Latin Grammy-winner Bobby Pulido wins Texas seat

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Set us as preferred Bobby Pulido is graduating from quinceañera gigs to the Capitol.The Tejano singer pulled off a historic victory when he flipped a Texas congressional seat back to blue during the U.S.

midterm elections.On Tuesday, the Latin Grammy-winning artist defeated Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz in Congressional District 15, a narrow geographical area that extends east of San Antonio down to Rio Grande Valley.The singer’s win comes after President Trump pushed Texas Republicans to redraw congressional districts last year, with the intent to weaken the state’s Democratic strongholds by diluting the Latino vote in the region.However, attempts to overhaul district seats in favor of a GOP candidate backfired; in fact, Texas Republicans now will have one less seat in the House come January.California Nithya Raman leads Karen Bass in L.A.’s mayoral race.

Meanwhile, Xavier Becerra wins California governor as President Trump deflects blame for the GOP’s election night losses.Follow our live coverage.Tuesday night, as poll results began trickling in in favor of Pulido — and other Democratic victors in the state including U.S.

Senator-elect James Talarico and Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa — he took to X to share his disbelief in a Spanish expletive similar to “Holy s— !”On Wednesday morning, after major polls confirmed that Pulido won 62% of the total vote, he shared a video message to all his supporters on Instagram: “I give you my word tonight that I will never forget where I came from.”The clip was from a speech he made during his final concert on Oct.17, titled “La Última Desvelada” (The Last Restless Night), in his hometown of Edinburg, Texas, per TejanoNation.“I did music for me, but I’m running for Congress for you,” Pulido stated in the Instagram video.

“Because I’m not g...