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Jun 15, 2022 · Texas 2022 Elections. How Mayra Flores flipped a Rio Grande Valley congressional seat and gave Republicans hope for a new era in South Texas. Her outright victory in a special election is the...
Jul 6, 2022 · July 6, 2022. Leer en español. WASHINGTON — For years, Texas Republicans tried to win the Hispanic vote using a Bush-era brand of compassionate conservatism. The idea was that a moderate’s touch...
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Jun 25, 2022 · Flores said she got involved with her local Republican party several years ago when she realized she lined up with their views on faith, education and border security....
Jun 15, 2022 · She got involved with her local party five years ago, she told POLITICO. “For so long, people here just never had Republicans knocking on their doors and calling them the way we did in 2020.
Jun 15, 2022 · Flores went to work persuading her relatives to switch parties, then took the same pitch to the Hidalgo County GOP, where she became the Hispanic outreach chair in 2017.
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Jun 14, 2022 · 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...
Flores's parents supported the Democratic Party, but she was drawn to the Republican Party due to her anti-abortion views. She has said that she was previously a Democrat, but left the party shortly after voting for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
