TX-HD118: In competitive South Texas legislative race, a fight emerges over a candidate's Hispanic surname
In one of the most competitive statehouse races of the year, the Bexar County GOP accused Democrat Kristian Carranza of coopting a Hispanic surname to appeal to the San Antonio district’s largely Hispanic population.
Kris Coons, chair of the Bexar County Republican Party, said during a news conference Tuesday that Carranza had crossed out the last name “Thompson” on a 2023 voter registration application and replaced it with “Carranza” a month before she filed to run for office.
Carranza, whose legal last name was Thompson, officially changed her name in January 2023, but she has gone by Carranza professionally for at least a decade.
Carranza is facing off against state Rep. John Lujan, a San Antonio Republican, to represent House District 118 this November.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/06/kristian-carranza-bexar-john-lujan-legislature/