Bobby Pulido on democracy and elections

Updated 9 Oct 2026 · sources up to 9 Oct 2026

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In their own words

Earlier material (before the 2026 contest)

OWN WORDS The Texas Tribune, republished by TPR, quotes Bobby Pulido (published 2025-09-17): “You can gerrymander the district or the people, but you can't gerrymander Tejano culture,” … “Tejano culture is where my district really is, and I feel like I have a lot in common with the people.” TPR · Tejano star Bobby Pulido launches South Texas congressional… · 2025-09-17 TPR · Tejano star Bobby Pulido launches South Texas congressional… · 2025-09-17

Speaker: Bobby Pulido, as the source says · Source: TPR · text of The Texas Tribune (free republishing licence)

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What others report

REPORTED ABOUT KTEP 88.5 FM writes (published 2026-03-02): “As the country heads into another volatile election season, Texas’ 15th Congressional District — stretching nearly 250 miles from the Rio Grande Valley north toward Central Texas — has become a testing ground for one of the biggest questions facing the Democratic Party: Can it win back Latino voters who swung right in recent elections? Pulido, 52, the high-profile Tejano singer best known for his 1990s hit ‘Desvelado,’ is widely viewed as the frontrunner in Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary in a district redrawn in 2022 to favor Republicans — but one of the few in Texas that Democrats hope they can flip. The race has attracted national attention as a case study in how the party might reconnect with disaffected, hard-to-pin working-class Mexican American voters.” KTEP 88.5 FM · Tejano Star Bobby Pulido's Democratic campaign to win back… · 2026-03-02

Source: KTEP 88.5 FM.

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REPORTED ABOUT Celebrity Net Worth writes (published 2026-09-18): “Pulido returned to an interest that predated his recording career when he entered electoral politics. In September 2025, he filed with the Federal Election Commission as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas' 15th Congressional District.” Celebrity Net Worth · Bobby Pulido Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth · 2026-09-18

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REPORTED ABOUT KTEP 88.5 FM writes (published 2026-03-02): “Yet Cuellar has mounted a serious campaign, self-funding television and radio ads while criticizing his establishment endorsements and old social media posts in which he made sexist remarks and boasted that a family friend who was a judge dismissed a speeding ticket. She argues that longtime Democratic power brokers in the Valley who are backing Pulido are the same ones who contributed to voter disillusionment that helped Republicans flip the district. ‘It’s a mistake to think that he’s the only candidate that can win this district,’ she said.” KTEP 88.5 FM · Tejano Star Bobby Pulido's Democratic campaign to win back… · 2026-03-02

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Earlier material (before the 2026 contest)

REPORTED ABOUT The Texas Tribune writes (published 2025-09-17): “De La Cruz lost the counties that she performed best in — Guadalupe, Karnes and Wilson — and added the portion of Hidalgo County where McAllen Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a neighboring Democrat, did best last year. To offset those areas, the rural Central Texas counties that the 15th Congressional District now includes routinely vote for Republicans by enormous margins. In an interview, Pulido said he had spent the summer, since forming an exploratory committee, traveling throughout the district, including to nine of its 11 counties. He said he found people in Central Texas to be more open to his message than he expected, and that their shared values outweighed partisan differences — including in small communities like Yorktown, in DeWitt County, where his great-grandmother is from and where 83% of voters chose Trump in 2024.” The Texas Tribune · Tejano star Bobby Pulido launches South Texas congressional… · 2025-09-17

Source: The Texas Tribune · text of The Texas Tribune (free republishing licence)

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REPORTED ABOUT The Texas Tribune writes (published 2025-09-17): “A poll of the district, conducted by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling for the Democratic super PAC House Majority PAC and shared with The Texas Tribune, found De La Cruz leading Pulido by 3 percentage points, with 21% of voters undecided. Conducted last week, the poll’s sample of 533 voters was made up of 42% Republicans, 32% Democrats and 26% independents. Gonzalez, a friend of Pulido, said he believes Hispanic voters — who make up 75% of the district’s citizen voting age population — across the district will be attracted to the Democrat.” The Texas Tribune · Tejano star Bobby Pulido launches South Texas congressional… · 2025-09-17

Source: The Texas Tribune · text of The Texas Tribune (free republishing licence)

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REPORTED ABOUT The Texas Tribune writes (published 2025-12-19): “WESLACO — In a joint Democratic rally in South Texas, U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico and Tejano music star Bobby Pulido, who is running for Congress, endorsed each other, forming an early alliance this election cycle and solidifying Talarico’s intentions of wooing Latino voters.” The Texas Tribune · Democrats unite in the Rio Grande Valley to woo Latino vote… · 2025-12-19

Source: The Texas Tribune · text of The Texas Tribune (free republishing licence)

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