BREAKING: Mayra Flores (R) Scores Victory in Texas-34 U.S. House Special Election to Flip Seat

Mayra Flores (R) has pulled off the upset in tonight’s special election in south Texas, flipping an 84% Hispanic district to the GOP.

RACE CALL: Mayra Flores (R) is projected to win tonight's special election in south Texas, flipping an 84% Hispanic district to the GOP. The district voted Biden +13 in 2020. pic.twitter.com/TLcmQodIZt

— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) June 15, 2022

The race was called at 10:15 p.m. EDT.

*MAYRA FLORES (R) DEFEATS DAN SANCHEZ (D) IN TEXAS-34 U.S. HOUSE SPECIAL ELECTION: GOP PICKUP@NewsWire_US Race call at 10:15 pm EDT pic.twitter.com/8TyOh7Zwfa

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) June 15, 2022

The Texas Tribune reported:

Republican Mayra Flores prevailed Tuesday in a special election for an open congressional seat in South Texas, marking a major breakthrough for Republicans eager to blaze new inroads in the historically blue region.

She beat Dan Sanchez, the leading Democrat, outright in the closely watched race, according to Cook Political Report.

With all precincts reporting Tuesday night, Flores had 50.98% of the vote and Sanchez had 43.33%. There were two other, lesser-known candidates — Democrat Rene Coronado and Republican Juana “Janie” Cantu-Cabrera — in the race.

Sanchez is a Harlingen lawyer and former Cameron County commissioner, while Flores, a respiratory therapist, is the Republican nominee for the seat in November.

The special election was called to finish the term of former U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, who resigned in March to work for the lobbying firm Akin Gump. Flores will serve only until January.

The special election was held under the previous lines of the 34th District, which Biden won by 4 percentage points.

However, redistricting has made the district more Democrat-friendly in November, when the Democratic nominee is U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen.

Flores and her allies spent over $1 million in TV ads in the special election, while Democrats largely ignored the district.

Democrats argued it wasn’t worth saving the seat when it will be up for election again this November with more favorable boundaries.

Let’s see how that strategy works for Democrats in the predominately Hispanic region.

In the meantime, get to know Mayra Flores:

The far left are destroying the American dream. When I was little my family legally immigrated to America. They taught me conservative values: faith, family, & hard work. I will not let the far left & socialist policies by the Biden Administration destroy this great country #TX34 pic.twitter.com/43L4WzyNzr

— Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores_TX) May 17, 2022

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