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AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - Scoop: Bobby Pulido headlined school benefit with registered sex offender

Democratic congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido performed onstage alongside a registered sex offender at a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Pulido, the Grammy award-winning Tejano singer running to oust Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' 15th district, is facing media scrutiny over his ties to accordionist Frankie Caballero. - Pulido has denied he had any knowledge of Caballero's status as a registered sex offender at the time of the 2018 school benefit, which occurred roughly a year after Caballero finished serving a four-year prison sentence for indecent sexual contact with an 8-year-old girl. - A spokesperson for Pulido's campaign told the New York Post in April…

Democratic congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido performed onstage alongside a registered sex offender at a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Pulido, the Grammy award-winning Tejano singer running to oust Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' 15th district, is facing media scrutiny over his ties to accordionist Frankie Caballero. - Pulido has denied he had any knowledge of Caballero's status as a registered sex offender at the time of the 2018 school benefit, which occurred roughly a year after Caballero finished serving a four-year prison sentence for indecent sexual contact with an 8-year-old girl. - A spokesperson for Pulido's campaign told the New York Post in April…Open