{"id":1409846,"date":"2022-03-30T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409846"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:00:31","slug":"special-election-could-give-gop-a-chance-to-prove-gains-with-hispanics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-election-could-give-gop-a-chance-to-prove-gains-with-hispanics\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Election Could Give GOP A Chance To Prove Gains With Hispanics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspecial-election-could-give-gop-a-chance-to-prove-gains-with-hispanics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409846&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><ul>\n<li><strong>The early retirement of a south Texas Democrat could allow Republicans to showcase their gains with Hispanic voters in a special election.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cTexas\u2019 34th Congressional District is a top battleground for Republicans,\u201d National Republican Congressional Committee Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair told the DCNF in a statement. \u201cSouth Texans are on the front lines of a border and inflation crisis created by the Democrat Party.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSouth Texas is conservative. A lot of people just don\u2019t know it,\u201d Mayra Flores, the Republican nominee, said on Monday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The GOP could flip a Texas congressional seat that has been held by Democrats since its creation in a special election that will test conservative gains with the Hispanic community.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Rep. Filemon\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Vela, who had already announced he would not seek reelection, will retire from Congress early to accept a position at the law firm Akin Gump, Punchbowl News\u2019 Heather Caygle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heatherscope\/status\/1506991476286361604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vela\u2019s premature departure means Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could schedule a special election for the 34th Congressional District, which was created in 2012. The district will be subject to new lines in the November midterms due to redistricting, making it harder for the GOP to flip the seat red, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/analysis\/house\/texas-house\/tx-34-vela-resignation-prompts-special-election-timetable-still-unclear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Cook Political Report\u2019s David Wasserman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas\u2019 34th Congressional District is a top battleground for Republicans,\u201d NRCC spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. \u201cSouth Texans are on the front lines of a border and inflation crisis created by the Democrat Party and are turning to the GOP because their current Democrat representatives have failed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott would have to call an \u201cemergency special election,\u201d since the usual deadline to schedule a special election before November has passed, The Texas Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/03\/24\/south-texas-congressional-special-election\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The election code says he would have to publicize the \u201cnature of the emergency,\u201d which he could do by citing concerns revolving around illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Should Abbott decide to hold the special election, it would give Republican nominee Mayra Flores \u201ca chance to come to Congress for at least a lame-duck session,\u201d Wasserman wrote. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/joe-biden-mike-garcia-nicole-malliotakis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018The Messenger Matters\u2019: Latino Republicans Of Congress Reflect On GOP Gains With Hispanics)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7400172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7400172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during the \u2018Get Out The Vote\u2019 campaign event on February 23, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Republicans have been eager to showcase the ground they\u2019ve made with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/24\/latinos-sabato-crystal-ball-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hispanic community<\/a> since President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election\/us2020\/states\/tx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">underperformed<\/a> in south Texas in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Texas is conservative. A lot of people just don\u2019t know it,\u201d Flores said at a press conference on Monday, where she was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/republican-female-candidates-elise-stefanik-elevate-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promoted<\/a> by Stefanik\u2019s Elevate PAC (E-PAC). \u201cWe want to make sure that it wasn\u2019t a one-time thing. That\u2019s the reason why I\u2019m running, to make sure that these people come back in 2022 and many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flores, a respiratory care practitioner who immigrated to the U.S. at the age of six, is the wife of a border patrol agent and cited the \u201cconstant disrespect\u201d agents receive as a reason she would win the open seat during the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are our family, they are our husbands, our neighbors and an attack against our border patrol agents is a personal attack,\u201d she said. \u201cWe support our law enforcement all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized the importance of conservatives utilizing both English and Spanish language ads and running them on networks like Telemundo, as well as Spanish radio stations, to educate the community on its aligned values with the GOP. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/florida-democrats-hispanics-americano-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Defcon 1 Moment\u2019: Florida Democrats Panic Over New Conservative Network Targeting Hispanics)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7400169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7400169\" class=\"wp-image-7400169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"US-MEXICO-BORDER-TEXAS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-1536x1022-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238386963-2048x1363-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7400169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leonor Villarreal tends to overgrown weeds on a family plot at a cemetery near the border fence in Brownsville, Texas, on February 11, 2022. (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Republican National Committee has established Hispanic Community Centers throughout Texas to attract more voters, setting up in <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lmtonline.com%2Finsider%2Farticle%2FRNC-opens-Laredo-Hispanic-Community-Center-16405136.php&#038;data=04%7C01%7CMMartinez%40gop.com%7C23b770fcdc2a43cde5fd08da10d33320%7C4a082c81950a410d9618462a9c74d6ae%7C1%7C0%7C637840796532225908%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&#038;sdata=L8zAhgFY9kJGxl%2Bmy8GLbYclN%2FczsugLDH38G0o2EHQ%3D&#038;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" 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It\u2019s made <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/21\/gop-black-candidates-voters-herschel-walker-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">similar efforts<\/a> with the black community in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have some early indicators their efforts are paying off, as Hispanic turnout more than doubled in the Rio Grande Valley for the GOP\u2019s midterm primary on March 1 when compared to the previous one, the Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/03\/05\/texas-primary-turnout-republicans-rio-grande-valley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The Wall Street Journal also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hispanic-voters-now-evenly-split-between-parties-wsj-poll-finds-11638972769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released<\/a> a poll in December that found Hispanic voters are now evenly split between both parties, while 22% are undecided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re making inroads among Hispanic voters across the country,\u201d Stefanik told the DCNF after the press conference. \u201cWhat they saw this last year and are currently seeing now with the open border policies \u2026 this is a crisis of epic proportions and they\u2019re frankly on the front lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flores\u2019 opponent in the general election, Rep. Vincente Gonzalez, who currently represents Texas\u2019s 15th Congressional District, has already said he will not be competing in a special election, the Tribune reported. Democrats will have to find another candidate to face Flores in a special election, only to serve in Congress for a few months until Gonzalez or Flores wins in November.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early retirement of a south Texas Democrat could allow Republicans to showcase their gains with Hispanic voters in a special election. \u201cTexas\u2019 34th Congressional District is a top battleground<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1409846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1409846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1409846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1409846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1409846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}