Texas Mayra Flores Could Make History Again With Polls Neck and Neck

Democrats called Republican Mayra Flores’s win in Texas Congressional District 34 this summer a fluke.

Democrats, who didn’t put a lot of resources into the special election that Flores won, have reasoned that the midterms would draw out more of the Democratic base in the heavily Hispanic district.

They were confident that Democrats would turn out to vote for Vicente Gonzalez, a party moderate who switched districts because the Republican-dominated Texas Legislature redrew the South Texas voter map, moving his McAllen home into District 34 from District 15.

But sentiment on the ground isn’t matching the Democrat’s prognosis.

Polls, such as Sabato’s Crystal Ball, made final ratings on Nov. 7, moving Texas District 34 from a toss-up to leaning Republican. The Cook Political Report is showing the race as a toss-up.

If Flores pulls off a win, it will be nothing less than remarkable in light of a redrawn District 34. The new district cut out a large swath of the more conservative part of the district that extended far north into Gonzales County and east of San Antonio…. (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)