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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWTF Texas!!!!! Republicans flip U.S. House seat in South Texas, historically a Democratic stronghol
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/14/texas-special-election-tx-34-mayra-flores-dan-sanchez/amp/Republicans flip U.S. House seat in South Texas, historically a Democratic stronghold
Mayra Flores, a Republican, won a special election to fill the unexpired term of U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela. Another election will be held in November.
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 Sacnchez, the leading Democrat, outright in the closely watched race, according to Cook Political Report.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)jimfields33
(15,801 posts)President Biden in 2020.
thatdemguy
(453 posts)jimfields33
(15,801 posts)Democratic Party must reengage with Hispanics starting now. Its an emergency quite frankly.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Re-engaging with one of the most reliable anti-choice voting groups will be interesting.
mucifer
(23,542 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)All these people care about is local elections. Turnout was probably shitty.
Polybius
(15,411 posts)Apparently not for theirs.
wanderer54
(34 posts)Less than 30,000 votes were cast in this special election whereas
more than 200,000 were cast in the general election in 2020.
SunImp
(2,224 posts)Was there any spent on this one?
dem4decades
(11,292 posts)Bev54
(10,052 posts)jimfields33
(15,801 posts)PortTack
(32,767 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,226 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)But, still this sucks. This district was a +4 Biden district. Turnout was practically nil.
jimfields33
(15,801 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)I despise special elections like this one. They felt it didn't matter and just didn't bother to vote. On both sides but enough more on the D side.
In It to Win It
(8,252 posts)I imagine turnout would not have been that great.
Cha
(297,220 posts)good news on that and looks like I found it.
Mahalo, Cat
The District doesn't change to Re-Districting until November?
Who do you think will beat Flores then?
💙💛
herding cats
(19,564 posts)She'll be facing Rep Vicente Gonzalez who is representing the 15th district currently. He'll beat her handily is my prediction.
Glad to offer up some happy news, but dang why can't people vote like it's their civic duty? Because it is!
Cha
(297,220 posts)as if their lives depend on it.. because in many cases it does!
Gracias for the Vincente Gonzalez news.. I saw it down thread after I posted to you.. Yay!!
Polybius
(15,411 posts)Their side much turned out substantially more, which is a horrific sign for November.
luvallpeeps
(935 posts)I honestly dont understand this. Heartbreaking.🫣❤️?🩹
nycbos
(6,034 posts)pecosbob
(7,538 posts)The seat will likely be retaken in the November election.
LeftInTX
(25,327 posts)Cha
(297,220 posts)JCMach1
(27,558 posts)manicdem
(388 posts)Gonzales won 50% to 47% in the 2020 election.
Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)It was redrawn to be solidly Democratic.
LeftInTX
(25,327 posts)He's gonna work at prestigious Akin Gump (yeah the name doesn't sound prestigious but it is) as either a lobbyist or an attorney.
Those jobs are always available. I doesn't make sense to me why he did this.
Amishman
(5,557 posts)We're barrelling full tilt towards recession. Interest rates need to go up a lot and the Fed hasn't even really started reducing their balance sheet.
Russia / Ukraine looks like it could drag out for months or even years, which will keep food and fuel prices rising.
Unless we can turn things around fast, post November there will probably be fewer cushy openings for former politicians, and a lot more competition from those.
Reading this thread has been depressing, I don't think enough appreciate just how much economic issues matter compared to everything else.
LeftInTX
(25,327 posts)Stupid...
Everyone knows special elections are traps.
And stupid for people not to encourage him to reconsider
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)manicdem
(388 posts)I've seen some posts that Gonzales will be a easy win in November. I'm not so sure. He won the 2020 elections 50% to 47%. With the current state of affairs, he's going to lose.
Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)Hes not running in the same district. Even this one Mayra won will be redrawn for November and will be more Democratic.
The best thing Democrats can do is force her to make some uncomfortable votes. Right now she has absolutely no record.
Kingofalldems
(38,456 posts)and threatening lives like republicans. And parading around with their army man guns at their side. And we generally don't taunt on republican forums when we win. Don't you agree?
flying_wahini
(6,594 posts)Anti abortion, Catholic and blame migrants for giving them a bad name.
They will tell you this and there is no changing their minds.
beaglelover
(3,484 posts)LeftInTX
(25,327 posts)One GOP analysis found that nearly half of the early voters 47% had Democratic primary voting history, while only 32% had Republican primary voting history and the rest had no primary voting history. (Texas does not have party registration, so campaigns try to approximate the partisan makeup of early vote turnout by looking at voters primary voting history.)
Democrats were seeing a similar breakdown in their early vote and the projected Democratic turnout was even larger when they factored in other data.
Sanchez gave voice to that Democratic optimism when he suggested during an election-eve rally that he had a shot at winning the special election without a runoff.
Our numbers are super close, Sanchez said. Out of all of the votes, the analysis puts us at 49% right now.
But Flores ended up winning the early vote 47% to 46%, suggesting that a good chunk of voters with Democratic primary voting history crossed over to support her.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/15/republicans-flip-house-seat-south-texas-mayra-flores/
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)It seems like T is a lost cause maybe...