{"id":1731646,"date":"2022-11-09T06:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731646"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:18:02","slug":"mayra-flores-loses-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayra-flores-loses-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayra Flores Loses Seat"},"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\">8<\/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%2Fmayra-flores-loses-seat%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=1731646&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 class=\"speakable\">The Associated Press projects that Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexico-born congresswoman, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unseated by her Democratic opponent<\/a>, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, concluding a short tenure in the House that follows a high-profile special election victory in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The RED WAVE did not happen. Republicans and Independents stayed home. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS IF YOU DID NOT DO YOUR PART!&#8221; Flores, R-Texas, tweeted Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite Flores&#8217; win earlier this year, the newly-elected congresswoman was in for an uphill battle to hold onto her seat since day one, as her district was redrawn to include greater swaths of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat-voting San Antonio<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Flores&#8217; special election race, the congresswoman ran under previous district lines where Biden won by +4 percentage points in 2020, however under new district lines, the +16 Biden district is far more friendly to Democrats than before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/live-news\/2022-midterm-elections-voting-results-predictions-candidates-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2022: LIVE UPDATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/addbfa3c-Untitled-12.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Texas 34th Congressional District candidates Republican Mayra Flores (left) and Democrat Vicente Gonzalez (right).\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Texas 34th Congressional District candidates Republican Mayra Flores (left) and Democrat Vicente Gonzalez (right).<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(ALLISON DINNER\/AFP, Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gonzalez, a three-term congressman, serves Texas\u2019 15th congressional district, but he opted to run in the newly redrawn 34th congressional district where his home and much of his urban San Antonio base are now located.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez considers himself a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moderate Democrat<\/a>, at times disagreeing with his party&#8217;s stances on domestic energy policy and border security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In October, the Gonzalez campaign came under scrutiny for using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-candidate-key-house-race-uses-doctored-photo-make-female-opponent-look-aggressive-campaign-ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doctored photo of Flores<\/a> to make her appear more menacing while holding a firearm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-candidate-key-house-race-uses-doctored-photo-make-female-opponent-look-aggressive-campaign-ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>DEM CANDIDATE IN KEY HOUSE RACE USES DOCTORED PHOTO TO MAKE FEMALE OPPONENT LOOK AGGRESSIVE IN CAMPAIGN AD<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/mayra-ad.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A new ad from Rep. Vicente Gonzalez&#039;s campaign features an edited photo of GOP Rep. Mayra Flores&#039; eyebrows.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A new ad from Rep. Vicente Gonzalez&#8217;s campaign features an edited photo of GOP Rep. Mayra Flores&#8217; eyebrows.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Vicente Gonzalez campaign, Mayra Flores, Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Flores campaigned heavily on her Christian faith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/border-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border security<\/a> and economic issues, leaning into her story as the wife of a U.S. Border Control agent and Mexico-born immigrant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flores&#8217; special election victory sent shock waves through the political world in June when she flipped her district red for the first time in 150 years, sparking national discourse over the growing trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/latino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hispanic voters<\/a> towards the Republican Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Sophia Slacik is a production assistant for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press projects that Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexico-born congresswoman, has been unseated by her Democratic opponent, Rep. 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