Vicente Gonzalez declares victory over contested South Texas congressional seat
Mayra Flores at her election night event in Weslaco on Nov. 8, 2022.National Democrats, meanwhile, didn’t bother matching for a seat that would be up for election only five months later with new district lines that would be far more favorable to them. Redistricting turned the district from one that voted for Biden with a 4-point margin to one that, had the current lines been in place in 2020, would have voted for him by over 15 percentage points.
districts across the country with similar margins for the Democrats becoming increasingly competitiveAs Gonzalez ramped up his operation to respond, Republican operatives said it was a further sign that the three-time congressman had arrogantly assumed he’d had this race in the bag and was scrambling to respond.
The organization’s investment in South Texas surpassed $7 million for this cycle, including over $1.2 million on TV and radio ads and $250,000 on paid canvassing in the 34th district. “Vicente has always been an aggressive campaigner,” said Jose Borjon, Gonzalez’s former chief of staff who still advises his campaign. “He believes in knocking on doors. He believes in contact with people. He is extremely methodical and extremely into the data.”
Republicans also unleashed a flurry of attack ads against Gonzalez, portraying him as a corrupt career politician who is unfamiliar with the everyday needs of the new district. The candidates also had their share of unforced errors. After Gonzalez paid for advertising with a Texas political blogger who used racist and sexist language against Flores, the congresswoman accused Gonzalez of hiring bigoted attacks against her. And after Flores’ district director, whose sister chairs the Hidalgo County Republican Party and is close to both Flores and De La Cruz,, Democrats questioned Flores’ knowledge of the allegations before hiring him.
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