Greg Abbott sees future linked to Hispanic voters

*Latino voters in Texas aren’t looking for sentimental images of “familia.” Some candidates don’t understand how condescending it is to flash those images and speak of how “the blending of cultures in the Lone Star State works, ” while others talk about a “Mexican invasion” and “shutting down the border.” Talk to us about education, micro-lending for our entrepreneurs, voting rights, real solutions for our concerns. VL

By Christy Hoppe, Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN — In the immediate celebratory afterglow of his GOP primary victory, Greg Abbott went to Hidalgo County, a stretch of South Texas that hasn’t exactly been Disneyland for Republicans.

While there, Abbott pronounced that his goal was to break the record for Hispanic support by a Republican candidate for governor. That peak was reached in 1998, when George W. Bush captured at least 46 percent of the Latino vote statewide, according to exit polls.

More recently, that percentage has dropped to 38 percent, but even if Abbott does only a little better, it would leave Democratic rival Wendy Davis with few plausible paths to victory.

The jostling for the Latino vote is on.

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