GOP made gains in California’s Latino-majority districts in 2022

SACRAMENTO — A new report shows Republicans are gaining footholds in some California electoral districts where Latinos make up the majority population, a development that might concern some Democrats moving forward.

The report from Third Way, a self-described “center-left” national think tank, shows although those areas lagged in voter turnout last year, Republicans saw marginal gains.

One expert says the results are an indicator Republicans are continuing to receive a higher level of support from one of America’s fastest-growing voting blocs.

The data examines heavily concentrated Latino congressional districts in seven states — Arizona, California, New York, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida.

In California’s 14 Latinomajority districts, for example, where a Democrat and a Republican both made the 2022 ballot, 10.8% more voters swung Republican from 2020 to 2022, compared to 7.1% from 2018 to 2022, the data shows. Most of the

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The report highlighted the Central Valley’s 13th and 22nd districts, where conservatives Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, and Rep. John Duarte, R-Turlock, triumphed over Democratic competitors in close November races, respectively.

In those California districts, which had the highest percentage of voting-age Latinos in the report, Republicans saw gains of 3% and .04%, respectively. While those gains may be considered small, in close races every vote counts. may be made to Adventist Health Hospice — Sonora, 20100 Cedar Road, North Sonora, CA 95370 or www.adventisthealth. org; or the American

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