{"id":1516099,"date":"2022-06-14T22:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516099"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:49:17","slug":"republican-mayra-flores-wins-u-s-house-seat-in-south-texas-first-gop-win-there-in-150-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-mayra-flores-wins-u-s-house-seat-in-south-texas-first-gop-win-there-in-150-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Mayra Flores Wins U.S. House Seat In South Texas, First GOP Win There In 150+ Years"},"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\">34<\/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%2Frepublican-mayra-flores-wins-u-s-house-seat-in-south-texas-first-gop-win-there-in-150-years%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=1516099&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--><p>Republican Mayra Flores has flipped a U.S. House seat in deep blue south Texas in what is a likely indicator of the coming red tsunami that could hit the Democrat Party this fall during the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Flores beat Democrat Dan Sanchez in the special election for Texas\u2019 34th Congressional District. The seat was previously held by Rep. Filemon Vela (D) who stepped down earlier this year to become a lobbyist as all signs pointed to a brutal upcoming midterm election season for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Flores is now \u201cthe first GOP candidate to represent that area of the Rio Grande Valley since 1870,\u201d the Houston Chronicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/GOP-Mayra-Flores-first-Mexican-born-17240888.php\">reported<\/a>, adding that she is now \u201cthe first congresswoman born in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave Wasserman, U.S. House editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, tweeted: \u201cI\u2019ve seen enough: Mayra Flores (R) defeats Dan Sanchez (D) in the #TX34 special election, flipping an 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley seat red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ve seen enough: Mayra Flores (R) defeats Dan Sanchez (D) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TX34?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TX34<\/a> special election, flipping an 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley seat red.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1536896640803647493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Mayra Flores has flipped a U.S. House seat in deep blue south Texas in what is a likely indicator of the coming red tsunami that could hit the Democrat Party this fall during the midterm elections. Flores beat Democrat Dan Sanchez in the special election for Texas\u2019 34th Congressional District. 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