Republican Myra Flores is expected to win special elections in the 34th District of the Texas Congress, overturning a seat in Parliament after MP Philemon Vela, who held the seat for almost 10 years, resigned in March and vacated the seat. Flores, who had 51% of the vote against 43% for Democratic nominee Dan Sanchez when the Associated Press called the race, will become the first Mexican-born lawmaker to serve in Parliament. Her family moved to the United States when she was six years old. Flores will complete the rest of Vela’s term, which ends in January, and Republicans were eager to win the seat and new ground in Lone Star State to represent the area east of San Antonio with sections along it. coast to Brownsville. As currently planned, the 34th Congressional District will essentially be disbanded later this year, after a recently redesigned map was drawn in favor of current 15th Congressional Representative Vicente Gonzalez, the Democratic nominee for the November general election. to represent the 34th District. “First and foremost, I thank God for blessing me with the opportunity to serve the people of the 34th District of Texas,” Flores told Fox News Digital. “I’m also grateful to my family for their unwavering love and support throughout this campaign and to the South Texas voters who have entrusted me with representing them in Washington. I look forward to standing up for our conservative values of faith, family and “Freedom and the opportunity to further serve our community in the coming months,” he said. Republican Myra Flores and Democrat Dan Sanchez ran in a special election race Tuesday to represent the 34th Congressional District in Texas for the remainder of Democratic term Filemon Vela, which ends in January. (Bill Clark Campaign, CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Dan Sanchez) Ahead of the election, the two leaders in the race for a short term in the Capitol were Sanchez, a former Cameron County Democrat, and health worker, Flores, a Republican who surpassed Sanchez and won a boost in the race. the headquarters. which is empty for more than two months. Sanchez, a pro-life Democrat who ran in the election, was heavily spent by Flores and did not receive much national support. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), despite its overwhelming support for abortion, had channeled thousands of dollars into an advertising campaign with Sanchez. Dan Sanchez is the Democratic nominee for the 34th Texas Congressional District (Dan Sanchez campaign) During the 31st of May forum that appears on Facebook with the Futuro RGV, Sanchez said he was a Catholic and made it clear that he was in favor of life “on the whole surface”. Despite approvals from Vela and Gonzalez, Flores, who received approval from Right to Life, aimed to gain support from several of the most moderate voters in the heavily Spanish-speaking region. In addition to the special election race, Flores, a 2019 graduate of South Texas College who topped four GOP qualifiers in March, has won approval from Governor Greg Abbott and will face Gonzalez in the general election. November. represent the recently redesigned 34th Congressional District. Mayra Flores (Mayra Flores campaign) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION Juana Cantu-Cabrera, another Republican candidate in the special election on Tuesday, lost to Flores in the GOP primary in March, gaining only 7% of the vote. Vela resigned in March to run for Akin Gump, a leading law firm and lobbyist, and early voting in the snap elections began on May 31st. Kyle Morris covers Fox News policy. On Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.
