Hispanic Democrats in Congress are faulting the national party for not adequately courting Hispanic voters, which they say is partly to blame for Republican Rep. Mayra Flores flipping a blue South Texas seat this month.
They said the Democratic Party doesn’t pay attention to Hispanic voters until the closing months of an election year.
“We need to invest,” said Rep. Jesús Garcia, Illinois Democrat. “The party has disinvested historically.”
He added that it was a “mistake” that the party didn’t compete for Ms. Flores’ special election seat, though he said that’s likely to change for the general election in November.