Tuesday’s Republican primaries should be an alarm bell to Democrats | Lloyd Green

Trump-backed candidates did well, Latino voters continued to drift to the right and the January 6 hearings had no discernible impact

On Tuesday, Republicans flipped a congressional seat in a heavily Hispanic district in south Texas, sent packing a pro-impeachment Republican congressman from South Carolina and nominated a passel of Trump loyalists in Nevada. It was a good night for the 45th president and an even better one for his party.

In Texas's 34th congressional district, Mayra Flores, a Republican, garnered 51% of the vote in a special election in a district that voted for Joe Biden by double digits. Flores is the first Republican elected from the district, and the first Latina Republican in Texas's congressional delegation.

An attorney in New York, Lloyd Green is a regular contributor and served in the Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992