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating emergency room physician Ada Cuellar in a competitive primary race.

Pulido, the son of a migrant farm worker who rose to fame in the music industry, now advances to challenge two-term Republican Representative Monica De La Cruz in the November general election. The 15th District, a Latino-majority area stretching about 250 miles from the outskirts of San Antonio to the U.S.-Mexico border, has become a focal point for both parties. De La Cruz flipped the seat from Democratic control in 2022, ending more than a century of one-party dominance by Democrats, and the district favored former President Donald Trump by an estimated 18 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election.

The district's boundaries were redrawn in 2025 by Texas Republican lawmakers as part of a mid-decade redistricting effort aimed at bolstering GOP gains, particularly among Latino voters. National Democrats have identified Pulido as their strongest contender to reclaim the seat, citing his celebrity status...