overwhelmingly populated by latino voters that president biden under performed in last fall and helped hand texas to donald trump. there's a special election in state house district 118 in and around san antonio which is almost 75% latino and that district might give us a window of what is to come next year. one of the candidates in that race, democrat frank ramirez, joins us now a former zoning and planning director in that area, and one of five candidates, three democrats, two republicans, that are vying for that seat. good morning, frank. we appreciate you getting up early to chat with us. let's talk about what could be a trend here. voters in your district delivered president biden a 13-point victory over former president trump in 2020, but you're in a region where biden under performed. he underperformed hillary clinton's 2016 margins and donald trump made significant gains in traditionally democratic parts of south texas,