Bobby Pulido: From Tejano Star to Congressional Candidate

You called in. No insurance. Private pay. And the quote came back: $10,000. For one test. That number and the fact that it dropped to $1,500 the moment Bobby Pulido asked to pay cash is why a Tejano legend who spent 30 years selling out stages is now knocking on doors in 11 Texas counties asking for your vote. Jose Roberto Pulido Jr. Known across generations as Bobby Pulido, built his career from a two-record-label bidding war at 21 years old. Son of Tejano icon Roberto Pulido, Bobby earned an academic scholarship to St. Mary's University in San Antonio, studied political science, and left 21 credit hours short of his degree when music pulled him in. Grammy recognition, decades of chart success, and songs still sung at every quinceañera and karaoke night across South Texas, that is his resume. Now he is running for U.S. Congress in District 15, a district covering the Rio Grande Valley across 11 counties all the way north toward Gonzales County, and he is bringing the same ganas he carried onto every stage. In this conversation, Bobby breaks down why the American healthcare system is broken by design, what Citizens United did to political accountability, and why your vote at the city council level matters just as much as the one you cast in November. This is a conversation about structural power for every amiga who has ever done the math on a deductible and decided not to go.