Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, announced that she is running for her old seat, challenging Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, in the only Texas congressional district that national Republicans are targeting in the 2024 election cycle.
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, D-McAllen, in the only Texas congressional district that national Republicans are targeting in the 2024 election cycle.“We made history in South Texas last year, but there is more work to be done,” Flores said in a statement. “Joe Biden’s policies are running our country into the ground, and people in our communities are suffering.”
Flores first won the 34th Congressional District in a June 2022 special election, giving the GOP a shot of momentum as the party was looking to gain new ground in predominantly Hispanic South Texas. But redistricting made the seat more favorable for Democrats in the November election, and Flores lost reelection against Gonzalez five months later.
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