Ruben Navarrette: The assumption that an influx of Latino voter would be good news for the Democratic Party comes from California. He says after Prop 187, there was a big surge of new voters and they showed up overwhelmingly for Democrats. It's now gone to the point in 2022, where it's actually a record number of Hispanic candidates running as Republicans, he says. De La Cruz: One of the most interesting places to see this is the Texas 15 congressional race.