Talarico Leads Paxton by 7 Points Among Texas Hispanic Business Owners
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 25
Talarico Leads Paxton by 7 Points Among Texas Hispanic Business Owners
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 25
Summary
A June survey of Texas Hispanic business owners put Talarico 7 points ahead of Paxton, even though a plurality of respondents identified as Republican.
Seventy percent said Trump’s tariffs had hurt their businesses, and one in five said an employee had been deported in the past year, tying economic and immigration pressures to the shift.
More than 60% of Hispanics in a July POLITICO poll said Trump’s mass-deportation campaign has been too aggressive, despite broad satisfaction that illegal crossings have fallen sharply.
Border communities including McAllen and Laredo described fear of ICE enforcement and warned that tariff pressure and threats to scrap USMCA could further damage trade-heavy local economies.