Democrats and Republicans fight to make inroads with Latinos ahead of midterms

Hispanic voters could tip the scales next month in a number of battleground states

Arizona's Democratic senator Mark Kelly frequently consults his Latino kitchen cabinet". In south Texas, the Democratic House candidate Michelle Vallejo hosted a neighbourhood quinceanera. And in Georgia, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams appeared on stage at La Raza's Fiesta Mexicana. Across battleground states this midterm cycle, Democrats are urgently working to engage and mobilize Hispanic voters.

Their push comes two years after Donald Trump made surprising but substantial inroads with Latinos despite his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race. Democrats started to fear their party was losing its hold on a historically reliable cohort, while Republicans became hopeful.