Republicans are reeling over the apparent erosion of support from Latino voters, a voting bloc that boosted the party in 2024, in Tuesday’s off-year elections.

According to CNN exit polling, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) won the support of 68 percent of Latino voters, while Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) received 67 percent support from Latino voters.

The results mark a shift from just one year ago, when the voting bloc helped propel President Trump to victory. Republicans say the time is now to course-correct ahead of next year’s midterms.

“Unfortunately Latinos are leaving the Republican Party after giving us a monumental chance in 2024,” said Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) in an X video posted after Tuesday’s results. “In New Jersey and Virginia, Hispanics moved back more than 25 points to the Democratic Party.”

The clearest sign of that wake-up call was in New Jersey, where, according to US Census data, the Hispanic population makes up 21.6 percent of the state’s population. According to the Pew Research Center, Latino voters make up 16 percent of the state’s electorate.

Trump made significant inroads in enclaves in the state dominated by Latinos in 2024. The president became the first Republican to win Passaic County in over 30 years last year. One year later, Sherrill carried the county by nearly 15 points.

Democrats also won back Hispanic voters in Virginia a year after Republicans made inroads in the state. Spanberger won the Northern Virginia city of Manassas Park, which has a large Hispanic population, by 42 percent. Former Vice President Harris, by comparison, won it by just under 20 points last year.

“I think a lot of it was driven by concerns about immigration enforcement, cost of living pressures, and really, just a sense that the Republican outreach lacked authenticity,” said Alfredo Ortiz, the CEO of the conservative advocacy group Job Creators Network.

“This kind of outreach to the Hispanic community, it’s not just a ‘Hey, let’s just reach out to them five weeks or six weeks before an election,’ and the Republican Party doesn’t seem to get that,” he continued, calling for “year-round outreach” to the Hispanic community.

Carlos Rogdrguez, president of the Latino Action Alliance, noted that it would be “idealistically naive” to expect Hispanic voters to automatically vote for Republicans.