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Trump rally attendees said they were basing their midterm votes on issues such as the economy and the border and were hopeful Trump would run for president again.

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

“I’m really, deeply disappointed in the DCCC,” Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said. “I hope they change their mind, and if we lose this election, it’s completely on them.”

HARLINGEN, Texas — After a Texas Young Republicans banquet last weekend, Albert Alaniz watched as Sen. Ted Cruz rallied the party faithful on behalf of three GOP Latina candidates running for Congress in the Rio Grande Valley, a Democratic stronghold through most of the state’s history.

The seasoned South Texas Democrat is running his most aggressive campaign operation since his first run for Congress.

In two of the three races, Democrats are hitting back as outside Republican groups try to turn the region red.

SilverBow Resources Inc (NYSE: SBOW) is a small cap oil and gas company operating out of Texas that is leveraging its core footprint in the Eagle Ford Shale, while also employing disciplined M&A parameters to scale its South Texas footprint.

Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas.

Among voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.