Editing Cameron County, Texas (section)

==Politics==
Cameron County has historically leaned toward the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in presidential elections, supporting the party in all but three between 1960 and 2020. [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[George W. Bush]] carried the county in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 election]], but no Republican would do so again until [[Donald Trump]] won in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]. Many voters supported Trump while voting for down-ballot Democratic politicians. Trump outperformed [[Ted Cruz]] in the area in the 2024 election.<ref name=UlloaMuskTrump>{{cite web|last=Ulloa|first=Jazmin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/politics/elon-musk-cameron-county.html|title=How the Border County Where Elon Musk Is a Local Flipped for Trump|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2024-12-01|access-date=2024-12-01}}</ref> Trump's 2016 showing of 32.0% was the lowest received by a Republican candidate in the county since [[Alf Landon]] in 1936. Four years later, however, Trump's performance of 43% in [[2020 United States presidential election |2020]] was the best for a Republican in the county since 2004, while in 2024, Trump won the county with a majority of 52.51% as part of the continued Republican trend in the Rio Grande Valley.{{fact|date=December 2024}}<!--need secondary sources for analysis--> ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that [[Elon Musk]] placed significant economic development in the county, opposed [[illegal immigration]], and did considerable campaigning for Trump in Cameron County, so "Mr. Trump didn't have to campaign very hard in Cameron."<ref name=UlloaMuskTrump/>

In the [[Texas House of Representatives]], Cameron County is covered by districts [[Texas's 35th House of Representatives district|35]], [[Texas's 37th House of Representatives district|37]], and [[Texas's 38th House of Representatives district|38]].

{{PresHead|place=Cameron County, Texas|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|60,991|54,258|1,060|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|49,032|64,063|1,231|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|29,472|59,402|3,791|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|26,099|49,975|821|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|26,671|48,480|926|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|34,801|33,998|357|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|27,800|33,214|1,043|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|18,434|34,891|3,168|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|20,123|29,435|9,499|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|24,263|30,972|317|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|29,545|26,394|187|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|22,041|23,200|1,044|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|16,448|25,310|353|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|20,816|13,340|144|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|11,759|15,726|2,042|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|9,531|16,056|72|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|10,190|12,416|34|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|11,952|8,829|241|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|14,018|7,559|25|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,689|6,778|392|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|5,309|5,998|539|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,370|6,035|28|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,160|5,887|159|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,785|7,146|54|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,544|3,202|11|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,266|2,225|176|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|909|920|17|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|420|1,260|36|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|149|2,146|134|Texas}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Cameron County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Democratic|53,391|58,330|2,789|Texas}}
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