MAYRA FLORES

Viktor Orbán appeared at the convention in Dallas after saying last week that Europeans “do not want to become peoples of mixed race.” Texas officials attending, though, stayed focused on criticizing Democrats.

A summit focusing on immigration, criminal organizations and narcotics smuggling along the southern border was hosted by Fox News on Wednesday in Edinburg and attended by local ranchers, law enforcement, Gov. Greg Abbott, Democrat U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and Republican U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores.

Ten years ago, Republicans running for Rio Grande Valley congressional districts raised and spent lackluster amounts of money for the three seats in Washington D.C. that had been blue for as long as anyone could remember.

A Mexican immigrant who worked in cotton fields to pay for school supplies, Flores is a source of hope for Republicans looking to gain ground in the Rio Grande Valley. But her staying power will be put to the test this November.

I would like to congratulate Mayra Flores for her victory, and also the public education school systems in South Texas. It is very apparent that Mayra was a great student and she had some great teachers. She commands the English language so well, no one would think she began her life in a Spanish-only-speaking world!

The controversy arose as Republicans step up outreach efforts to court the Hispanic vote, with a growing number of Latino voters shifting to the right across the country, some experts say.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s campaign has a history with the politics blogger, using more than $1,000 in campaign funds to pay him for advertising services.

Flores is saying that Gonzalez is funding 'racist' ads.

I, an ex-teacher, am greatly disturbed about school kids being gunned down by gunmen with AR-15 assault rifles. The real truth is that the bullets coming out of the guns, used by sick, probably suicidal, people are the blame. Rounds became even more lethal and it became a “perfect killing machine.” The bullets weigh less than 4 grams and are needle-nosed. Are we so stupid to think that owing an AR-15 is worth more than protecting our students and citizens? The problem is much deeper and more serious than Mr. Biden, who is merely a symptom of what ails America.

Notably absent, though, was acknowledgement of any threat posed by the Republican Party in South Texas. Despite the win, Democrats refute the GOP victory in the blue South Texas stronghold. “I think it’s unfair to say they’re making gains down here,” Gilberto Hinojosa, the Texas Democratic Party chairman, said Tuesday. “Not one single county elected official in South Texas has switched parties. While young Democrats push through internal challenges, external pressures threaten to suppress voter turnout for all parties.

Cameron County Commissioners Court Tuesday approved a contract between the county and U.S District 34 Rep. Mayra Flores that will allow the Republican congresswoman to have an office inside the county’s annex building in San Benito.

Gilberto Hinojosa has led the Texas Democratic Party through a decade of failure. Some Democrats think that’s long enough.

After the Court's conservative majority has removed federal protections for women by overturning Roe v. Wade, law experts say the conservative legal movement's decades-long battle to upend the right to privacy underpinning Roe will not stop with abortion.

“We’re working on something along those lines,” Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) told reporters about plans to pass a nationwide ban on abortion. refused to say if there should exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother, or if House Republicans should legislate on the issue. “The Republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine) on Friday also called on Congress to codify abortions protections. The duo have been working with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) since the Democratic bill to ensure abortion protections failed last month.

Victories by Mayra Flores and Michelle Vallejo illustrate the complex crosscurrents at work as the Tejano vote grows and splinters.

“The NRCC and TX GOP also injected $1.1 million in paid voter contact efforts into the Flores campaign,” he said. In stark contrast, the Democratic House Majority PAC announced a $112,000 television advertisement buy attacking Flores during the special election on June 8, less than a week from the June 14 special election. She filed to run in the special election on April 6 following her victory in the March Republican primary for the November contest. Federal Election Commission records do not distinguish between how much Flores raised and spent during the special election and during her primary victory. The special election occurred in the old District 34 boundaries, which included voters from Goliad, Bee, San Patricio and Nueces counties.

HARLINGEN — Mayra Flores, newly elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, vows to become the voice of the people across deep South Texas’ District 34. PlatformDuring her campaign, Flores drew support amid the national economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic’s economic slowdown. “She is pro-life, pro-second amendment and pro-law enforcement.”American dreamOn the campaign trail, Flores weaved the fabric of the American dream into her life’s story. In 2019, she graduated from South Texas College with a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership. ‘More everyday Americans’Now, Flores is working as a respiratory care practitioner for a home-health agency.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Abby about the week in Texas politics and Cassandra about financial practices of the conservative nonprofit True the Vote.

Congratulations to Republican Mayra Flores of San Benito, who won Tuesday’s special election to serve out the term of District 34 U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela. Flores’ strong showing is impressive; she captured 51% of the unofficial vote in a four-way race. She will face U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen, who currently represents District 15 but now lives in District 34 due to post-census redistricting. Is Flores willing to work to convince her fellow Republicans that reasonable immigration policies are necessary, and the need to craft those policies grows more urgent every day? We trust that Flores doesn’t merely sit pat and count on incumbency and party support to gather votes in November.

Her outright victory in a special election is the latest chapter in a topsy-turvy election cycle for South Texas, which Republicans have worked to turn into a new battleground.

Republican Mayra Flores will fulfill the remainder of the term for Texas Congressional District 34 in South Texas.

Voters in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina took to the polls Tuesday for midterm election primaries.

Republican Mayra Flores flips Democratic congressional seat in Texas special election

Donald Trump has notched a significant victory in South Carolina, where his preferred candidate made five-term Rep. Tom Rice the first Republican to be booted from office after voting to impeach the former president last year.

Mayra Flores won a special election to serve as the first Republican in the U.S. House from the Rio Grande Valley since 1871.

Republican Mayra Flores won Tuesday’s special election for the Texas District 34 congressional seat. Turnout for the special election was a dismal 7.30 percent. In Hidalgo County, Flores won 42.76 percent to Sanchez’s 52.07 percent. Tuesday’s special election, called by Abbott after Vela announced his early retirement, was held under the old District 34 lines, which Joe Biden won by four points in 2020. The state and national Republicans party, eager to flip South Texas from blue to red, see an opportunity in Flores.

Mayra Flores, a Republican, won a special election to fill the unexpired term of U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela. Another election will be held in November.

The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it is injecting nearly $3 million into fall television advertisement buys targeting Democrats in the Rio Grande Valley’s congressional districts.

Has anyone else seen the irony, perhaps hypocrisy, in Mayra Flores’ campaign ad where she tells of her family moving from Mexico to the U.S. where she could live the “American Dream,” but she is so adamant that others should not be allowed to do the same?

The GOP is spending big to capture an open congressional seat in South Texas — if only for a few months — as they try to create momentum toward a November election where they are newly targeting the region.

Early voting is underway in the special election for the District 34 Congressional seat, and four candidates are vying for a victory.

The winner of the special election will replace former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, who resigned last month to work for Akin Gump.

By retiring and triggering a special election, Filemon Vela of Brownsville has opened up an opportunity for Republican candidate Mayra Flores.

Voters in heavily Hispanic parts of South Texas cast record numbers of ballots in the state’s Republican primary last week, leaving the GOP excited about a growing shift toward their party.

District 34 also includes Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties. Flores is a respiratory care practitioner and chairs Hispanic outreach for the Hidalgo County GOP. With 88 percent of precincts reporting in Cameron County, Gonzalez had a total of 10,934 votes (58.18 percent). In Hidalgo County, with 77.8 percent of precincts reporting, Gonzalez had 8,889 votes (75.60 percent). Flores, with 10 percent of precincts reporting, was ahead of McCaffrey 1,505 votes (55.93 percent) to 773 (28.73 percent).

Monica De La Cruz, Mayra Flores, and Adrienne Peña Garza, all from Hidalgo County, hope to flip congressional seats across the region.

The redistricting process in the GOP-dominated Legislature made many political districts less competitive, which some experts believe might hurt civic engagement.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — At a recent house party near the U.S.-Mexico border, the conversation with Democratic congressional candidate Rochelle Garza flowed from schools and taxes to immigration and efforts to convert an old railway line into a hiking trail.

Congressional Democrats are going bigger than ever on the environment, with a spending package they're trying to muscle through.

Mayra Flores, a Republican from Cameron County vying for the congressional seat soon to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, is looking ahead to the 2022 election with bipartisanship in mind.

The Rio Grande Valley, with some of the highest concentrations of Latinos in the country, had long been unfriendly territory for Republicans. Ricardo “Rick” Ramirez, president of IBC bank in Zapata, Texas, voted for President Trump for economic reasons. We live here.”Rio Grande Valley residents Joel Garza, Maria Elia Ramos and Rosbell “Ross” Barrera all voted for President Trump. AdvertisementRepublican leaders said the surge of Trump support in border communities presented a wider opportunity. AdvertisementYoung Republican clubs have grown at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and South Texas College.