For Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer of the politically powerful Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the solution is straightforward: prioritizing affordability and the working class.

More than half of the union's members are Latino, and the organization has long been considered one of the most influential political forces in Nevada, credited with helping Democrats maintain a 12-year presidential winning streak in Nevada. 

Pappageorge said the issues motivating Latino voters are largely the same as for other working-class voters.

"It's an unaffordable economy and the Republicans have abandoned them," Pappageorge said.