Former Democrat Candidate Defeated In a South Texas Border Election Mocks "Uneducated" Hispanic Voters

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A former Democrat candidate had said that Hispanics are voting for Republicans like @CasandraLGarcia, @monica4congress, and @MayraFlores2022 because they're "uneducated."

That's a quote from former Democratic candidate Dan Sanchez, who was defeated by Republican Flores in a special election earlier this year in a South Texas District that is heavily Hispanic.

The quote, from an unattributed article posted on Twitter, had Sanchez quoted as saying that Flores, "was appealing to the Hispanic, uneducated voter because she was from Mexico. And she was quote-unquote, the American dream," said Sanchez.

Flores, in a Fox News interview said she believes voters chose her because “I’m one of them and I’m also standing up for our values. God, family, our community. That’s who we are in South Texas. We’re all about hard work.”

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South Texas Republicans Out raising Democrats

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

Two of the Democrats — incumbents Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez — still ended the period with more on cash on hand than their challengers, though Gonzalez had only a slight edge.

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Democrat Claims Republican Flores "Stole" Special Congressional Election

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Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, who's running for re-election to Congress in the midterm elections, claimed during an event attended by House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., that a June special election in Texas was stolen by Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, and her supporters.

The remarks from Gonzalez came during a "vote blue" event at Shotz bar in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday. .

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Republican Mayra Flores Flips House District Red in Special Election

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Republican Mayra Flores is projected to win a special election in Texas' 34th Congressional District, flipping a House seat after Rep. Filemon Vela, who held the seat for nearly 10 years, resigned in March and vacated the seat.

Flores, who had 51% of the vote to Democratic candidate Dan Sanchez' 43% when The Associated Press called the race, will become the first Mexican-born congresswoman to serve in the House. Her family moved to the United States when she was 6 years old.

Flores will finish out the remainder of Vela's term, which expires in January, and Republicans were eager to win the seat and gain new ground in the Lone Star state to represent the district that spans east of San Antonio with parts along the coast to Brownsville. As currently drawn, the 34th Congressional District will essentially be dissolved later this year after a newly redrawn map favoring current 15th Congressional District Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, the Democratic nominee for November's general election to represent the 34th District, was constructed. 

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Republican Leading In Special US House Election

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House Republicans might not have to wait until November to chip away at Democrats’ majority.

Internal party polling conducted this month shows the GOP has a real shot at flipping former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela’s South Texas seat in the upcoming June special election. Republican Mayra Flores led Democrat Dan Sanchez by 5 points in a late April survey — and President Joe Biden’s job approval was underwater by 14 points in a district he carried by 4 points in 2020.

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Border Congressman Retires Early To Take Lobbying Job

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As expected, Texas Democrat U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela Jr., retired Thursday night from Congress early, which will prompt a special election for his heated seat representing the South Texas border.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from Texas who currently represents the neighboring congressional district, is running for Vela’s seat in November.

Republican nominee Mayra Flores was upset about the early retirement during a time of economic and security crisis on the South Texas border.

“Filemon Vela is abandoning us while we have a crisis on our border and families can’t afford groceries and gas because prices are so high," she said.

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