In Starr County, where Bazán lives, voters just backed a Republican presidential candidate for the first time in a century. The predominantly Hispanic and working-class rural county, where the median household income of $36,000 is one of the lowest in the nation, gave Trump a 16 percentage-point victory margin over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Early South Texas election results rolling in Tuesday night showed a significant swing to Republicans among the heavily Hispanic part of the state that has long been a Democratic stronghold. If the results hold,