Joseline Perez, owner of Mendoza's Flowers, passes out free roses during an early voting call event in McAllen, Texas, on October 24, 2026. In the Rio Grande Valley at the southernmost tip of Texas, cowboy boots stomp along to Tejano music in a heavily Latino region whose voters could deliver on Democrats' hopes of winning their first statewide race in more than 30 years. After supporting President Donald Trump in 2024, polls indicate the traditionally Democratic voters here are turning against the Republican leader who has overseen biting inflation and a heavy-handed crackdown on migrants. (Photo by Gabriel V. Cardenas / AFP via Getty Images)