Republican Eric Flores launched a campaign on Monday to oust Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and flip  Texas’s 34th Congressional District red. 

Flores, an Army veteran and lawyer from Mission, announced his bid to challenge Gonzalez as Republicans in the state’s GOP-controlled state legislature eye redistricting efforts, which could give him an advantage over the incumbent Democrat ahead of the 2026 election. 

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