Category: Texas District 34

Texas Republican Mayra Flores Fails to Hold Congressional Seat

WESLACO, Texas—Republican Rep. Mayra Flores has been defeated by Democratic challenger Vicente Gonzalez in Texas’ 34th Congressional District. The Associated Press reported her Gonzalez had a total of 52.7 percent of the vote with 88 percent of the vote reported as of 2 a.m. ET. Flores held 44.3 percent of the vote. “It’s been an amazing journey,”…


Texas’s Mayra Flores Could Make History Again With Polls Neck and Neck

HARLINGEN, Texas—Democrats called Republican Mayra Flores’s win in Texas Congressional District 34 this summer a fluke. Democrats, who didn’t put a lot of resources into the special election that Flores won, have reasoned that the midterms would draw out more of the Democratic base in the heavily Hispanic district. They were confident that Democrats would…