It’s not just South Texas. Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities, too.

Voting signs at the Travis County Granger Building election site on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2019. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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For years, Carmen Cavazos’ neighborhood in southeast Houston has voted reliably for Democrats up and down the ballot. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won 68% of the vote in Cavazos’ voting precinct, a mostly residential enclave of about 3,000 people near Hobby Airport.