{"id":1516692,"date":"2022-06-15T08:19:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1516692"},"modified":"2022-06-15T08:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:19:32","slug":"republican-mayra-flores-wins-south-texas-house-race-in-democrat-stronghold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-mayra-flores-wins-south-texas-house-race-in-democrat-stronghold\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Mayra Flores Wins South Texas House Race in Democrat Stronghold"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-south-texas-house-race-in-democrat-stronghold%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=1516692&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--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Republican Mayra Flores defeated Democratic challenger Dan Sanchez Tuesday in a special election to finish Rep. Filemon Vela&#8217;s current term in Texas\u2019s 34<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District, flipping an 84 percent Hispanic seat that Biden won by 13 points in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The victory demonstrated the growing popularity of the Republican party among Latino voters in the traditionally Democratic South Texas. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republican-mayra-flores-flips-texas-house-district-special-election\">Fox News<\/a>, Flores, who had 51 percent of the vote to Sanchez&#8217;s 43 percent when the race was called, will become the first Mexican-born congresswoman to serve in the House.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The special election was held after Vela accepted a position in a Washington, DC-based law and lobbying firm. The victor will finish Vela&#8217;s term in office, which concludes in January.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Republicans were seeking an early victory ahead of November&#8217;s general election against Democratic nominee Vicente Gonzalez, the current 15th Congressional District representative, which will determine which candidate will represent the district for a full two-year term. The district will be dissolved later this year in favor of a newly redrawn map favoring Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Republicans outspent Democrats in an effort to turn the district red that has been blue for decades.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Flores, a Mexican immigrant and Latina conservative was endorsed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\">Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a>, Texas GOP Chairman Matt Rinaldi, Texas GOP Vice-Chairwoman Cat Parks, and the Congressional Leadership Fund, the leading super PAC for House GOP leadership.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Flores previously posted on Instagram, &#8220;The Democrat Party [sic] worst nightmare is for an Immigrant and Latina to run against their far left radical socialist communist agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Flores highlighted her husband&#8217;s job as a Border Patrol agent in a recent ad and faulted &#8220;liberal policies from Washington&#8221; for the border crisis and said she prays &#8220;now, more than ever&#8221; for his safety.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>According to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/republican-mayra-flores-wins-south-texas-house-seat-long-a-democratic-stronghold\/ar-AAYtm1K?ocid=BingNewsSearch\">Washington Examiner<\/a><\/em>, the Congressional Leadership Fund spent $130,000 on Flores, and her political supporters have spent nearly $1 million on television ads and outraised Sanchez 16 to 1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Mayra Flores defeated Democratic challenger Dan Sanchez Tuesday in a special election to finish Rep. 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