Posted on 06/15/2022 6:11:55 AM PDT by McGruff
A south Texas congressional district will be represented by a Republican for the first time following a special election Tuesday. The election of Mayra Flores, who bested her Democrat competitor in a 51%-43% vote, comes as Republicans continue to make inroads among Latino voters in south Texas.
Flores, reportedly the first Latina Republican to serve Texas in Congress, is expected to face a more challenging race in November, however. Her victory was to replace Democrat Filemon Vela, who retired before his term ended – meaning she was elected to serve out the remainder.
During November’s general election, voters will determine who will serve as the district’s permanent congressional representative starting in 2022. Flores, who is running for this seat in the general election, will face off against Democratic nominee Vicente Gonzalez.
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I voted for Mayra Flores – first time I ever voted Republican.
Massive red wave in 2022. 3:28 AM · Jun 15, 2022
Wait a minute, I thought Texas was about to go blue???? All the talking heads said that...you mean they lied? lol hopefully sarcasm tag not necessary!
Ayyaya!
What’s one seat, when the dems are riding a blue wave in 2022.
hehehe
Vela had announced he was not going to run for reelection, But suddenly Vela just abandoned ship and went to go work for Akin Gump, one of the largest lobbying firms in DC.
Must have been some good $$$ involved.
Uh, oh, this does not bode well for make believe Mexican, Beto. I hope he wasn’t counting on Elon’s vote.
I do think what we are seeing is the Hispanic vote basically aligning with the White vote. Urban voters will still be Rat, but in the suburbs are more rural areas they will go Republican.
https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/filemon-vela.html
Check out his committee assignments.
Ka-ching!
And endorsed by Steve Bannon and the MAGA posse.
If urban voters are so reliably ‘Rat, why was RCV shoved down NYC’s throat, hmmm....
Surely the dems will be proud that another “woman of color” is elected.
Right?
It was big go blue. Dems screwed it up for themselves taking it way to far opening the border. This is a border region election
Well her sign would imply she means the Republic of Texas!
God Bless Texas!
amazing that Musk is tweeting this stuff, amazing in a good way.
Didn’t he used to play accordion on “Lawrence Welk”? /s
She has been in the US since the age of six.
In the article she said her father gave her a great gift... American citizenship.
Excellent!
I was a legal assistant at Akin Gump for a lotta years.
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