Republicans think Hispanic voters are key to keeping the House majority in 2026.
The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting three House districts held by Democrats for their significant Hispanic populations in the hopes they can flip the seats Republican in 2026.
All three of the districts featured narrow wins by Democrats: Reps. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas’ 34th District, Henry Cuellar in Texas’ 28th District and Nellie Pou in New Jersey’s 9th District. In targeting these seats, House Republicans are betting they can improve on the party’s strong showing with Latino voters in 2024 — their best in decades — even when President Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot and in districts where the party’s candidates have underperformed the president in previous races.