It's compounded by the fact that the district is majority Latino. Both Flores and Barron come from immigrant backgrounds and have family ties to the Culinary Union, an important connection given a third of the district works in the service industry. Flores works as an immigration lawyer and in 2020, hosted a well-publicized horseback riding parade to rally Latinos in support of Joe Biden. Barron, meanwhile, was the first Latino elected to North Las Vegas City Council and received an award in 2019 for promoting democracy in Nevada.

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Although Flores acknowledged that unions were upset about his vote, he says he has a track record of working with them and running bills to boost worker protections. Since then, several other unions have come out in support of Flores, including the Culinary Union, Teamsters and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Culinary Union confirmed last Thursday that it is endorsing Flores, calling him the "obvious" choice, pointing out his prior support of culinary initiatives such as the daily room cleaning mandate. 

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In 2022, Barron voted to reject a ballot initiative from the Culinary Union to limit rent increases in North Las Vegas. The initiative received 3,400 signatures — which exceeded the 476 needed to qualify the measure for the municipal ballot — but the City of North Las Vegas deemed the ballot insufficient, saying the union misread how many signatures a petition needs.