The GOP built on the party's inroads with Latinos this cycle as it courted the vote with messages on the economy and public safety.
, who failed to reclaim the Senate and likely picked up just enough seats to retake a House majority.exit pollingBut Republicans did improve Hispanic support by 8 points compared to the last midterm cycle. With Hispanic men, the GOP went from losing the group by 29 percentage points in 2018 to losing them by just 8 percentage points this cycle, according to a comparison of“The changes in voting patterns tend to be pretty incremental.
In many places, the inroads weren't enough to overcome a poor showing for Republicans in battleground seats.for a trio of congressional seats in South Texas, where they believed their growing appeal among Hispanic voters could help them unseat two Democratic incumbents and hold on to a newly won Republican seat.
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar survived a strong challenge from Cassy Garcia, another GOP Latina party leaders believed could help rebrand the party as a member of Congress.
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