While Texas' 24th Congressional District has long been a Republican stronghold, this election, it's emerged as a key battleground. The district spans smaller cities and northern suburbs across Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties.
To some political observers, it's a sign of progress that this race has come down to two women.
"That just makes me happy," said Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, assistant dean for civic engagement at the University of Texas Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. DeFrancesco Soto said in much of Texas, the demographics of suburban districts have shifted since the last election.
"So what had traditionally been a more homogenous majority white area is now a diverse area with white, Latino, Black folks living together and making districts that were previously not competitive extremely competitive," DeFrancesco Soto said.