Ep. 30: Fighting for the RGV - Julio Salinas on Flipping South Texas
If you want to flip Texas, you have to win the Rio Grande Valley. This week on Mission: Texas, we're sitting down with Julio Salinas — 26 years old, son of a migrant farm worker, former Texas House legislative director, and the candidate who just shocked the entire RGV political establishment by finishing first in a three-way primary for Texas House District 41. He's heading into a runoff against a candidate who only voted in a Democratic primary for the first time in 2024.
We also get into el dedazo, the kingmaker problem in RGV politics, why immigration and the economy are two sides of the…
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