Bobby Pulido is having the kind of month most politicians – and musicians – can only imagine. The Tejano star, who lost a seat in the South Texas House of Representatives to Democrats in the midterms, won a Latin Grammy for best Tejano album on Thursday with his live record. Bobby Pulido and his friends: Una Tuya and Una Mía (Vol. 2/En Vivo). This is the third Latin Grammy of his career, Billboard reports, and arrives after Pulido stepped away from music to run for Congress.
In accepting the award, Pulido reiterated that he was closing the curtain on his performance, saying he was grateful, proud to be Tejano and ready to “use our voices for something else.” The 53-year-old Edinburgh native, a longtime fixture on the Latin charts, defeated Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas’ 15th District last week. Pulido is one of several Democrats who flipped South Texas districts after Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map to favor them. After De La Cruz said he should “stick to quinceañeras,” Pulido responded by urging families in the district to invite him to their homes, according to the Tutor. “I would be honored to stop by and celebrate with you,” he said. Thousands of people have done it, and it has performed in dozens of them.
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