villalba: absolutely. we agree. honorary latino. we might be focusing too much on the messenger and not the message. like me running as a republican, it was somewhat unique. it was because there was a message there. as i prefaced earlier, i think disbelieve, what all of you are saying, you have to resonate with the candidate. you don't have to be hispanic or african-american to generate and promote a good message that will resonate with the voter. anit possible for african-american to win in a hispanic neighborhood? if the message resonates with those voters, i think it is. can a hispanic when in an angle anglo environment? the message is, yes. you have a county that is 75% , thatat, three times election. it resonated. fortunately or unfortunately, the way the politics and partisanship is, that outweighs to me the way i'm seeing it, the ethnicity of a candidate. wish everybody would just run at large. no party affiliation, you kind of run based on principle, message, based on this. what i'm hearing from people is, i don't want to be

next to him is representative jason villalba.republican from dallas, where he was first elected in 2012. he serves on the business and industry and economic and small business development committees in the house. next to him is state representative celia israel, elected in 2014 had about four elections since then. she was, she won the special election to replace mark strauma in his previous district, now hers. she has a long history in texas politics, formerly worked for former governor ann richards and she currently serves in the elections economy. anden last, certainly not least, anden last, certainly not least, we havey carlos cascos, current secretary of state, one of government abbott's first appointments when he was elected. he is a former democrat from -- before switching parties to the republican side. where he was elected cameron county commissioner and later became the county judge before being appointed. thank you all for being here. with really appreciate it. we've done several iter ace rations of this panel. last yea