{"id":1638467,"date":"2022-09-10T16:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1638467"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:20:55","slug":"texas-democrat-running-against-gops-mayra-flores-says-she-stole-that-last-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-running-against-gops-mayra-flores-says-she-stole-that-last-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democrat running against GOP&#8217;s Mayra Flores says she &#8216;stole that last election&#8217;"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftexas-democrat-running-against-gops-mayra-flores-says-she-stole-that-last-election%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=1638467&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 class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>ep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/texas-rep-vicente-gonzalez-wins-primary-in-neighboring-district\">Vicente Gonzalez<\/a> (D-TX) slammed <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/voice-to-the-voiceless-mayra-flores-sworn-in-as-first-mexico-born-congresswoman\">his Republican challenger<\/a> in the midterm elections, claiming out-of-state GOP donors and organizations are pouring money into her campaign as a way to \u201csteal\u201d the election. <\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez, who is running for reelection for the House in Texas, urged Democratic voters to cast their ballots in November, warning the Republican Party was seeking to steal the blue district in the GOP stronghold of Texas. His comments specifically targeted <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/mayra-flores-wins-texas-house-race-republican\">Rep. Mayra Flores<\/a> (R-TX), who won a special election on June 14 to finish Rep. Filemon Vela&#8217;s (D-TX) term representing Texas\u2019s 34th Congressional District. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s millions and millions of dollars from outside our region and outside our state that are coming here to try to steal our elections and take away your value and take away the process that we rely on, which is elections,\u201d Gonzalez said <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democratic-candidate-vicente-gonzalez-claims-mayra-flores-supporters-stole-texas-special-election\">during a \u201cVote Blue\u201d event<\/a> alongside Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). \u201cThey stole that last election. They spent $3 million to our $250,000, they campaigned for two years, and they still only won by less than 1%.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/voice-to-the-voiceless-mayra-flores-sworn-in-as-first-mexico-born-congresswoman\">\u2018VOICE TO THE VOICELESS\u2019: MAYRA FLORES SWORN IN AS FIRST MEXICO-BORN CONGRESSWOMAN<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" alt=\"Mayra Flores\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10162022\/90-236 1x, https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/87a0fa8\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5042x3361+0+0\/resize\/2120x1414!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediadc-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2Fa4%2Fdcf5e3da4d3c92eccaf13a50567e%2Fap22217667434953.jpg 2x\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10162022\/90-236\" \/><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on Aug. 5, 2022.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                 (AP Photo\/LM Otero)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Flores is seen as a rising star in the GOP after her special election win, flipping a crucial House seat in the Republicans&#8217; favor and setting the stage for a competitive midterm election that will help determine which party controls Congress over the next two years. <\/p>\n<p>The new congresswoman responded to Vincente\u2019s comments, calling it a \u201cdesperate\u201d attempt to cling to power. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The far left is getting pretty desperate when Adam Schiff is coming down to Texas to save Vicente Gonzalez,&#8221; Flores <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayraFlores2022\/status\/1567286010785972224?s=20&amp;t=1ZawBM-2SCSwOsuplOzY8Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a tweet<\/a>. &#8220;The swamp is protecting one of its own.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Flores will again appear on the ballot for Texas\u2019s 34th District in November, when she\u2019ll face Gonzalez for a full-year term.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) slammed his Republican challenger in the midterm elections, claiming out-of-state GOP donors and organizations are pouring money into her campaign as a way to \u201csteal\u201d the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1638469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638467","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1638469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}