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**OCTOBER 28, 2022**

Democrats Struggle to Organize South Texas

BY LEE HARRIS

As the Rio Grande Valley has shifted away from farmwork, progressive
Democrats are outmatched in their efforts to turn out voters.

McALLEN, TEXAS - On the Saturday before early voting begins,
progressive Democrat Michelle Vallejo held a rally in quiet Archer Park
as her campaign for Texas's 15th Congressional District, the state's
most competitive, enters the final stretch.

Raul Peña, a local land surveyor, approached Vallejo after the rally to
ask why she hasn't focused more on economic hardship.

"Honestly, for us, that's why these door conversations are so
important, because that's when you can actually talk about the
bread-and-butter issues," Vallejo told Peña. An advertisement would
begin airing this week, she added, that focuses on the economy
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Peña came away unsatisfied. "Every time I hear her ads, or
[Republican opponent] Monica De La Cruz's ads, it's the same thing.
One attacking the other about the culture wars-they want to take away
your right to choose, they're demonizing immigrants," he told the

**Prospect**. "Everybody that is not going to vote, or doesn't know
who to vote for, the one thing on their mind is, gas is going up, the
price of food is going up."

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