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One quinceañera at a time, this Grammy-winning singer is taking on the Latino vote

The Independent·Eric Garcia·22 days ago
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N ot every candidate for Congress would be welcome at a quinceañera . Then again, most candidates are not Bobby Pulido, the Latin Grammy-winning Tejano singer. Shortly after Pulido won his primary to be the Democratic nominee for Texas’s 15th district , his Republican opponent–Rep. Monica De La Cruz–said that “This election isn’t about who you want performing at your niece’s quinceañera,” a reference to celebration common in Hispanic Catholic families for a girl’’s 15th birthday. Instead, Pulido pivoted and sent out an open invitation to perform at quinceañeras throughout the district that encompasses the Texas-Mexico border. “My schedule on weekends is crazy now, with quinceañeras, we've averaged, two, sometimes three a night,” he told The Independent in April over the phone. On top of that, he’s been invited to a 90-year-old’s birthday party and a quinceañera, the male equivalent.…

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