Biden and Democrats losing grip on Hispanic voters

President Joe Biden and Democrats may be celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, but convincing members of the country's diverse Hispanic and Latino community to support them in the 2022 midterm elections will not be a party.

Hispanic and Latino voters, who surprised Florida and Texas Democrats last cycle, will be a critical demographic again in November, particularly in the toss-up Arizona and Nevada Senate races, which will determine the balance of power in Washington next year, along with the other competitive campaigns.

Republicans are proud of the party's improved standing among Hispanics and Latinos since, for instance, an internal post-2012 elections analysis identified the community as one possible area of "growth and opportunity."

A decade later, the Republican National Committee is citing the record number of 102 Hispanic and Latino GOP candidates who filed to run for federal office this cycle as evidence of the party's traction with the group. Republicans also outperformed Democrats in Texas primary election turnout last March by 83%, according to the RNC. Then, Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) became the country's first Mexican-born congresswoman in June after she flipped her 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley district, which has not been represented by the GOP since 1870.