New polling shows Talarico leads Paxton among Hispanic business owners
Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico appears to have an advantage over his GOP rival among Hispanics in the business sector in Texas, a sign the historically red seat could flip blue.
A U.S. Hispanic Business Council survey, first shared with Politico, found that Talarico leads state Attorney General Ken Paxton by a 7-point margin, 43% to 36%, among Texas business owners.
Two reasons are the Trump administration’s increasingly unpopular deportation practices and the rising cost of living.
“The fear factor that it creates, the disruption that it creates, the environment that it creates, is debilitating,” Javier Palomarez, president and CEO of United States Hispanic Business Council told Politico. “If you’ve got a small business of 10 people or so, and you get even one person deported, you can imagine what that does to the morale of that business unit and to the fear of the business owner.”
The survey shows that seven in ten Hispanic business owners said their businesses had been impacted by Trump’s tariffs. One in five said they’ve had an employee deported in the past year amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
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Erum Salam is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW, with a focus on how global events and foreign policy shape U.S. politics. She previously was a breaking news reporter for The Guardian.
