Democratic nominee in the House primary race, Maxwell Alejandro Frost, released an ad where he uses “Spanglish” to promote his campaign. He is one of the ten Democrats running in the primaries for Orlando's newly designed district (FL-10).

The ad on YouTube, shows Maxwell Frost communicating in a mixture of Spanish and English and with subtitles in either language. “What we found is increasingly Latinos are in a place where their first language is Spanish, but they speak English as well, and quite frankly that’s me. We speak Spanglish in the house, and I know that’s the same for a lot of Latino families in the district”, Frost told The Hill.

Frost leads among a slew of Democrats in fundraising and nationwide support in this race to fill the historically Democratic seat left vacant by Val Demings' Senate candidacy. If elected, the 25-year-old would be the first member of “Generation Z” to serve in Congress. The Democratic camp also includes State Senator Randolph Bracy and former Representative Alan Grayson.

“The newly drawn district encompasses the west Orlando Black neighborhoods that were the core of incumbent Democratic Rep. Val Demings’s district, working-class Hispanic neighborhoods on the east side of town and progressive, majority-white areas downtown and around the University of Central Florida. Demings is foregoing reelection to run for the Senate. Frost, who is Black, was raised by his adoptive parents, a Cuban woman and a white man from Kansas, speaking both Spanish and English at home”, according to The Hill.

According to Frost, “I’m someone who really can represent everyone not just in my ability to represent the constituents, but in my identity and my life”.

Frost has collected a host of endorsements from groups dedicated to promoting diverse representation, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s campaign arm, Bold PAC, which encouraged Frost to release his final ad in Spanglish.

Following the closing of this news, the result of the Florida primary election on Tuesday, August 23rd, confirmed Maxwell Frost as the winner. According to NPR, given that the district is mostly Democratic, he is virtually elected to the House of Representatives: “Frost's win nearly secures his path to Congress since the Orlando-based seat is considered a solidly Democratic district. Frost will face off against Republican Calvin Wimbish in November”.