Early votes in Nueces County show that Dems have a lead on all federal and state races (except in the race for HD 32). Here, so far, Talarico has 55% of the vote, Hinojosa has 54%, Goodwin has 52%, and Johnson has 54%. Both U.S. House reps are at risk of losing their seats — Cloud has just 31% of the early vote, and Flores has 46%.

Colleen DeGuzman is a general assignments reporter. In addition to covering a broad range of topics, she focuses on immigration developments in the state. Before joining the newsroom, Colleen was an enterprise...