Republican Mayra Flores Wins U.S. House Seat In South Texas, First GOP Win There In 150+ Years
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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’ 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.
Flores is now “the first GOP candidate to represent that area of the Rio Grande Valley since 1870,” the Houston Chronicle reported , adding that she is now “the first congresswoman born in Mexico.”
Dave Wasserman, U.S. House editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, tweeted: “I’ve seen enough: Mayra Flores (R) defeats Dan Sanchez (D) in the #TX34 special election, flipping an 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley seat red.”
The region has been devastated by Democrat President Joe Biden’s border crisis, something that has turned off many Hispanic voters that typically have voted for Democrats in the past.
“Republicans have been eager to flip the seat as part of their new offensive in South Texas after Biden’s underperformance throughout the predominantly Hispanic region in the 2020 election. Flores and her allies spent over $1 million on TV ads in the special election,” the Texas Tribune reported . “The dynamic put Democrats into an unusual underdog position in a region of the state they have long dominated. Vastly outspent by Flores, Sanchez repeatedly compared the special election to a David vs. Goliath fight, with himself playing David.”
MSNBC columnist Eric Michael Garcia panicked over the results of the election, saying that Democrats needed to be sounding the alarm immediately.
“There is a political earthquake happening in Latino politics in South Texas and there is a reason I have been saying it will be voting like West Virginia,” he tweeted. “But like @SeanTrende , I expected this in two decades. #TX34. This should be a five alarm fire for Democrats.”
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I can't wait to see how the liberals here spin this. A Mexican American woman in a mostly Hispanic district and it goes red. They can't use Trump, racism or misogamy. What else do they have?
Name calling & defamation it would seem.
? This from a trump supporter.....
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I just think it is comical. After four years of donald name calling and trying to defame people, then we have the republicans saying things like Brandon....
They cannot even see their own hypocrisy.
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then responded to it SP,
Guess what? TRUMP IS OFF TOPIC!
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See 4.1.5
That explains your post
Guess what, The comparison is true whether you like it or not. I guess it is easier to accuse people of doing what you all have been doing all along than have any real substantive thought.
If trump is off topic, I am waiting to see if your post stands.
If so, the hypocrisy still reins here.
[removed] [.] I will update my earlier post.
Liberals=Liars/uncouth
Hypocrisy is like racism to liberals, they see it where it doesn't exist.
Was your post about donald or not? Or are we going to deny what is in plain sight...
Mine is gone yet yours still seems to be there.
Uh, maybe because he called off topic after my comment?
Like football, the guy retaliating is the one that gets the flag.
Blame the ref, Vic....
Poor Democrats. They built a party based on racial identity and it's crumbling.
Now they are going to try and smear her!
But it isn't truth. JR's own sources say there is no evidence of their claims.
What have Hispanics ever done to you?
You mean Hispanics should and march in lock step to democrats lying rhetoric?
Who granted you authority to tell Hispanics how they must act?
It seems some people don't believe Hispanics are smart enough to think for themselves.
It seems the Dems have trouble believing any of this could be their fault. They prove it again and again. Then again, they are only following Joes lead.
It seems some are a little upset about what a strong Hispanic woman can do!
“It seems some are a little upset about what a strong Hispanic woman can do!”
Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez must then ring a bell. Agree or just another dismissible hypocrite?
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Did you have an eight grader help you with that deflection attempt?
You seem to be busting a nut, tex.
But do keep a stiff upper lip as you swallow all that to which you are sold.
I'll bet your comment had some value as an amusement.
I'd say this is a big wakeup call for the democratic party!
You would think so yet so many of them would rather disparage her and ignore all the people that voted for her than alter their course.
Flores claim to fame is that she told her fellow Hispanic Texans that their values were REPUBLICAN.
Republican Mayra Flores is projected to best her Democratic opponent Dan Sanchez in a special election in Texas’ 34th Congressional District, flipping a House seat and becoming the country’s first Mexican-born congresswoman.
As of Wednesday morning, Flores had garnered 50.98 percent of the vote to Sanchez’s 43.33 percent, with all precincts reporting. With the support of top Texas Republicans including Governor Greg Abbott and Senator Ted Cruz, she entered the race after former Democratic Representative Filemón Vela resigned. Flores will serve out the remainder of his term until November, when she will compete against Democratic Representative Vicente Gonzalez after redistricting that pollsters say favors him.
“For over 100 years, we have been taken for granted,” Flores said at her election night party in San Benito. “I will show you what real representation looks like. I will represent all people.”
Flores’ triumph represents a gain in territory in South Texas for the GOP, which has been keen to recover a majority in the House in November. However, the head of the Texas Democratic Party , Gilberto Hinojosa, warned that the celebration would be temporary, predicting that Flores would hold the seat for a matter of months.
“In January 2023, this seat will rightfully return to Democratic hands,” Hinojosa said, the Texas Tribune reported.
Sanchez’ team had the financial backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which spent $100,000 on a digital ad buy. The House Majority PAC, the top Democratic super PAC in House races, also launched a $115,000 TV ad buy against Flores.
Flores has somewhat embraced the “America First” platform popularized by former President Trump and has slammed the Democrats for taking for granted the support of South Texas and the Hispanic community for decades.
“They do nothing to earn our vote or our support,” Flores also said on her campaign site. She criticized President Biden’s job performance, noting his “record number of executive orders to kill Texas jobs, weaken border security, and remove protection for the unborn.”
One of Flores’ TV ads claimed that the Rio Grande Valley is “under attack” at the border due to an unprecedented influx of illegal migrants. She pledged to ensure that “compadrismo,” the Spanish word for cronyism, in Washington does not “ruin our communities.”