Mayra Flores

2022 - 6 - 15

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Mayra Flores wins special election to turn Texas House seat ... (The Guardian)

South Texas congressional district goes Republican for first time as party continues to make inroads among Latino voters.

She also faulted president Joe Biden by claiming that he signed “a record number of executive orders to kill Texas jobs, weaken border security, and remove protection for the unborn.” Flores has also voiced alignment with “America First”, an exceptionalist rightwing clarion call to those who feel neglected by politicians. Flores, who is running for this seat in the general election, will face off against Democratic nominee Vicente Gonzalez.

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Another Republican Who Has Promoted QAnon Is Headed to ... (Rolling Stone)

Congressional candidate from Texas Mayra Flores participates in the news conference to announce the formation of the Hispanic Leadership Trust at the Republican ...

There’s no evidence Flores has articulated any of these views, but it’s nonetheless concerning that she doesn’t seem to have any problem aligning herself with QAnon. Her decision to do so is another reminder that the conspiracy theory and all of its tendrils aren’t only flourishing on the fringes. These types of ludicrous, unfounded claims have since worked their way into mainstream conservatism, and it’s no longer shocking for Republican congressional candidates to have pushed any number of unfounded conspiracy theories — including, of course, that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Her win in 2020 was alarming given the litany of outlandish conspiracy theories she’d pushed in the past, from the idea that 9/11 was staged, to the idea that California wildfires were started deliberately by Jews, to several theories revolving around Democrats and pedophilia.

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Republican Mayra Flores Flips House Seat in South Texas to ... (PEOPLE.com)

The conservative candidate's big win for the GOP in a special election could be short-lived as she'll need to win again in November to keep the seat beyond ...

"This win is for the people who were ignored for so long!" "This is a message that the establishment will no longer be tolerated! But Flores' time in Congress could be brief.

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Meet Mayra Flores, the newly elected Latina Republican from South ... (Politico)

The first Mexican-born congresswoman will serve for the next seven months after a big special election win.

And in November, Flores will face current Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen, in a district drawn to be much more Democratic. Flores’ special election became a rallying point for local Republicans eager to make more gains later in 2022. Flores immigrated from Tamaulipas, Mexico when she was six years old and grew up in the Rio Grande Valley region. Flores sailed to victory in Texas’ 34th District, where former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela resigned from his seat in March to work for a lobbying firm. “For so long, people here just never had Republicans knocking on their doors and calling them the way we did in 2020. Many ads focused on her marriage to a Border Patrol agent and her achievement of “the American Dream.” Others criticized Biden for not controlling the border.

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Mayra Flores will win Texas special election, helping Republicans ... (CNN)

Texas congressional candidate Mayra Flores is seen at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on May 17, 2022. (CNN) Republican Mayra ...

Sanchez, in a statement conceding the race hours later, was less diplomatic. weeks ago that it would "be a tragedy" if the seat turned red for any amount of time. "This win is for the people who were ignored for so long!

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Inside the Beltway: Lessons learned from Mayra Flores (Washington Times)

Rep.-elect Mayra Flores of Texas summed up her victory in a special election in the 34th Congressional District on Tuesday night as heaven-sent.

Also find the link, other conversations and pertinent details at OSSSociety.org, under the “Latest News” heading. Until he gets his head out of … the clouds, inflation and all our other economic woes are only going to get worse.” We are changing people’s lives,’” the Post wrote in an editorial. Mayra was able to flip this district because she focused on issues that affect all voters’ lives (border security, crime, and rising costs) while Democrats focused on far-left issues,” Michael McAdams, NRCC communications director, said in a statement. This handy phrase comes to us courtesy of a New York Post headline. “Voters along the U.S.-Mexico border are fed with President Biden’s never-ending border crisis and his empty promises to fix it. We look forward to working together and building a better future for all of America,” she wrote. Rep.-elect Mayra Flores of Texas summed up her victory in a special election in the 34th Congressional District on Tuesday night as heaven-sent. The party of opportunity, prosperity, and freedom is here to stay. The unique and accomplished pair will have a 90-minute conversation titled “The Digital World: Killing Espionage & Saving Intelligence,” to be centered on how the digital environment is revolutionizing the craft of intelligence. “Mayra Flores was the perfect candidate for this district because she is a product of the American Dream and her story resonated with voters,” the National Republican Congressional Committee noted in a timeline of events leading up to her victory in the Texas election. “Flores was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States when she was young.

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Why Mayra Flores' win in South Texas spells trouble for Democrats ... (AZCentral.com)

Democrats didn't put up a fight to defend a long-held seat in South Texas, and now Republican Mayra Flores is heading to Washington. That's nuts.

Elvia Díaz is the editorial page editor at The Republic and azcentral. The lesson from Texas is simple, and which has been repeated ad nauseam. Fight to win. We have officially started the red wave!!” Apparently, the Democrats believe they have a better shot at winning in November in a new district and with another Democrats. She’ll serve the remainder of Vela’s term and thus will have to face another Democrat in November in a newly redrawn district that may be more favorable to Democrats.

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How Republican Mayra Flores flipped a South Texas congressional ... (Texas Tribune)

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 ...

Inside Flores’ campaign, they had taken the early-vote analysis with a grain of salt, figuring that in a traditional Democratic stronghold like South Texas, even people who consider themselves Republicans participate in Democratic primaries because they are often the only competitive elections. Republicans know the race will be harder in the fall, but overnight into Wednesday, GOP operatives were daring Democrats to keep underestimating them. (Texas does not have party registration, so campaigns try to approximate the partisan makeup of early vote turnout by looking at voters’ primary voting history.) It was a blow to Flores, but in a twist of fate, nine months later, she is heading to Congress from the 34th District — and earlier than expected. About halfway through early voting, the DCCC yielded and made a comparatively small investment in the race, helping fund a $100,000 digital ad buy with Sanchez’s campaign. She sought to speak to the financial stress many Americans are feeling under inflation, flashing images of high gas prices in TV ads. We don’t have enough money to put food on the table, rent is increasing at an alarming rate. While some whispered that Sanchez was the Democrats’ sacrificial lamb, the party had ample reason to have faith in him. Family was a big part of Flores’ messaging, an appeal to a time-worn South Texas value. “This seat is a rental for Republicans and we look forward to welcoming Vicente Gonzalez back to Congress this fall.” Her outright victory in the special election is just the latest chapter in a topsy-turvy election cycle in South Texas, which Republicans have been working overtime to turn into a new battleground ever since Biden’s underperformance throughout the region in 2020. Soon followed Sanchez, a Harlingen attorney who launched with the support of both Vela and Gonzalez.

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