Republicans Are Targeting House Democrats Where Latino Voters Will Be Key

Nestled in a recent announcement from the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) on the House districts they're targeting to flip and oust Democrats was further evidence that the GOP continues to see heavily-Hispanic parts of the country as competitive and winnable territory in 2024.

Among the 37 targets are nine districts where Latino voters are a large part of the electorate. They include Colorado's 8th Congressional District, Florida's 9th, New Mexico's 2nd, Oregon's 6th, California's 9th, Texas' 34th, as well as three in Nevada—NV-01, NV-03, and NV-04.

Like the diverse group of voters that make up the Hispanic electorate, each district has its own unique makeup, with 21 percent of OR-6 being Latino, for example, while in CO-08 and FL-09 they total around 40 percent of the district. Then there is TX-34, on the other end of the spectrum, where more than seven in ten voters are Hispanic.

The list of targeted districts comes at a time when Republicans have continued to peel off some Latino voter support from Democrats during the last two cycles. The 2024 election will show if they can continue to do so while flipping districts behind that growing support.