MAYRA FLORES

Trends in evangelical Christianity are influencing Hispanics and their attraction to the GOP.

Members of the House of Representatives were still debating who will replace Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House; once chosen, that person swears in all members and begins the session. For the first time, South Texas will be represented by members of both major political parties. Cuellar’s voting record has even fed speculation that he might switch to the Republican Party himself, although he hasn’t done so. As she ends her short tenure in Congress, Flores has earned the gratitude of the people she has served. A new Congress brings new challenges and new opportunities to support Valley interests and needs.

When redistricting cut into the Democrats’ advantage in District 15, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez opted to throw down a challenge in District 34 to the east, which actually increased his party’s numbers in the redistricting.

Texas State Technical College’s campus in Harlingen experienced many achievements during the busy fall 2022 semester.

Texas State Technical College’s campus in Harlingen experienced many achievements during the busy fall 2022 semester.

First, I find it very disappointing that Texas Congressional District 34 voters turned their backs on Mayra Flores, the first Mexican-born woman to get elected to Congress. Just as disappointing was the fact that a majority of RVG voters also turned their backs on Gov. Jose MartinezTempleNamecallingNow I know Mr. Zarate and most of the time I respect his opinion. Every body’s got one and Mr. Zarate is not lacking in them. So yes, Mr. Zarate, Mr. Rosales has every right to call him, at the very least, “creepy.” Hoo boy.

A recent injury has forced newly elected U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-15, to postpone a tour of the congressional district she will soon represent come Jan. 3, 2023.

Since she is 36 years old that would mean she was working in the fields picking cotton in the ’90s. The reason I’m asking if she has any pictures of her picking cotton is because the last time cotton was picked by hand in Texas was 1975. Cotton farmers started using a striper puller machine in the ’60s and little by little hand-picking cotton was phased out. I was born in 1963 and I did get to pick cotton in the field with my family around 1973. The Federal Election Commission reports that before its collapse, FTX donated to both Democratic and Republican candidates and organizations.

After finally flipping the Democratic district, Monica De La Cruz vowed to “represent all of South Texas” and likely will be influential on border issues.

While he defeated challenger Beto O’Rourke handily statewide, Abbott lost every Valley county on election night. “We planted our flag in South Texas,” the governor said Tuesday During his victory party at McAllen’s Quinta Mazatlan. This inspired Republicans at the national level, who traditionally had conceded South Texas as unwinnable, to make the region its primary target this year and moving toward 2024. To be sure, the Republican Party did make inroads during this election. Of course, a Republican presence has long been felt in the Valley, with party members serving as mayors of several cities and county judges.

While he defeated challenger Beto O’Rourke handily statewide, Abbott lost every Valley county on election night. “We planted our flag in South Texas,” the governor said Tuesday During his victory party at McAllen’s Quinta Mazatlan. This inspired Republicans at the national level, who traditionally had conceded South Texas as unwinnable, to make the region its primary target this year and moving toward 2024. To be sure, the Republican Party did make inroads during this election. Of course, a Republican presence has long been felt in the Valley, with party members serving as mayors of several cities and county judges.

The GOP flipped only one of the three congressional seats it wanted this cycle. But the party made inroads down the ballot.

Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is projected to defeat ​GOP Rep. Mayra Flores in her reelection bid for Texas' 34th congressional district.

Republican hopes for a red wave didn't materialize in the midterm elections. Control of the House and Senate is still up for grabs as of Wednesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, Flores tweeted a picture that was photoshopped to show a red-colored ocean wave and said "TODAY'S FORECAST."

Earlier on Tuesday, Flores tweeted a picture that was photoshopped to show a red-colored ocean wave and said "TODAY'S FORECAST."

GOP Rep. Mayra Flores will lose to Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in their hotly-contested Texas House race, a blow to GOP hopes of a large House majority in 2023.

The Democratic congressman ousted Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Los Indios, who had won a special election in June. The race was key to Republican efforts to win over Hispanic voters in South Texas.

Under a national spotlight, Democratic U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez claimed victory over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores in a highly contested race for District 34’s congressional seat Tuesday night, sending a message to the Republican Party — “South Texas cannot be bought,” Gonzalez said.

As of 10:45 p.m, Gonzalez had won 52,237 votes, or 53 percent, while Flores drew 442,967 votes, or 43 percent, with independent Chris Royal drawing 2,907. “The people here are smarter than that.”During the campaign, the Republican Party and its aligned political action committees spent $7 million pushing their candidates cross the Rio Grande Valley, Gonzalez said. Across the Valley, Hidalgo County, for years his home base, pulled the vote, Gonzalez said. Flores’ campaignIn her campaign, Flores carried the banner “God, family, country,” symbolizing the Republicans’ push into the traditionally Democratic Valley, where the GOP has made inroads among Mexican-Americans in the last few years. After District 34 was created as a result of the 2010 Census’s population increases, Vela won its first election in 2012.

While the GOP focuses on the border and economy under President Joe Biden, Democrats are hoping to prove polls and political forecasters wrong by tapping into anger over the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Uvalde school shooting.

Election Day is here and Republicans are expected to make big gains in the midterms, including taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Local voters have one last chance to cast their ballots before polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Border Democrats in Texas held the line in two key House races.

Republicans need to flip just five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in order to take control of the chamber. The Valley’s rightward shift recently resulted in a huge win for the Republican Party when voters elected Flores this June to fill the unexpired term of Democrat Filemon Vela Jr., who resigned on March 31. “We made a little history this year with Mayra Flores getting elected,” McCarthy said. I promise you, we will introduce a bill to defund the 87,000 IRS agents, my friends,” Garcia said. “We don’t need 87,000 IRS agents, my friends, we need 87,000 Border Patrol agents, my friends,” she said, before similarly suggesting 87,000 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, or 87,000 school security guards.

First lady Jill Biden and U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were in Texas Sunday to help members of their respective parties energize voters before Election Day.

Democrats are spending big to stop Republicans from flipping any of the three key battleground seats that have historically gone blue.

HARLINGEN — A $3.9 million federal grant will be used to renovate the dock and related facilities at the Port of Harlingen, port officials say. The grant was announced this week and comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Port Infrastructure Development Grant Program. “These funds will allow us to undertake much needed rehabilitation of our main dock and mooring structures throughout our turning basin,” he added. “The Port of Harlingen is a critical component of our district and region’s economic well-being. Dock rehabilitation also opens more capabilities at the Port of Harlingen.

Texas Republican Mayra Flores, who flipped a long-held Democratic House seat along the U.S.-Mexico border, was blocked from joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus bylaws explicitly block Republicans from joining due to major policy differences between members in the past.

“We know the suffering that comes from not voting,” Juanita Valdez-Cox, executive director of LUPE, said. And they’re looking at South Texas Latino voters,” Dani Marrero Hi, LUPE’s director of communication, said. Republicans are investing heavily in the race for Congressional District 34 where a Republican, Mayra Flores, won the seat after the democratic incumbent suddenly vacated it. Joaquin Garcia, a community organizer with LUPE, reminded people about their rights at the ballot box, including the protection against intimidation. Their poison is to divide us and distract us, but here in LUPE the antidote is to unite and press ahead.”

For years, Texas’ Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has led the legal charge to end DACA. Ending DACA and deporting Dreamers is not the only extremist position the friends of Texas border GOP congressional candidates Flores, Garcia and De La Cruz have taken. In our campaign Dime Con Quién Andas/Show Me Your Friends, America’s Voice exposes the ties between Republican candidates and extremists and white nationalists. Unless Republican candidates actively and publicly stand up to their friends, they too are responsible for Trump Republicans’ dangerous and racist rhetoric. It is time Texas border GOP congressional candidates Monica De La Cruz, Mayra Flores and Cassy Garcia come clean and tell Texas voters which side they are on.

I just saw a commercial for Mayra Flores where she narrates in Spanish spoken in Mexico, not in Tex-Mex like we speak in 95% of our RGV! I remember some years back when a lady from Spain was saying that their citizens were far better then our Raza because we spoke Tex-Mex Spanish and not correct Español like they did! My adult children never spoke Spanish growing up until my daughter learned it because of her job at a bank that was bought by a big company from Spain. My son also learned it when working at the Pharr golf course from the workers there. My 95-year-young mom doesn’t speak English but she understands it so my nieces n nephews learned Español from her too.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges longtime Rio Grande Valley political operative Aron Peña III sexually assaulted a woman this summer, part of an alleged 12-year history of abuse the suit claims was aided and abetted by Peña’s sister, Hidalgo County Republican Party Chair Adrienne Peña-Garza.

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Ms. Flores was reported to have said that Christian values are on the line in the November midterm election. Has Ms. Flores forgotten about the infamous family-separation policy of the Trump administration? Please vote Ms. Flores out of office. Seguin was promoted to lieutenant colonel and commandant of San Antonio to provide law and order for San Antonio, especially for Tejanos. Being a Catholic, Seguin believed in the sanctity of life, both born and unborn.

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From the cotton fields to Congress, Mayra Flores is now poised to stop the drug cartels and human traffickers from crossing the border. Maybe, after she accomplishes all of the above, this energetic novice politician will, we hope, become so popular she’ll start thinking about running for president! How does Mayra feel about powerful Republicans and corporate special interests wanting to destroy the stability and future of Social Security and Medicare? They have been bought by those who wish us harm and who want to topple our government for their needs and wants. I can’t stand by while these disturbed and angry people want to destroy our nation, can you?

The three GOP candidates raked in a combined $4.3 million over the past three months, and their Democratic competitors got $2.4 million together, according to new campaign finance filings.

Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez said Wednesday that his GOP challenger, Mayra Flores, "can't think for herself, can't speak for herself, can't act for herself, can't vote for herself.”

"Family, faith and freedom ... that's the messaging that's been working for us," says Hidalgo County GOP Chair Adrienne Pena-Garza.

Thompson is ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee, of which Flores also is a member. “Finding the people” referred to gin manager Brady Taubert’s lament that he can’t hire and keep reliable workers. “I’m fortunate enough we can get an H-2A program,” he said, referring to the federal temporary foreign agricultural workers program. “I know that’s what we’re dedicated to because for the folks that provide us with food and fiber, they need workforce. The poll showed Gonzalez leading with 47 percent to Flores’ 43 percent, numbers that were within the poll’s margin of error.

It was a homecoming of sorts for U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, visiting the RGV Gin Co., where she said she spent time as a child visiting her father’s workplace.

They will fight for lower gas prices and to lower taxes. But what they fail to mention is how they will lower gas prices. Will you vote with the MAGA Republicans or will you vote for your country and uphold the Constitution? Why did the city of Pharr’s current City Commission buy a bankrupt EMS company whose owner pleaded guilty to bankrupt fraud? Did former Pharr city manager and police chief Andy Harvey get paid two checks for two jobs” Why did current Pharr Deputy City Manager Ed Wylie authorize the payment of $5,700 for cookies made by a local bakery?

U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday requesting additional funding for the Hidalgo County Community Service Agency. “This is especially true in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Community Service Agency (CSA) announced earlier this week that it had expended all funds under LIHEAP for 2022,” Flores wrote. Over 6,000 Hidalgo County families have received assistance under LIHEAP. “This guidelines of this program are designed to meet the needs of about 6-8% of the eligible families that apply. The need in our county, as in other counties, is far greater than the eligible resources,” Jaime Longoria, Executive Director of the Hidalgo County Community Service Agency, said in the news release.

McALLEN — The three Republican candidates running to represent the Rio Grande Valley in Congress came together for a prayer breakfast here, highlighting their faith as they called on people to vote in the midterm elections. Joined by faith-based leaders, candidates Monica De La Cruz, Mayra Flores and Cassy Garcia spoke at a prayer breakfast hosted by the Republican National Committee in McAllen Thursday morning. “It’s not about just Republican or Democrat, it really is about good versus evil,” said U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Los Indios. Now, she is running for a full term as the Republican candidate against U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, who currently serves in the 15th congressional district. De La Cruz is currently running to replace Gonzalez in the 15th congressional district against progressive Democrat Michelle Vallejo.

Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas., joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss why she believes the Democratic Party has abandoned Latino voters, stressing Biden's refusal to visit the border.

The seasoned South Texas Democrat is running his most aggressive campaign operation since his first run for Congress.

I am glad to read that Rep. Mayra Flores, R-San Benito, is co-sponsoring House Resolution 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2021, which was introduced by Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., to repeal the windfall elimination provision. How does WEP work? If you worked, saved and earned your pension while paying into Social Security, it’s your money and should not be taken away by the government. If this bill passes, firefighters, law enforcement officers and public schoolteachers would keep their Social Security benefits and their pensions in full. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2021.

Several hundred supporters of U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores met Sunday to give raucous support for her re-election in November, spurred on by the Republican congresswoman and a fiery speech by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX.

Saying she “co-sponsors” sounds more important than merely saying she supports House Resolution 1380, The Permanent Tax Relief for Working Families Act, and House Resolution 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act. 1380, and both parties want energy independence from Russia. If we ignore the warnings and the worst happens and all species of plants and animals vanish, a tattered and gloomy Mother Earth will nevertheless survive. Within a couple thousand years or so she will do her thing again: cleanse herself, breathe again and start anew. Toward the conclusion of both events questions were allowed from the audience participants, which produced a lively question-and-answer period.

People in U.S. House District 34 essentially will elect a new representative in the Nov. 8 election after Filemon Vela, who was elected to the seat in 2012, resigned earlier this year. Gonzalez has served three terms representing House District 15, which runs from Hidalgo County to north of San Antonio. Flores assumed the seat on June 21 and has voted in all of the 179 House votes held since then. Like Gonzalez, however, Flores in Congress has shown a willingness to cross party lines in her brief legislative career. Both Flores and Gonzalez have shown that they will be full participants in the legislative process.

In two of the three races, Democrats are hitting back as outside Republican groups try to turn the region red.

In two of the three races, Democrats are hitting back as outside Republican groups try to turn the region red.

However, I also felt one aspect of the “price reduction” was missing: the tapping of our emergency oil reserves. As of March 25, the U.S. oil reserves were at 568 million barrels. President Biden won the last election fairly and legally. Oscar GarzaPalmviewBenefit systemdeemed unfairI’ve been working on my husband’s unemployment claim for a long time. Our future depends on the future of yesterday, and how it was, and is, perceived by history.

Fox News’ Harris Faulkner hosted the hourlong episode that featured footage from Eagle Pass and the broader Maverick and Kinney county area. “Do we have sovereignty as a nation?” Faulkner asked Jon Aninsen, a member of the Border Patrol Council in Del Rio. Faulkner traveled with the Texas Department of Public Safety, interviewed its spokesperson, a member of the Border Patrol council, a rancher, a sheriff and public officials. “What would you say to him?” Faulkner asked Flores. It takes 15 to 20 years to be able to come here to the United States,” Flores said.

Fox News’ Harris Faulkner hosted the hourlong episode that featured footage from Eagle Pass and the broader Maverick and Kinney county area. “Do we have sovereignty as a nation?” Faulkner asked Jon Aninsen, a member of the Border Patrol Council in Del Rio. Faulkner traveled with the Texas Department of Public Safety, interviewed its spokesperson, a member of the Border Patrol council, a rancher, a sheriff and public officials. “What would you say to him?” Faulkner asked Flores. It takes 15 to 20 years to be able to come here to the United States,” Flores said.

Flores’ campaign previously said former district director Aron Peña had resigned after...

In a now-deleted Facebook post, the former district director for U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores’ congressional campaign emphatically denied allegations of sexual harassment and instead claimed he resigned his position due to health issues. I moved on to other employment,” Peña wrote in the social media post. Beckmeyer immediately started to investigate, and Chairman Rinaldi contacted me to assure me he was supporting and encouraging the investigation,” Graham wrote. “The Republican Party of Texas operates a zero tolerance policy for any form of sexual harassment in the workplace, treats all incidents seriously, and promptly investigates all allegations of sexual harassment,” Rinaldi said. That process was followed in this instance.”The Texas Republican Party, however, did not answer a question about the results of the investigation.

Flores’ campaign previously said former district director Aron Peña had resigned after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Peña has denied any wrongdoing and said the accusations were politically motivated.

Mayra claims liberals in Washington attacked American energy and that’s why gas prices are so high. Mayra says Democrats have long felt entitled to the Latino vote with little to show in return. It’s like saying that Republicans have long felt entitled to the NRA vote, the KKK vote and the white nationalist vote with little to show in return. Italo J. ZarateBrownsvilleGonzalezthankedThank you, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez, for cosponsoring the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act. Please join me and the Alzheimer’s Association in thanking Rep. Gonzalez for co-sponsoring the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act.

Flores’ district director, Aron Peña, was accused of touching and kissing an intern without her consent. He denies any wrongdoing.

U.S. District 24 Rep. Mayra Flores is seeking answers from the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, related to recent increases in bills going out to Brownsville residents. Flores, a Republican, sent a letter to BPUB officials Tuesday, critical of the utility provider for not providing answers to her office. BPUB customers have been experiencing increases in their utility bills over the last several months, with some customers reporting bills as high as $700 to $1,000. The subsidy money was generated in the first place by rate increases BPUB implemented beginning in 2013 to pay for its share of the Tenaska Brownsville Generating Station, which never got built. Flores suggests that BPUB further develop a public awareness campaign concerning the rate changes and the justification for them.

Progressive Democrat Michelle Vallejo and conservative Republican Monica De La Cruz face off in a South Texas district long represented by moderate Democrats.

In Texas, married couples generally can claim only one such exemption, meant to provide some tax relief on properties considered “principal residences.” Homestead exemptions cannot typically be claimed on commercial properties, second homes or income properties.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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 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.

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.

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.

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

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