05/29/2026
🚨 TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 41 — WHERE WERE THE VOTERS? 🚨
The numbers from the recent Democrat and Republican Primary Runoff elections in Texas House District 41 are honestly shocking.
🔹 Republican Primary Runoff
• Gary Groves — 2,387 votes
• Sergio Sanchez — 1,421 votes
➡️ Total votes cast: 3,808
🔹 Democrat Primary Runoff
• Julio Salinas — 3,349 votes
• Victor Seby Haddad — 2,680 votes
➡️ Total votes cast: 6,029
📊 Combined turnout between BOTH parties:
ONLY 9,837 votes.
Now let that sink in.
Using 2020 Census figures, the combined population of McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Palmhurst, San Juan, Lopezville, and Sharyland is approximately 371,091 people.
(Includes some parts of Edinburg but most of Edinburg is in District 40)
Even more importantly, Texas House District 41 has an estimated adult voting-age population well over 130,000 people. Yet fewer than 10,000 ballots were cast in these runoff elections.
That means only a tiny fraction of eligible citizens helped decide who will represent this district.
No matter your political party — Democrat, Republican, Independent, or anything else — voting matters.
You cannot sit out elections and then complain about:
• taxes
• roads
• schools
• public safety
• healthcare
• property values
• or the direction of your community.
Voting is one of the most important civic duties we have as Americans. People fought, marched, and even died for that right.
If you want change, you have to participate.
If you want your voice heard, you have to vote.
And if we want stronger leadership and better communities here in the Rio Grande Valley, we need FAR more people engaged in the process.
🗳️ Your vote matters.
🗳️ Every election matters.
🗳️ Get informed. Get registered. Show up.
Because when voter turnout stays this low, a very small number of people end up making decisions for everyone else.
