Republican Mayra Flores flips Dem House seat in South Texas

Mayra Flores, a Republican and respiratory-care health aide, scored a significant victory in a special election on Tuesday for the party

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She will be the first Latina Republican from Texas in Congress.

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Ms. Flores defeated three opponents in the special election to replace former Representative Filemon Vela

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She captured more than 50 percent of the vote in Texas’ 34th Congressional District, according to The Associated Press

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Ms. Flores raised 16 times the amount of money that Mr. Sanchez did.

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Republicans believe they have found an ideal candidate for the region in Ms. Flores, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico as a young child.

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Ms. Flores parents spent years working as migrant farmworkers in Texas. She is the wife of a Border Patrol agent

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Republican Mayra Flores flips Dem House seat in South Texas

Republican Mayra Flores flips Dem House seat in South Texas

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Mayra Flores, a Republican and respiratory-care health aide, scored a significant victory in a special election on Tuesday for the party

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

She will be the first Latina Republican from Texas in Congress.

She will be the first Latina Republican from Texas in Congress.

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Ms. Flores defeated three opponents in the special election to replace former Representative Filemon Vela

Ms. Flores defeated three opponents in the special election to replace former Representative Filemon Vela

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Image Credit: Nypost.com

She captured more than 50 percent of the vote in Texas’ 34th Congressional District, according to The Associated Press

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Image Credit: Nypost.com

Ms. Flores raised 16 times the amount of money that Mr. Sanchez did.

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

Republicans believe they have found an ideal candidate for the region in Ms. Flores, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico as a young child.

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

Ms. Flores parents spent years working as migrant farmworkers in Texas. She is the wife of a Border Patrol agent

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com

Image credit:houstonchronicle.com