By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas | The noise is there. Her support has not waivered. She expects to win. Mayra Flores, the 37-year-old stunner on the Republican Party scene, is still there, still vigorously chasing a return to the nation's capital as a congresswoman for the 34th Congressional District.
We at The McAllen Sun confidently predict she will win her party's 2024 nomination handily.
No runoff for Mayra, is the rallying cry these days. And that alone will carry her to victory...and to a second brawl against Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in the General Election next November. There is little doubt among her troops.
Mayra Flores is being backed financially by the deep-pockets Republican National Committee. That is telling, as any first-year political science student would tell you. Headier pros go a step further and say she will win her primary and win her battle with Gonzalez, a formidable foe, but one vulnerable - if only because of their differences in public personality.
Miss Flores is a bar brawler; Gonzalez is a more-reserved, sort of Old School politician not quick to anger or to let-go some hellfire damnation, as the vociferous Miss Flores tends to do from time to time.
It says here that she will swamp party opponents Dr. Laura E. Cisneros (a lifelong Democrat until late last year), Vato-At-Large Mauro Garza (from Raymondville) and lackluster greenhorn Greg Kunkle, perhaps the weakest candidate in all Rio Grande Valley races.
Mayra Flores served a 6-month stint in Congress after winning a Special Election against unenthused Democrat Dan Sanchez in mid-2022. She lost the General Election vote later that same year to Democrat Gonzalez
The party primary is scheduled for next Spring.
As for the eventual meaningful contest, we at this point rate the Flores vs. Gonzalez match a toss-up...
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She's still hot. I do agree with prediction.
ReplyDeleteMayra is Mayra. But to beat Vicente she will have to draw him out and down to her level. Vicente is a pretty cool dude. Plus, he beat her by 10,000 votes!
ReplyDeleteShe is UNFIT, full stop! It is not longer hyperbole to suggest that her winning this seat is a danger to our democracy. I can see how the uninformed voter can be duped by her MAGA-aligned rhetoric. I just hope that you use your talent and the “power of the pen” to call her out for what she is. - AntonioG
ReplyDeleteI am aware, Antonio. This is just about handicapping the Republican Primary. As you may know, I've written much about her previously. Once, I thought Mayra really should have been welcomed by the RGV's Democratic Party. I see that as a Demo failing, as how many others have found quick admittance in the GOP? There'll be more about her here once we're closer to the 2024 General Election. Thanks for the thoughtful comment...
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