Bobby Pulido: The Quinceañera Candidate
What It Takes with Sarah McCammon
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Bobby Pulido spent thirty years building a career as a Tejano music star. Now he’s running for Congress in South Texas, in one of the poorest parts of the state, trying to unseat a Republican incumbent.
Pulido’s opponent mocked his music career, saying the election wasn’t about who you want performing at your niece’s quinceañera. So he turned that dig into four thousand invitations to quinceañeras and other celebrations across Texas.
Pulido thinks the key to flipping the district is to keep showing up in unconventional places. Sarah McCammon spoke with him in Washington, D.C.
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